good lord!!!! (never seen one of these before)
03-30-04, 09:41 PM
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True about the pics. I checked out his feedbacks and they're all from buying little ****. Check out the top one: Set of 4 Wiggles VHS video tapes
What the hell are wiggles? Apparently some sort of child's show from the description. And all but one of his things are from buying, so he really doesn't have any credit to him. Looks like he's going to scam someone.
What the hell are wiggles? Apparently some sort of child's show from the description. And all but one of his things are from buying, so he really doesn't have any credit to him. Looks like he's going to scam someone.
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03-30-04, 10:28 PM
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Originally posted by nekky
It's inconceivable to think that thing isn't fast.
Zac
It's inconceivable to think that thing isn't fast.
Zac
for $20k I could make my car so fast I'd be........, well Im sure you all have day dreamed before
03-31-04, 01:15 AM
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I suppose if he figures the thing is worth more than $15K (reserve not yet met), the insurance to ship the thing would be pretty hefty.... that's probably where the shipping costs come from...
I calculated shipping a 150lb, 15000 US Valued package from my house to my buddy's house a block away, with full insurance....
$537.00 canadian.... so like $50 US?
I would say his shipping quote is about right
I calculated shipping a 150lb, 15000 US Valued package from my house to my buddy's house a block away, with full insurance....
$537.00 canadian.... so like $50 US?
I would say his shipping quote is about right
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03-31-04, 02:28 AM
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Originally posted by luiml73
For that kind of money, I'd by this.
For that kind of money, I'd by this.
sign me up on one of those
that's one cool engine bay!
I can't imagine paying over 15K for a carbed turbo setup. For that money, I could buy a 20B and all parts related, and have money left! Just a pitty I haven't got that money
03-31-04, 11:35 AM
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Originally posted by luiml73
For that kind of money, I'd by this.
For that kind of money, I'd by this.
03-31-04, 12:03 PM
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Yea, I'm working on it...
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1000K for shipping is just about right. My bro is shipping a 1966 catalina (that's an 18' car) from IN to Wyoming for around 800 smackers.
03-31-04, 09:02 PM
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The Cartech turbo kits are rather famous. Mystical stories are told about them. I spoke with Corky Bell (owner of Cartech) after he had changed the name of his company to BEGI and moved to San Antonio. In his shop were a BMW 5-series with a turbo conversion and a Mustang or two and a monstrous '55 Caddy, with a 500 cube dual turbo motor, which Corky was building for a local customer to be the world's most powerful Cadillac. He spent a surprising amount of time with me talking about turbos and superchargers and his past racing experiences. Here's the Reader's Digest version of the Cartech Turbo story:
Corky developed a turbo setup for the RX-7, which was a red-hot seller in '79. He set it up so it would have some lag off idle, but wouldn't choke off too much at higher RPMs. At around 3K RPM and higher, with the turbo spooled up, throttle response was excellent. HP was also excellent, although he shied away from quoting numbers. A tuner magazine was interested in testing the car, so Corky gave it to them for a day. He didn't go with them, didn't ride along -- just gave them the keys. When they returned, he said they looked like they had seen a ghost. They immediately started asking him all sorts of questions about how much HP the car actually had and the kit's mechanical specifics. The reason -- as Corky was soon to find out -- was that his car was the fastest street car, bar none, that they had ever tested. They had timed the car in the quarter and from 0-60 and the times were so fast, they were afraid to print the real ones because they didn't think anybody would believe them -- so they said something along the lines of "0-60 times of less than 5 seconds can be repeatedly achieved", along with a bunch of glowing commentary.
Design Energy of "Mariah" fame used to sell the kits, or entire built-up engines. I remember their catalog from "back in the day" quoting 462HP!
I don't know if the kit's worth the money, but there's a dose of neo-classical hotrod history involved here that's worth something. To fully understand how important the Cartech kits were, you have to understand that a car that made 230HP in 1986 was considered extremely powerful, and here was a lightweight car with double that amount.
Corky developed a turbo setup for the RX-7, which was a red-hot seller in '79. He set it up so it would have some lag off idle, but wouldn't choke off too much at higher RPMs. At around 3K RPM and higher, with the turbo spooled up, throttle response was excellent. HP was also excellent, although he shied away from quoting numbers. A tuner magazine was interested in testing the car, so Corky gave it to them for a day. He didn't go with them, didn't ride along -- just gave them the keys. When they returned, he said they looked like they had seen a ghost. They immediately started asking him all sorts of questions about how much HP the car actually had and the kit's mechanical specifics. The reason -- as Corky was soon to find out -- was that his car was the fastest street car, bar none, that they had ever tested. They had timed the car in the quarter and from 0-60 and the times were so fast, they were afraid to print the real ones because they didn't think anybody would believe them -- so they said something along the lines of "0-60 times of less than 5 seconds can be repeatedly achieved", along with a bunch of glowing commentary.
Design Energy of "Mariah" fame used to sell the kits, or entire built-up engines. I remember their catalog from "back in the day" quoting 462HP!
I don't know if the kit's worth the money, but there's a dose of neo-classical hotrod history involved here that's worth something. To fully understand how important the Cartech kits were, you have to understand that a car that made 230HP in 1986 was considered extremely powerful, and here was a lightweight car with double that amount.
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