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Old 02-05-08, 06:04 AM
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Weird upper intake manifold
Has anyone ever seen this UIP before? I found this car being sold on ebay.co.uk. I've never seen anything like this before, he also has some major ducting goin on there!
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Old 02-05-08, 06:26 AM
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that looks weird because i think that is a rx8 13b engine. look at the intake manifold its small comparied to the fd's normal intake.
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Old 02-05-08, 06:33 AM
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^^^^I'm with you. Looks like an RX-8 motor in there...
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It doesn look like the Rx8 intake it´s made out of plastic and does not look like this
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I really like the front of the car
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What front end is that on the car?
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Interesting Headlight conversion....any more info
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Stock uim turned upside down???
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It doesn look like the Rx8 intake it´s made out of plastic and does not look like this
sure enough
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Its hard to see..

Interesting body kit... different.
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Old 02-05-08, 06:25 PM
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Stock uim turned upside down???
It actually does look like what you said!
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Old 02-05-08, 07:11 PM
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+1. interesting FD.. i'd like to see more info on that car too
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Stock uim turned upside down???
Bingo! Notice how the stock throttlebody is turned around
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looks like the stock 1 flipped upside down and rewelded
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I wonder what the reason behind this one was...
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re body kit no?
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that is awsome how he cut it and made it 2 peices
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Tii Uim?
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Interesting Headlight conversion....any more info
Could that be G35 headlights?
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The headlight conversion is from a nissan ...... micra
http://www.autozone4cars.com/Autozon...ages/31692.jpg
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It looks kinda like a 2nd gen 3 piece NA intake manifold with the top 3rd piece eliminated and the TB mounted on the end of the middle piece...
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cool lights cool uim!
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Burnout kit?
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Interesting Headlight conversion....any more info
ew are you serious? do you want the car to look like a Porsche?

and no i dont have anything against them.
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Old 02-06-08, 12:17 AM
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Pretty wild. I would also be interested in some more info on this.
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