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No.

Why would he be doing this to his girlfriends car?

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That's funny you said that, because that happens all the time. My good friend's dad has a '70 chevelle SS 454 convertable, which he made into a race car. it's done 9's and weighs 4000 lbs. So, using expensive cars for drag cars has always been going on. The other thing about this project - the concern for aero - who cares? It's a drag evo. It's cool for being what it is.

People are whining that this guy here up in moorhead is wrecking a supra by doign the same thing, basically. except he just back-halved the car.

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Exactly. He's still using the Evo sheetmetal, and the engine.

The people wrecking those rare cars into drag cars are the ones who should get yelled at.

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Ha, that's how Brent Rau started, turned his wife's car into a race car.

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Nice. Now I know of two things women are good for.








*rst95eclipse not responsible or liable for any hurt feelings created by this statement. If you do experience negative emotions, please get back in the kitchen and cook a pie.*



Just kidding.

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I see you have some prominant members in the DSM/Evo communities posting in your thread. Congraduations, you are now on their radar and they will be watching. As for their statements about it not being an Evo - I think it was funny that AMS stated that they were doing the same thing to an Evo I/II, yet they still called it an Evo. Also, on Buschur's website they have a Pro-Class 98 Talon - still called a Talon. Tell them to correct themselves, then they can make such a statement. Screw all the flack. Build it, race it, and make people jealous.

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Buschur was very nice actually. He did go through the same exact shit that I am / will be going through. AMS is clearly jealous / worried because it is obvious that thier car will not compete :) Buschur already knows what this car will undoubtedly run when its complete and it obviously doesnt bother him. He sold his Pro RWD that back in the days with 660s and a VPC ran a low 8 or a 7 (Cant remember exactly).

Oh and yes, this is my girlfriends car :) I just kinda use it I guess you could say!

I have known Buschur and AMS for a while... Buschur has always been pretty nice to me and AMS has always hated me since my intake manifold design. They tried to belittle me and throw long words at me to make it seem like thier intake manifold was so great... then I showed them what CFD and engineering could provide and they pretty much shut up. Some other interesting crap about AMS is thier time attack car which has been gutted 75% as far as mine (They even cut their roof out). That one is still an Evo though... lol. Or the fact that they pretend that they have pretty much built thier Evo 1/2 (However it becomes a 1/2? They have been trying to sell the car before it was finished for probably 8 months so far and supposedly they did sell it but cant get ahold of the buyer. They said they just havent gotten a chance to work on it for awhile.... doesnt make much sense why they would say that since they sold it :)

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HAHA!

Didnt know you bought it for her... :p

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That's what I was confused about. Atleast she's supportive of it all! Those are the girls to keep around!

-A. Swift

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:) I bought if for both of us. The car is in her name, I just pay for it. We both enjoy it so whoevers car that ends up being I suppose.

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Dave H?

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Who cares about the haters. It is your ride and your choice. Allot of folks will jump the band wagon when you break records and kiss your ass. Keep up the good work and keeping reality into check. I know allot of folks do allot of talking and can't get the first spark plug out of their car.

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Guys, this is the PROJECT forum, not the SANDY VAGINA forum. EvilEvo, please keep the shit talking to a minimum and the updates to a maximum :D

Everyone else, unless you have something worth-while to say, please take it elsewhere (i.e. create a new thread in the off-topic forum (parking lot) since you're whining will only further drag the topic of this thread into the gutter.

This is an insane build-up. Let's grow up and watch it unfold. If evil wants to boast a little, let him. Wouldn't you if this thing was in your garage?

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What did you build your model in, Solidworks or Pro/E? Run any FEA load simulations to see how your cage is going to behave?

Care to expand upon the "CFD and engineering?" What'd you run CFD models in, Fluent? As soon as I can afford it, I have some OEM parts that I'm going to send off to get CAD models of and hopefully then run some CFD models.

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I havn't gone anywere .

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I was just reading your thread on EvoM. AMS and Buscher sure are being complementary about your work.

Its too bad you have to come on this board and talk shit about them. :(

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I used solidworks to make the model proto-type. I use FloWorks for the lighter CFD stuff and Fluent for the more extensive stuff. Yes I ran load simulations but I honestly dont know how accurate they are considering that is not even the exact design on how it turned out. It is also hard for me to find out exactly where the load would be placed and at what direction, etc, etc... I mainly used the load testing part on small certain clusters. Another reason I couldnt really do much of the load testing is the way I stuck all the piping together. I did it in a way that none of them are technically connected in solidworks.... that way I could make a parts list with lengths and even print out the coped cuts for each pipe should I want to.

If you want let me know what the parts are and if it isnt too complicated Ill draw them up for ya.

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I wont bother wasting my time explaining most of this so I wont... I will explain a few things though. I didnt realize anyone on here liked AMS as much as you do and if Id known I would not have made the comment so I apoligize.

I will run the car in Pro RWD or Pro Outlaw RWD depending on the race so there will not be any street cars competing against me... they will all be full tube vehicles like mine, most of which have sponsers and financial backing... all of which I dont so yes, I will get my ass handed to me and enjoy every lashing.

As for the times I expect to run I dont want to even guess but beating an 8.97 better not be too tough :)

As for the full weight Supras... not sure I have ever seen one run an 8 second pass.. Im sure there are a few I just havent seen them so no, I will run in a quicker class then what they would.

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Oh... and I dont believe I did talk any shit about Buschur... in fact I think I kinda defended him. And once again I didnt realize you liked AMS so much so Im sorry for being rude about them. Like I said before, they got really pissed off at me after the whole intake manifold thing so since then I have not been awfully found of them. Then they had to go talk about thier tube car that they sold and decided to omit that fact and to top it off called it an Evo I/II right after they told me mine was no longer an Evo VIII. That is the reason behind it. Not sure what your big problem with me really is but screw it. If you dont like me or my project dont talk about it :) No need to talk about that shit anymore.

On another note, I finished the rear of the funny car cage which is the last tube that I will put on until the body gets mounted temporarily. I need to find the exact location of the front tires so I need the body to make sure its perfect. I plan on getting that done by early next week. Once thats done Ill need to finish the front end w/ steering and suspension which wont take long. I already made brackets to hold the suspension and rims on the rear so it should be a rolling chassis soon :)

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(sp?)

Just figured Id clarify this again... now please just drop it.