A ridiculous/cool/stupid/awesome hot rod. He calls it a rat rod, but seriously? And for the BITOG'ers, you even get a view of the oil pressure gauge!
Waaay over the top
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Because of all that vacuum in front of him, he doesn't even need a windscreen apparently.
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I have seen that on the show Counting Cars. You should see how many cars this guy owns! Must have a couple of dozen cars scattered across his property in Vegas, a lot of them rare old muscle cars.
I don't know why he would call it a rat rod, the paint has no fade, the body is perfectly in line, and all the chrome is in perfect condition.
Maybe if I got to see the car close up, and from all angles, I would find something a rat rod would have.
Maybe if I got to see the car close up, and from all angles, I would find something a rat rod would have.
Originally Posted By: CurtisB
Because of all that vacuum in front of him, he doesn't even need a windscreen apparently.
Windshields are for sissies. Besides, you can tell how happy he is by counting the bugs in his teeth.
Because of all that vacuum in front of him, he doesn't even need a windscreen apparently.
Windshields are for sissies. Besides, you can tell how happy he is by counting the bugs in his teeth.
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Some people are just lucky to have way too much money on their hands!
That is so NOT a rat rod!A rat rod is usually built with leftover hot rod parts from other projects and you just leave whatever is left of the paint of the body alone.
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While I realize that 1000 HP is quite a bit (the website has the actual specifications and contradicts the video), I actually expected it to be more. 500HP from a 4.6L does not seem to be an outlandish accomplishment--of course, perhaps that was not the main objective, but with 2 superchargers each, it certainly had to be on the menu.
Did I miss something?
Did I miss something?
Originally Posted By: 2010_FX4
While I realize that 1000 HP is quite a bit (the website has the actual specifications and contradicts the video), I actually expected it to be more. 500HP from a 4.6L does not seem to be an outlandish accomplishment--of course, perhaps that was not the main objective, but with 2 superchargers each, it certainly had to be on the menu.
Did I miss something?
I don't think you missed anything - except maybe that the idea here is not ultimate performance. The idea (I think) was to do something no one else had done, and make it a real show-stopper. In that sense, I think it's a success. The blowers are not going to be turning very fast, but you end up with a driveable hot rod with a smooth powerband. It looks like it runs well just off-idle, indicating a pretty mild state of tune. The owner even says he doesn't care what it will do in the quarter-mile.
While I realize that 1000 HP is quite a bit (the website has the actual specifications and contradicts the video), I actually expected it to be more. 500HP from a 4.6L does not seem to be an outlandish accomplishment--of course, perhaps that was not the main objective, but with 2 superchargers each, it certainly had to be on the menu.
Did I miss something?
I don't think you missed anything - except maybe that the idea here is not ultimate performance. The idea (I think) was to do something no one else had done, and make it a real show-stopper. In that sense, I think it's a success. The blowers are not going to be turning very fast, but you end up with a driveable hot rod with a smooth powerband. It looks like it runs well just off-idle, indicating a pretty mild state of tune. The owner even says he doesn't care what it will do in the quarter-mile.
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