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Nine Ball
03-19-2009, 04:39 PM
Good how-to article, excellent photos.

http://www.rcramer.com/fun/econobox/
Skill
03-19-2009, 05:00 PM
That's hilarious!
Danny2tek
03-19-2009, 05:15 PM
great article!
skywalkrNCSU
03-19-2009, 06:59 PM
that should be posted as a must read on every ricer board
KameleonTransAm
03-19-2009, 09:38 PM
Simply amazing!
XtinctZ28
03-20-2009, 06:20 AM
That is hilarious!
MMMZ/28
03-20-2009, 07:47 AM
That is AWESOME!
Nautilus
03-20-2009, 08:03 AM
I have a sawzall in my garage... I'm going to hang a "Sport-Compact Tuner" sign over the door. :D
gator's 99TA
03-20-2009, 09:21 AM
still a great article!
kozak
03-20-2009, 09:56 AM
I remember seeing that a while ago still funny. My prediction next ricer trend... the window mod! Because body kits and wheels are cool, but windows are clear so you can't show them off, so just get rid of them.
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01m6ss
03-20-2009, 10:52 PM
That's hilarious!
99blancoSS
03-20-2009, 10:54 PM
:jest: :shortbus:
Sharpe
03-20-2009, 11:42 PM
Man, I laughed my ass off. I don't know about taking space-saver spares to 93 mph without even so much as a roof or doors on! :lol:

http://www.rcramer.com/fun/econobox/econobox_32.jpg
AlexTheGreat
03-20-2009, 11:55 PM
Albeit retarded, that car ended faster than 99.9% of the rice shit I see around. As retarded as it looks, knowing that it is functional makes it more attractive than your typical rice rocket. Hell what am I saying, it DOES look better than Uncle Ben's Del Sol.
letsrunem
03-21-2009, 03:01 AM
Wow is all I can say. I never expected them to take it that far. There goes like 7 grand down the drain. Fuckin idiots.
-LS1-
03-21-2009, 04:05 AM
I remember seeing that article about 5 years ago. And I laughed just as hard reading it again today as I did the first time. :D
So-GT0071
03-21-2009, 04:14 AM
Man I completely forgot about that article. Hilarious!
whytryz28
03-21-2009, 06:23 AM
How quick would a camaro run if you did that? Pretty quick if you got the weight down to 1700 also.

Hell our doors weight a ton alone.
-LS1-
03-21-2009, 06:31 AM
Hell our doors weight a ton alone.

No kidding; the door panels weigh enough to considerably sag my door with them on compared to when they're off...
whytryz28
03-21-2009, 06:56 AM
No kidding; the door panels weigh enough to considerably sag my door with them on compared to when they're off...

Im gonna find a busted ass v6 fbody and do this to it, but i gotta find a track to let me run it bare balls

:goodluck:
GM Junkie
03-21-2009, 10:44 AM
Holy lord! after stripping away everything but the drive train and frame it still went 14 something. WTF?

I dig the Budget shinnies idea though!:lol:
Torque Junky
03-21-2009, 04:50 PM
Damn i thought this was serious when i clicked on it!
WSsick
03-21-2009, 05:04 PM
wow that is the funniest thing ive read since............well actually the dyno fail about 5 minutes ago. im going out to buy an import right now and pull this off! but im going to spray and be a 13 second wonder! (once)
TheBlueKnight
03-21-2009, 05:51 PM
If you did this to an f-body it'd probably run 11 something :thumb:
Sammyboy
03-22-2009, 07:25 PM
If you did this to an f-body it'd probably run 11 something :thumb:

I'm gonna say 10's...with a ls1 and 1700lbs........


my favorite quote was

"The most obvious free horsepower mod is to remove the exhaust. This makes the engine extremely loud and, as you know, noise equals power."
PhoenixRising
03-24-2009, 02:50 PM
Hahaha...I have never seen that before...hilarious!
HYBRED
03-24-2009, 03:09 PM
Always a classic :lol:
406malibu
03-24-2009, 05:43 PM
makes me want to do that to my car...











J/K LOL, seriously tho, a bolt on ls1 would be ridiculous at that weight.
Puck
03-24-2009, 07:10 PM
Holy shit they got it down to 1,674!

http://www.rcramer.com/fun/econobox/econobox_32.jpg
LMAO!!!
Mike00ss
03-24-2009, 08:53 PM
That is hilarious!
KameleonTransAm
03-26-2009, 05:20 AM
Awesome and fucking hilarious article!
Discerning
03-26-2009, 09:54 AM
I've already seen this on a "similar" site...:secret:

Someone should do that to a miata or something cheap and rwd and then drop an LSX into it.
The only problem you'd run into is serious chassis strength issues.
silver-mod-o
03-27-2009, 01:16 PM
Theres still an easy 200lbs I could take off that thing.... and still make it down the track, can you say 13s???? LOL
02gtp4now
03-27-2009, 01:32 PM
wow that would be fun as hell
2MuchRiceMakesMeSick
03-27-2009, 03:49 PM
what the hell is the ductape for? to hold the filter???

http://www.rcramer.com/fun/econobox/econobox_12.jpg
just-a-z
03-27-2009, 05:51 PM
Street legal, too.
Tweedles
03-27-2009, 06:30 PM
Funny stuff.
JIBBBY
03-31-2009, 09:26 AM
That's the funniest shit I have ever seen... The funny thing is it's still slow as shit..
NemeSS
03-31-2009, 11:00 AM
LOL! silly ricers
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Tiburon
04-02-2009, 09:37 PM
Very Funny.
ProjectCamaro
04-02-2009, 09:53 PM
My brother showed me that article when it came out a couple years ago. I laugh everytime I see it.
Iroc313
04-08-2009, 10:29 PM
1900lbs, wow.
sidewayz28
04-09-2009, 03:05 PM
thats super old
dirtybird222
04-09-2009, 03:47 PM
Talk about the wrong way to do it. I got my 1995 Civic to do it for $1700 including price of car and only removed the A/C due to clearance issues with the turbo. Plan on being in the mid to low 13s by end of summer with bigger fuel pump, injectors, bigger wastegate, axles, and drag slicks instead of autox.