Introducing our Dragon Build: The Wildebeest

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  1. Eric@Helix

    Eric@Helix New Member
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    #21 Eric@Helix, Apr 12, 2011
    Don't touch that guitar...DON'T EVEN LOOK AT IT!!!!!

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    #22 jtbrown, Apr 12, 2011
    Stonehenge lyrics

    (Spoken)
    In ancient times
    Hundreds of years before the dawn of history
    Lived a strange race of people, the druids

    No one knows who they were
    Or what they were doing
    But their legacy remains
    Here into the living rock of Stonehenge

    (Sung)
    Stonehenge, where the demons dwell
    Where the banshees live and they do live well
    Stonehenge
    Where a man is a man and the children dance to
    the pipes of pan

    Stonehenge
    Tis a magic place where the moon doth rise
    With a dragon's face
    Stonehenge
    Where the virgins lie
    And the prayer of devils fill the midnight sky

    And you my love, won't you take my hand
    We'll go back in time to that mystic land
    Where the dew drops cry and the cats meow
    I will take you there
    I will show you how

    (Spoken)
    And oh how they danced,
    the little children of Stonehenge
    Beneath the haunted moon
    For fear of daybreak may come too soon

    (Instrumental)

    (Spoken)
    And where are they now,
    the little people of Stonehenge?
    And what would they say to us,
    if they were here tonight?
     
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    #23 Rae, Apr 12, 2011
    Certainly, in the topsy-turvy world of heavy rock, having a good solid piece of wood in your hand is often useful.
    :cornut:
     
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    #24 SNEEEZY - Erika, Apr 12, 2011
    I. Am. So. Confused!

    If someone could please enlighten me...
     
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    #25 BoCRon, Apr 12, 2011
    Eleven is one louder, isn't it?

    I think the Wildebeest should be named St. Hubbins (the patron saint of quality footwear).

    Annette
     
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    #26 SNEEEZY - Erika, Apr 13, 2011
    Ok...Google is my trusty friend!

    Spinal Tap! (I've never seen the movie...)
     
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    #27 packimocity, Apr 13, 2011
    cool...but will it be ready in time for the end of the New York Auto Show week??

    packimocity:)
     
  8. Eric@Helix

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    #28 Eric@Helix, Apr 14, 2011
    New Sponsors!

    The parts-gathering for the Wildebeest is gaining momentum with two key sponsors coming on board for the build. First Jan from RMW tuning has kindly offered his tuning skills which will be absolutely key in the project. We are using a hand-ported JCW head, with 520cc injectors (from our old TurboKompressor kit) combined with a hotter cam courtesy of FES and Dr. O. The motor would quickly make quite a mess of itself without Jan's generous time and effort.

    We're also adding to the aero package with the help of Group 4 Autosport in the form of their front splitter: a fully track tested piece that has improved road-course lap times by more than a second per mile. Apparently, they have also crash tested the splitter, which popped off the car during an agricultural excursion. It was later easily re-attached. We're not planning to conduct any such tests.

    In the mean time, we're doing more pre-dragon prep, including match-porting the intake runners and smoothing the intercooler bull-horns. More to come...
     
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    #29 Crashton, Apr 14, 2011
    If you guys find that you have too many horses when you are done you can stable the extras in my engine compartment. :D
     
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    #30 DixonL2, Apr 14, 2011
    Awesome!

    OK, so what're you doing with the used, used parts? Should be great to watch, we will stop on by.

    I was there for some of the G4 crash testing (no, this was not a "causal" relationship!) and can report their stuff really holds up rather well, better than the telephone pole, which is still quite literally held up by our municipality using rope. The diffuser was easily re-used, and the splitter was pretty amazing. Unfortunately, the CIA came and collected all of my pictures, contracting me to a bond of silenc... CRAP! HERE THEY COME! :eek:
     
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    #31 Eric@Helix, Apr 15, 2011
    Sorry for the camera phone jiggly shot, but here's the hand-ported head, next to a stock head. Note the size difference in exhaust ports:cornut:

    IMAG0163.jpg

    On the other side, the intake runners will be match-ported to the intake ports.
     
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    #32 Eric@Helix, Apr 15, 2011
    Home made seat bracket.

    IMAG0164.jpg
     
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    #33 WolfGTI, Apr 18, 2011
    Is that DOT approved ?:devil:

     
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    #34 Dave.0, Apr 18, 2011
    Well yeah just look at it, it has lots of DOTs. :aureola::beer:ihih:
     
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    #35 Vollgas, Apr 19, 2011
    New lightweight seat mounts.
    Will soon be the rage to have on your car.
     
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    #36 oxtox, Apr 19, 2011

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    #37 Nathan, Apr 19, 2011
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    #38 Metalman, Apr 19, 2011
    Not fair....

    Are we doing morse code or braille here?
     
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    #39 Crashton, Apr 19, 2011
    Nothing but heavy duty seat mounts for this guy... :smile5:
     
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    #40 oxtox, Apr 19, 2011
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