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Old Mar 8, 2009 | 07:21 AM
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lookin good! cant wait to see it finished! and i know by experience how ast the money goes on a v-6 swap! it took me 6months to finish mine!
 
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Old Mar 8, 2009 | 11:10 AM
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Haha i totally feel you about just wanting to drive it! Your gonna have one mean car Huge props for doing this swap
 
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Old Mar 8, 2009 | 02:49 PM
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Originally Posted by rburch77
lookin good! cant wait to see it finished! and i know by experience how ast the money goes on a v-6 swap! it took me 6months to finish mine!
Thanks guys. But just woundering....what rburch said, did you do a similar swap?
 
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Old Mar 8, 2009 | 03:22 PM
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no, not on a honda anyways! i did a vr4 v-6 swap to an eclipse i once had.
 
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Old Mar 8, 2009 | 04:04 PM
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question in your drawing you have those weird hole thingys drawn on your rear bumper what are they lol i've seen them on other cars and i cant even begin to fathom a non aesthetic purpose
 
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Old Mar 8, 2009 | 04:11 PM
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they are so the air your bumper catches can go through so it doesnt create as much drag. dont remember the technical name for them right off hand.
 
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Old Mar 8, 2009 | 04:12 PM
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ahh that makes sense i guess lol still looks like garbage IMO. but at least it has a function lol =\
 
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Old Mar 8, 2009 | 04:54 PM
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Originally Posted by rburch77
they are so the air your bumper catches can go through so it doesnt create as much drag. dont remember the technical name for them right off hand.
Thats right, its to make the air flow through the bumper, i to cant think of what the name of it is.

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ahh that makes sense i guess lol still looks like garbage IMO. but at least it has a function lol =\
Well it will be painted to match the car, i think it looks stupid to, but it works great.
 
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Old Mar 8, 2009 | 05:03 PM
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form follows function
 
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Old Mar 8, 2009 | 05:09 PM
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Is that hole some sort of venturi? I know Ferrari and Porche use them to help their cars get sucked towards the ground.
 
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