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Originally posted by proclassracer:
Its now 2 something and all these comments are very amusing. Things that werent shown. Originally both teams had a $1000 budget,thats it! Anything we got from there was fair game. Obies car recieved over 7k in parts( I love hearing the guys"7K and it went what blah bla blah?) donated by Clutchmaster(clutch+ flywheel) Nitrous express(full nitrous kit) Toda(cam
gears) Aem(standalone computer system with tuning) 16g Turbo upgrade, M&H(all 4 slicks driven down from Northern Cali right after Johns fathers funeral ) Fuel pump, Intercooler and custom in house(Autolink) fabbed piping, Timing belt(too late and cant think of the company name right now...blue belt somebody help me out), misc gauges,exhaust sytem and some other stuff im brain farting on right now. Just because all this is installed doesnt garuntee a fast car. As any racer knows it comes down to driver or driver error. Another fact is he did kill an axle and when the car was taken back to the shop the axle somehow was hanging on by the boot and boot alone. On top of all the clowning we did,which is what made doing the show fun,we worked our asses off to install all these parts on a deadline while taking individual on camera interviews which took us away from actual work for three hours of the total build. I dont think most people can appreciate what it really took to put together 1. a car we really didnt like (Mitsubishi,we are not DSM fans nor had a choice in car or claim to be DSM tuners)and 2. do it in under a certain amount of time and have it filmed. With that being said.....editing.....editing played a huge part in what is really showed. Its Hollywood what can you expect? You actually believe the whole idea we were going to put Nitrous on the car after we found out what she had? We had the kit on order expecting to put it in the car anyway. The only difference is what HP shot were going to use. Hollywood played the biggest part in the way the show was made. Could it have been different and successfull? Sure,but do you want to watch a bunch of guys yelling at each other while they are wrenching......oh wait...thats American Chopper. Its already been done. They tried doing something different that the average Joe could understand. If the show runs again alot more people will have input into the way the scene is portrayed and changes will be made. Will everyone like it? Shit you cant please everyone. Give it up to Discovery Channel,Apexi,Autolink,all the tuners,Leila,Obie,all the people that donated parts and anyone else that had a hand in creating the show. So much negativity......no wonder this industry has such a hard time getting any major sponsership or coverage. Without all the drama it would be a show about 6 guys 2 girls and two cars.
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