Barabus' Old Car?
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Barabus' Old Car?
Found this on another forum....Not sure if this is Barabus' old car but it is sick. This was made on pump gas and still tuning. Not sure of any other info on the setup.
www.Qb2productions.com/videos/dfgdtt/murder.wmv
www.Qb2productions.com/videos/dfgdtt/murder.wmv
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St. Jude Donor '08
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Yes that is Brabus' old car. It belongs to DFGTT now aka Robert. A very cool guy. The car has been a nightmare since he bought it. A lifter got hosed up in the bore, the trans was empty of fluid, the rear end was only spinning one wheel. Taylor @ Dallas Performance completely rebuilt the car. Diff, Trans, Engine, every piece of the turbo kit. How do you make that kind of power on pump? Displacement, meth, tuning, good flowing turbos, well built engine with a good combination of components. Believe it. 
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St. Jude Donor '08
Yes that is Brabus' old car. It belongs to DFGTT now aka Robert. A very cool guy. The car has been a nightmare since he bought it. A lifter got hosed up in the bore, the trans was empty of fluid, the rear end was only spinning one wheel. Taylor @ Dallas Performance completely rebuilt the car. Diff, Trans, Engine, every piece of the turbo kit. How do you make that kind of power on pump? Displacement, meth, tuning, good flowing turbos, well built engine with a good combination of components. Believe it.
I definantly agree with what you say about what it takes to make that power on pump gas! Taylor can sure do it!!
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Found this on another forum....Not sure if this is Barabus' old car but it is sick. This was made on pump gas and still tuning. Not sure of any other info on the setup.
www.Qb2productions.com/videos/dfgdtt/murder.wmv
www.Qb2productions.com/videos/dfgdtt/murder.wmv
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Yes that is Brabus' old car. It belongs to DFGTT now aka Robert. A very cool guy. The car has been a nightmare since he bought it. A lifter got hosed up in the bore, the trans was empty of fluid, the rear end was only spinning one wheel. Taylor @ Dallas Performance completely rebuilt the car. Diff, Trans, Engine, every piece of the turbo kit. How do you make that kind of power on pump? Displacement, meth, tuning, good flowing turbos, well built engine with a good combination of components. Believe it.
It sure is his old Vette - I wondered what happened to it after he sold it.Robert sure redid it and did right
Thanks,Matt
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Taylor had done a bunch of work to it a year ago right when Robert bought it and it made something in the 900's before all the trouble started. I don't know if they ever dyno'd it before Taylor started on it.
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Heres a entire thread about the car and how its set-up now...
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-f...nce-tt-c6.html
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-f...nce-tt-c6.html
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That is where I remember it being at from mine and his PMs...or at least in the neighborhood he was still struggling with the turbos choking off and making more tq then hp.
