Mr Norm's Super Cuda

So Allpar.com just posted an article introducing Mr. Norm's Super Challenger and Super Cuda; both based on new SRT8 Challengers. It was love at first sight:

I absolutely need this car. I must have the blown 6.1 bored out to a 426... 900 hp. Yes, you read that correctly. Nine-hundred.

Simply stunning. Mr. Norm has also put together a new Super Challenger:

If you opt for a Legends Edition Super Challenger or Cuda, you'd better act now; only 12 will be offered each model year. If only I had the means...

Turbo Bookends

I have some fairly exciting news: my bookends are finished! They feature the compressor and turbine from an old Mitsubishi turbocharger that was pulled from an 80s turbo Dodge. Very cool. If you are at all interested in cars and/or turbochargers, I recommend taking apart a junk turbo. I found it very interesting.

In case you think they just look cool, there is a hidden message here. Just like most bookends are A to Z, alpha to omega, etc, these bookends range from compressor to turbine (intake to exhaust); pretty clever right? Right.





























Now I know you all want a set (well... maybe) but for now these are one of a kind items. I just wanted to show them off.

2009 Cleveland Auto Show

My dad and I went to the Cleveland Auto Show this past Saturday, and I must say that Cleveland has been getting gypped these past few years.

Case in point: the 2008 Chrysler ecoVoyager concept... at the 2009 auto show. Now last year I was pumped to see this car (and the Jeep Renegade and Dodge ZEO; what happened to those ones???). But this year I was pumped to see the 200C and Circuit EV. Instead we get the old news. Don't get me wrong, this car is pimp; but why can't we get the new stuff too? Damn Geneva Auto Show; they need to get that conflict straightened out...

So anyway, here are some other photos from the show:

Photos from top: 1 Maserati Gran Turismo; 2 2009 Dodge Challenger R/T (note old school script "Challenger"); 3 2009 Dodge Viper hood louvers; 4 1970 Plymouth Superbird 440-6; 5 2009 Lincoln C Concept