Mad Science, Cincinnati Style
My law school classmate Jeff sent me a photo of a car for sale which he saw on the streets of Cincinnati:
Bargain hunters, take heed: to judge from the sign on the window, the seller is what they like to call “motivated.” We do not know what motivated this individual to trick out a fourth-generation Camaro with a monster truck lift kit, hip-hop donk wheels, and a two-tone scheme from The Wacky Races, but the results are clearly…um, er…epic. I’m not sure, though, if it’s “epic win” or “epic fail.”
One wonders what might be under the hood. You’d expect something like this to get a blown big-block V-8 with a “shaker” air scoop popping up in front of the windshield, but no, no air scoop here. Given the stock hood, it could be powered by nothing more than the base V-6–but somehow that doesn’t seem right. If you’re going to indulge your inner Frankenstein at this level of intensity, you need to put something interesting in the engine bay. Otherwise, why bother?
If it were up to me, I’d give it a hybrid drivetrain stripped out of a Prius. It would go nicely with the ecology-themed color combination, add an extra measure of absurdity, and you could tap power from the battery pack to give the subwoofer an extra kick.
–Cookie the Dog’s Owner
