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Old 05-11-2010, 12:53 AM
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wtf is this? "open-air intake manifold"?

I was browsing the interwebz.....and came across this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGgxm57GvCQ

Looks like a pro-built rx8 with some sort of custom airbox that is either missing a part (like the filter) or......something else.

Anyone know what car this is??
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bmi 4 rotor. filter is just off for the show.
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injectors at the nose of the horns? alcohol of some sort i presume
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if a wasp just happened to be near by, that engine would go bye bye
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wasp would be nothing but pulp by the time it got in the rotor
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This video shows that car in race trim with the K/N filter on.

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I don't think this is the BMI car.

I saw this one last weekend at Road Atlanta (Formula Drift) and the radiator was installed in the rear of the car.
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Originally Posted by BigMikeATL
I don't think this is the BMI car.

I saw this one last weekend at Road Atlanta (Formula Drift) and the radiator was installed in the rear of the car.
At 34 seconds in the first video you can see BMI on the door and the same #55 that can be seen on the door of the vid I posted. While the car in the 2nd vid is in race trim I think its the same car, unless they built TWO 4-rotor rX-8 with the same intake.
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just check the site www.bmiracing.net


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