Skunk Works on C55
11-15-2008, 02:20 AM
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Skunk Works on C55
Will be done in mid Feb. Goal is to break into the 9's. Will include Maybach bullet transmission. Stay tuned.
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11-15-2008, 03:50 PM
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That is a reference to the top-secret Lockheed facility that used to be housed in Burbank then Palmdale, CA. That is were the unbelievable SR-71 was developed. Many of the world's coolest, fastest and covert aircraft came from the infamous Skunk Works hanger.
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11-15-2008, 04:19 PM
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Could be. Having grown up next door to a real Skunk Works engineer, the name is synonymous with Lockheed. Companies, knowing what the Works were, would surely steal it for themselves.
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11-15-2008, 06:30 PM
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Not sure who actually owns that hangar, but the SR-71 was a Lockheed aircraft.
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Sooooo Are you putting a jet engine in your car? Has VRP and Kleemann gone above and beyond in customer service they are just giving you a jet engine to make it right? Skunk works sound like the smell of my pet Boxers butt.
Maybe not a jet engine but will it look something like this?
Or this?
Maybe not a jet engine but will it look something like this?
Or this?
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11-15-2008, 07:19 PM
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I have corrected my errors.
I think I fall back on Boeing since they bought so much of the aerospace industry here in So. Cal.
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11-16-2008, 10:42 AM
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What about the CEL from Kleemann headers. Can they fix that too?
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Everything is fine with my car. If you don't believe me why don't you show up on Dec 4th at California Speedway and see it for yourself?
I will use that date as my final baseline before I turn it over to Vadim for the transformation.
I will use that date as my final baseline before I turn it over to Vadim for the transformation.
