This Dorky Kid Is Really Cool, Actually

Click here to view the embedded video. "It fuel starves on left turns on about… seventy Ohms." Now that is not something you hear every day about a "tuner car", is it? DRIVE's Matt Farah checks out a homemade contraption consisting of a late-first-gen RX-7 and a five-liter Ford V-8. (The old five-liter, mind you, not the Coyote mod motor.) "Never a dull moment," he says, and he's correct. The owner, Corbin, is a modern example of a recurring American character: The Kid In The Garage Building His Own Hot-Rod Car. Since we're in 2013, he's an awkward Asperger's case hiding behind sunglasses instead of a James Dean wannabe with a pack of cigarettes rolled up in his shirtsleeve, but the dynamic is the same. Built, not bought; invented, not acquired. Watching this video is a great way to wash the taste of the Magnus Walker hagiography out of your mind. Check it out, and leave a comment so the DRIVE team knows you're watching. from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com

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