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I felt this was too cool for be wasting away in the 2nd gen CL section. This is one of Azines craziest builders/tuners and I still kick myself for not buying his custom turbo kit for my CL. This is a CL, it is powered by a J series engine, it is not very stock anymore, it's probably the only rear wheel drive Acura CL in existence. We have been waiting for this moment in the 2nd gen CL section for a long long time ThinJim is like a god to us.

If you don't want to watch the whole thing, the fastest Acura you've ever seen takes off at about 4:50.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TXcM...layer_embedded

Feel free to join us in our praise for his sheer insanity here......

https://acurazine.com/forums/2g-cl-2001-2003-50/finally-814598/

Ken1997TL

Holy Bejesus

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Here's what it looked like in 07



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This is what a well built J series looks like

justnspace

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I have wet dreams of 9's.

TylerT

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I wish Honda / Acura will come out with a RWD Coupe, similar to the Genesis or something.

riicky

bad ass CL!!! f**king rocket!! keep it up

JS + XES

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Omg so sick!

Crazy Bimmer

respect.

CLtotheTL32

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Damn that's awesome.

teranfon

I give that guy a lot of credit. He could have built something for much less money from more common parts, but instead designed, fabricated, and built something entirely different from the norm. People like him that take the difficult route are true innovators.





Terry

03tLsNBP

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^ +1

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FWIW this was a practice run. From what we understand it was the first run. According to ThinJim he was planning on shutting her down early but she felt like she was going straight so he decided to run it out.

This is all he told us.....

Like I said, in the 2nd gen CL section, he is a god. We'd kill just to have a rear wheel drive CL, this is beyond comprehension.

trancemission

my god

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Here's another nice pic of the car. Side props to super trooper for his photoshop skills. He quickly answered the bell when ThinJim asked for flames on a CL dragster which as you can see made it to the final project.

CLtotheTL32

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GAWD. What would you call that thing the chick on the left is wearing?

nyclio

There's a car in this picture?

But really..I wonder how fast the 0-60 is on it

sho_nuff1997

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Damn.

Miiike

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Where is that pipe off the compressor going? It looks like it goes inside the car? :S

madcaps

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An old friend of mine, Shaun Carlson (RIP), built the first tubed chassis civic (Stephen Papadakis AEM yellow civic) and helped revolutionize the import drag racing scene. I was always mesmerized by his genius and was in constant awe of how he built cars. People like him and ThinJim are the ones that propel new ideas and the car cultures that we love. Kudos to him!!

CL6

What's your 0-69 speed?

mattg

I think the car has a air to water intercooler set up.

neuronbob

That is freaking awesome.

If only Acura actually had a performance coupe or sedan....

cherplex

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You mean the 60ft or are you talking about actual 0-60 time?

Bearcat94

05TLdcc

sweet baby

mattg

Big congrats to ThinJim. This has been a long time coming.

Legend2TL

Wow, that's some very nice engineering and fabrication.

SuperTrooper169

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Thanks for the side props lol. I was just flipping out to my wife making her watch the video to see my Photoshop rendering come to life. I can't believe ThinJim finally got the project on the track. It's been a long time but it obviously appears like it was well worth the time and effort he put into the car. I can't wait to see an update with it going even faster!

Legend2TL

Handkerchief or dish cloth ?

jangkai

wow very impressive. big congrats to all the people involved in this project

invisiblewar

wow, i remember reading threads about him and this project, I was actually wondering what ever happened to it

this is awesome

phee

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either will work for my intended purpose

KillerG

9 inch penis's

SuperTrooper169

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^

TS_eXpeed

Dayum.


Not at all a fan of the paint job, but still gotta give the guy mad props. That's intense.

mcflyguy24

Meh. I see room for further weight reductions.

Hole E Shit! Never thought I'd see a CL run anything below high 12's let alone sub-10's. Hat's off to ThinJim! Very creative project there.

Costco

Wow, it seems pretty quiet for a 9 second car too. At least it sounded quieter than those Civics. Can't wait to see where he goes with it after testing and tuning, I've followed his build thread here and there, impressive stuff

iforyou

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wicked...............

myron

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nice car and all but I would not let that girl in a yellow "bikini" stand by my car looking that ugly. WOW who let her buy that thinking with a face like that hahaha

Eoanou

Any rough idea on power output, I recall in his threads about wanting to run 40lbs of boost.