01 Dec Snow, White
Those are the two main themes of the day today.
First up is the snow. Today was the first measurable snowfall of the year for the Chicagoland area, so naturally, everybody forgot how to drive. Don’t fret about hitting the road, though; most people will have mastered the art of driving in the snow by April or so.
Next up is white, a two-parter. The first isn’t technically white, but it’s sandblasted (for painting at the hands of Luci), so it’s got a shiny, snowlike appearance. What we’ve got here is an intake for a Jeep Cherokee SRT8, the same one we featured a while back. It used to have a supercharger installed (before it arrived here, we weren’t the ones to install it), but that thing threw out more problems than horsepower, so it was replaced in favor of a regular ol’ intake. This isn’t that regular of an intake, though; the diameter of the cone filter is six inches, and the pipe then moves down to five inches, and it gets smaller one more time before it connects to the manifold. It sounds beastly, and it sure as hell looks the part, too:
Finally, the last white thing in this post is our ever-beloved Hyundai Genesis project car. With Marilynn’s M45 exhaust done (and videos soon to come!), we started putting our heads into the Genesis’ engine bay. We’re currently fabricating a new, equal-length turbo manifold for this white beauty. Eastway’s currently cutting out some flanges with the Blasocut 4000 (pronounced Blaze-o-cut, it sounds like it’s from a Simpsons episode) and Craig’s hard at work making it all fit together in a proper format. Here’s some shots of the mockup so far:
As much as we like to make fun of people driving like salt-covered slugs in the winter, it’s always a good idea to drive safely, according to conditions. We like to make sure our readers aren’t checking out the website from a hospital bed. So pop on those winter tires, and if you don’t have them, consider the investment — the safety is well worth the cost.
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