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    Quote Originally Posted by RM Auctions
    625 bhp, 5,973 cc mid-mounted Donovan aluminum block-and-head V-8 engine with twin Garrett turbochargers and fuel injection, three-speed automatic gearbox
    3 speed auto.....I wonder if they stuck a Powerglide in there....

    Quote Originally Posted by ZEUS View Post
    I would compare the Vector variation of "wedge" design more to the 1968 Alfa Romeo Carabano than that of the Countach.


    Sideswipe! Where's Sunstreaker?

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    Quote Originally Posted by eternal21 View Post
    3 speed auto.....I wonder if they stuck a Powerglide in there....



    Sideswipe! Where's Sunstreaker?
    It was an Oldsmobile transaxle: http://www.charlietranny.com/425THM.htm

    I have a hard time understanding the claims of 240 mph... with a 3-speed. 0-60 in 4.2 seconds would have to be in a 1st gear pull. It says 625 bhp but there was evidently a way to increase the compression in order to free up a total of 1,200 bhp!!! That would have required racing fuel tho & I seriously doubt the transaxle could take that kind of power anyway. The Vector W8 was a super car for the gearhead & it is very much an interesting machine. Jay Leno should buy it, IMO, if only so it ends up in an episode of Leno's Garage!
    Sent from my "two hands on a keyboard"

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    Oh, and check out this Sideswipe!
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/nkubate/5919158838/

    OH YEAH!!! Haha

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    Quote Originally Posted by ZEUS View Post
    Oh, and check out this Sideswipe!
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/nkubate/5919158838/

    OH YEAH!!! Haha
    *lol* I had a bunch of G1s, he was one of my favorites. Sunstreaker, less so.




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    Cool Speaking of "wedgies"...

    Might as well throw a Ford in tha mix...





    Love tha Vector...

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