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Old 12-27-2003
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RIP John Lingenfelter

http://www.lingenfelter.com/jlstat2.asp

We are sad to announce that John Lingenfelter, founder of Lingenfelter Performance Engineering, passed away yesterday, December 25th, 2003. John had been in a semi-comatose state since November 2002 when he entered into a coma during surgery that was necessary due to a racing accident in Pomona, California in October 2002. Lingenfelter Performance Engineering will be closed Monday December 29th so our employees may attend the services. Funeral Arrangements For John Lingenfelter

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OH FU*K...thats sad
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Damn that sucks...He was so young
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oh wow. didn't know he was in a coma.. for a year now...

wasn't there issue with him and his practices?

still. sucks.

probably shouldn't have raised that question though.
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Its a damn shame. I've been in love with this man's specialty cars for a long time.

R.I.P
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Aww man. . I didn't know that he was even sick.. He made that Corvette that did 0-60 in like 1.9 seconds and could out run a damn airplane. . That was insane. .

RIP to Him .. I'll have to let some car fanatics around here know if they don't already .. they'll probably be sad.
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No, that was Hennessey who does the Vipers whose practices were "questionable"...

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oh wow. didn't know he was in a coma.. for a year now...

wasn't there issue with him and his practices?

still. sucks.

probably shouldn't have raised that question though.
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that sucks...the corvette they did was sweet, didn't they do up a hummer h2 that did 0-60 in like 7 sec(instead of 13 or whatever it was)
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they made that famous corvette kit that ran 8's.. i want to do that !
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rip john. igot to to see some of your cars up close. its like a dream. you will be missed.
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Their Corvette had the highest top speed in the world...256 mph or something like that. It was posted on supercars.net
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I never heard about this. I feel bad. RIP Lingenfelter.
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RIP - sad to see someone big in the industry go like that.. his ideas were ingenious.
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RIP ya ol' speed demon
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what about his Escalade that ran a 11.8 1/4 mile? Faster then a damn Ferrari 360.
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RIP Mr. Speed everything he touched was just that much better!
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The 427TT vette and the escalade were legit!

And the vette that did 256.4 was the Sledgehammer, not sure who was the major backing for it(i.e. lingenfelter or wheover) but yeah, it was a crazy lookin C4
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Callaway Cars did the Sledgehammer...

LPE has had a few cars that have cracked over 210...

The Sledgehammer was a pretty insane car, but it also was (IIRC) a one off showcase. LPE has cars that anyone can buy that are capable of around 210...

I've been in a "regular" 650hp TT C5 and holy crap was it fast!



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The 427TT vette and the escalade were legit!

And the vette that did 256.4 was the Sledgehammer, not sure who was the major backing for it(i.e. lingenfelter or wheover) but yeah, it was a crazy lookin C4
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Peace...
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