
                         - TURBO  TERROR -

                          2008 Ford F-250


                      ***  Tribute Truck  ***


  This is a truck I made dedicated to my late friend, Terry Horne, also known online as TURBO,  who recently passed away in December of 2008.  Turbo was well-known for learning to convert  custom vehicles from countless games and model websites, modding them into an EVO2-compatible  format and then making them available here at Vales. The number and varity of vehicles he made  available to EVO2 gamers number i the several of hundreds!

  I met Terry when he was a visitor of the Vales / Monster TRuck Madness 2 forum, where I  helped him to learn how to make trucks, and how to do some EVO2-to-MTM2 conversions.  This got  him started in converting vehicles, and he practically made a career of it, sending out  countless emails to seek permission from the original authors of the vehicles he converts (so  few do that respectful act these days...). To this day, EVO2 members thank him for providing  such a wonderful inventory of custom and replica vehicles to download.


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    ---> The vehicle is found in the INFINITI brand catagory in career
        mode, and is available in custom mode as well.

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  I built this monster truck from the last truck conversion Turbo released to http://Vales/EVO2, a  nicely made 2008 Ford F-250 4x4.
 

  I started by stripping the body model clean and modifying it to simulate a fibeglass body shell, as used by modern competition monster trucks. The wheel openings were enlarged to fit  the large 66-inch diameter tires. 


  The frame, I originally made for my ERADICATOR replica, modified to fit the new body, and stripped of a few tubes to reduce vertex/face counts a bit (to improve game performance).


  The new engine is based on a Triton V-10, fitted with a set of 5-into-1 exhaust headers that  spin a pair of GARRETT RESEARCH turbochargers. The hot compressed air from the turbos is  cooled by a pair of aluminum, fan-cooled intercoolers before entering the carbon-fiber intake  plenum. The valve-covers are also of C/F construction, and the oversized 4-row aluminum  radiator keeps the engine coolant below lethal temperatures.


  Long-travel, coil-over gas shocks keep the ride smooth, and heavy anti-roll bars keep  everything level. Sixty-six inch diamter Firestone Terra tires on stel rins shod all 4  corners.
 

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 OPTIONS:

  The truck is purchased without a body installed. Purchase the FENDER FLARES option in the  APPEARANCE parts group in career mode to obtain and install the body.

  Purchase the SKID PLATE to install the welded-on wheelie skid on the back of the frame, to  help prevent back-flips.



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 I hope you all enjoy this vehicle.  I wish Terry could see it. Maybe in some way, he can...  


 Peace.


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XXX BONUS: XXX

The original Ford F-250 4x4 truck of Turbo's that I used to make this monster truck is included in the ZIP in un-modified form, found in the archive named "fsuperduty.zip".



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