Man, when I found this crazy little street missile,
my mind just started racing as fast
as this little car will rock.
Then the guys from Borla called, and they
said they wanted to do something extra special for the SEMA show
here in Las Vegas. Bam.
I knew in my mind it needed to be a Manta masterpiece.
Now, this Manta had a safety issue,
so we built our own custom firewall in this thing
to keep the driver safe.
Then we added a 383 stroker, and then we
did a satin black on this car, with Borla
inspired graphics all over it.
David, my man.
Aw, yeah.
Now, David Borla, he's here right now
to check out how this insane little rocket came out.
David, this whole project has been awesome.
And the fact that we get to work together with Borla--
it's been an honor for us.
Honor for us, too.
We had a lot of fun.
It was really fun.
And when you said that Borla wanted to show off
the new induction system and exhaust system,
this car is perfect for it.
So I would lay a very safe bet it's going
to be the only one at SEMA.
Yeah, I think so.
I think it's gonna be the only at SEMA.
I think you're definitely good on that one.
- Yeah. - You ready to see this thing?
I'm ready. I'm ready.
I'm excited. - I love it.
Come on over here.
Let's check this out, man.
Ryan, my man, bring that Manta out!
No way.
Wow.
Look at that thing. - I know.
Oh, yeah.
Wow.
- What? - Yeah.
Nice.
Smooth, yes.
Come on.
All right.
Oh, man.
That came out really, really nice.
It's perfect.
Excellent.
This car had potential when we got it.
We've done a ton of work to make her SEMA ready-- some planned,
some not so much.
We started on the inside by upgrading the transmission,
then we added that custom Borla induction
system and exhaust system to make her look
and sound awesome.
After Ryan did a little surgery to make
sure it fit like a glove, he finished off the whole racecar
vibe with a satin black and red Borla
inspired color scheme that we matched
with an all new red interior.
This car is ready for SEMA, and ready to hit the streets.
And I just hope the world is ready for her.
Tell me what you're thinking, brother.
When you went to cut this thing, I was nervous.
Oh, I know.
I was like, you get one shot at this.
Yeah.
And it's gorgeous.
It's perfect.
Everybody went nuts making sure that induction
system just shows off.
It's easy to take it for granted
because it looks like it's supposed to be like that.
Right.
But making it look like that is not easy.
- No. - No, it's not.
You guys did a great job with it.
Not at all.
You know, and doing a full color change
on the car in the satin black seemed to make the car
lower and wider, which I love. - Right.
We completely re-did the interior,
all in that red leather.
It complements the Borla graphics on it.
So we've got a really cool vibe going with the whole car,
but when this thing is sitting in your booth,
she's going to be open. - Yep.
We're going have it open.
So let's show this off.
This is how tight everything is.
We've literally gotta take the first two
stacks off to get it open.
She is close.
And ba-ba-ba-bam.
Wow.
This is what I'm talking about, right here.
I mean, there it is.
It's all just right there.
Absolutely.
This is why I thought this car would
be the perfect car to show off.
[inaudible]?
It's almost like having it on a stand, and this is the stand.
Right. No, exactly.
It's all just right here.
Absolutely.
Your exhaust system here, the headers, the tubes, whatever
you want to call this-- they're gorgeous, and so correct,
it's unbelievable.
This is why people come to the SEMA show.
For this, right here. - Amen.
I mean, this is it.
Amen.
Last time when you saw his car, it had these pop up headlights.
Headlights.
Which I just hated, so we completely changed the face
of it by properly putting old school Can-Am racecar
style headlight setup in it.
Looks great. Fixed headlights.
It looks, like, so sexy, too.
That's the right headlight setup for this car.
100%.
The shape of this car is everything.
Yeah.
Add the Borla logos on there, and it does look
a little bit like a Batmobile.
It just made it that much cooler to me.
Right.
The car is so much fun that it will be a real attraction,
and attention getter at the booth at SEMA.
But man, once the people enter the booth,
and they get to see what you guys have got going on--
Oh, my lord.
It's going to get a lot of attention.
You gonna be happy to see this baby sitting in your booth?
So happy. So proud.
We've been to 30, 40 SEMA shows.
This one's going to be the best one ever.
I gotta say, man, this little Manta
has been nothing but difficult, but an extremely fulfilling
build. She's really wicked.
She came out awesome.
She's got my stamp of approval, and now on top of it,
I've got David Borla's stamp of approval.
It's time to go to SEMA.
Off to the big show.
David, I'm glad you're happy, man.
- I'm so happy. - This thing is sick.
You know, when she's sitting in the booth, open--
Perfect. Yeah.
Beautiful.
It's got the name all over the back, brother.