So uh, you guys remember that crazy turbo Estoril MCoupe?

[bennyfizzle]

@mcoupes52

AEM water/meth with 6 gallon aluminum tank

The final engine bay with PT74, new intake manifold, and meth

PT74 installed, new Clutchmasters clutch and flywheel, and new intake manifold

Running smoothly after M52 rebuild and swap

S52 Carnage from dropped intake valve

First dyno after turbo build, 455whp/407wtq on 12psi with Precision 6262

First sunlight after turbo build

FI build highlights

yeah, that one.

@mcoupes52

Well, the unthinkable happened on 2/12/10. The following words and pictures are from my best friend, Shawn, A4RingedONE8T

I want to start out by saying I owe me and my GF’s life to Brian’s beloved MCoupe. This past Valentine’s Day weekend Brian, his older brother, a friend, my GF Jen, and I headed out for a typical Friday dinner with friends. Little did I know what lied ahead later that night would change my life in many, many ways. Leaving dinner we played the typical switcharoo for driving cars. My GF and I took the Coupe, Brian was in my M Roadster and Brian’s older brother and our friend following behind in a 3rd car. The weather hadn’t been pretty for most of the day but had cleaned up when we went to dinner. Jumping on the highway afterwards the roads seemed alright, just a bit of dampness and a few puddles here and there. Going up the on ramp, the road straightened out and looked clear so I got on it in 3rd gear. The back end immediately kicked out as expected and I quickly let off the gas keeping the car in gear and coasted a good 40-50 yards. After letting off I remember looking up and Brian was only 3-4 cars behind in my NA Roadster, my only recollection that I wasn’t going insanely fast or doing anything incredibly stupid. All seemed well after coasting so I pushed in the clutch, shifted into 4th, let out the clutch as one would in a normal daily driving situation. The next thing I remember is people yelling and running to the car and my GF attempting to talk to me. I still to this day do not know what happened in between those two things, the car ended up doing three 360’s, took a tree into the passenger door, uprooted the tree, rolled over on the passenger side 90*, and landed back (somewhat) flat on top of the roots of the tree. I was removed from the car about 20min after the accident with a broken shoulder, the roof was cut from the car to remove my GF and she was bayflighted to the top trauma hospital about an hour north of where the accident happened. She was released from the hospital 3 days later with a fractured pelvis, fractured clavicle, and lots of bumps and bruises. I want to thank Brian again for everything he did for us that night, he reacted better than I ever could have in a situation like that while tending to me, keeping Jen talking and awake until paramedics arrived, and staying with her after I was out of the car until she was removed over 30min later. As soon as she left the ground in the chopper, he drove to the hospital where she was taken so she was not alone. Brian has been a great friend of mine for many years, when he came to me wanting to do the top mount turbo setup it was a pleasure to be able to be part of his dream for the Coupe. I owe my life to his quick reactions after the accident and to his most loved project which gave everything it had to keep me and my GF alive threw a horrific accident. I can never repay him for what he has done for me in this past week, he is truly a one of a kind friend! Brian, I love you more than I can ever express in any way!!

I want to take the time to post up some final additions to the Coupe which were done right before the accident, some highlights of the car while Brian has owned it, and a few of how she left us this past Friday night, February 12th. Rest in peace MCoupe, you will not be forgotten!

Damn.

[bennyfizzle]

Motor’s still good btw:

[88slowmarro]

wow thats shitty as hell

[K20power]

holy fucking SHIT
Goddamn, him and his girlfriend are luckier than shit.

Did they ever say what happened?

[bennyfizzle]

dude lost the shit obviously, said he looked behind him or something right after rolling on it in third, broke traction, shifted to 4th and looked in his rearview, woke up getting pulled out of the car.

[ReDevil]

That really sucks, I love M coupes. Atleast those guys made it out alive.

[LKSi]

Oh dear. Hopefully the next build won’t feature that muffler

[K20power]

HE HAPPENS TO LIKE THAT MUFFLER, ASSHOLE

[bennyfizzle]

I dug the muffler

[SSmokinn_SS]

damn that is horrible

I think those cars are ugly as shit. Someone say, doorstop?

[TurboTravis]

Horrible looking car, horrible idea to let ‘friends’ drive your car, too

[low_n_slow]

RIP M COUPE. good thing everyone is ok

[bennyfizzle]

@TurboTravis

Horrible looking car, horrible idea to let ‘friends’ drive your car, too

that thing was sick, loved everything about it

[JClark]

This is my shocked face.

[Hooked_on_240]

@JClark

This is my shocked face.

that statement goes great with your avatar :lol

[JClark]

Nick Nolte’s mugshot is my shocked face.*

[Murrdog9000]

jesus christ

[RocketPunch]

I’ve always liked that M Coupe even though people kept saying it looks like Mr. McDonald’s shoes. That car is supposed to have a fantastic chassis and it’s chassis is like 2x stiffer than the convertible.

So the story is he trashed his friend’s car, almost killed his girl friend.

[Mk4_30R_Ban]

@SSmokinn SS

damn that is horrible

I think those cars are ugly as shit. Someone say, doorstop?

actually, that name is copywritten by ME, about Shadys 300zx.

cannot be used without my written consent.

[Shady]

@Mk4 30R

actually, that name is copywritten by ME, about Shadys 300zx.

cannot be used without my written consent.

What this guy said

brett, feel free to put a copywright symbol next to it in my sig :lol