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PostPosted: 00:37 - 19 Feb 2021    Post subject: Americans don't know much about cars... Reply with quote

...but! This one did impress me:

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When he said he repurposed the old pea-shooter exhausts as the wastegate outlet I was sold Smile
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PostPosted: 08:57 - 19 Feb 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

The driving lesson was a bit scary. Thinking
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PostPosted: 12:39 - 19 Feb 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

When I heard "dog box" I thought "what's that?" not realising I'd been using one for years Laughing
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PostPosted: 17:22 - 19 Feb 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote

Indeed they don't (net horsepower then take your stuff off - that was gross/crank last I looked; parasitic drag - that's what I did in aero class).

But still a good build and an awsome bug and worth enduring to the end of the vid.
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