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Old 07-15-2009, 02:05 PM   #16
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Sure they did. Take a WWII-surplus fighter plane engine (crazy cheap back then) and build a chassis around it, and you've got yourself a 2000-hp car!
(RIP Art Arfons)
true story. ever heard of turbonique? Basically a liquid fuel rocket turbine with a gear drive you bolted directly to your rear diff. Could put an otherwise stock car deep in the single digits
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