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Old Oct 1, 2006 | 08:35 PM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv0XZw3l3gQ
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Old Oct 1, 2006 | 08:44 PM
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did ya see that jet engined thing
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Old Oct 1, 2006 | 08:48 PM
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the saddast motorspor there is
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Old Oct 1, 2006 | 08:48 PM
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cool as fuck,..

would love to see the championships, where they have the x4 helicopter engines etc....

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Old Oct 1, 2006 | 08:49 PM
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Old Oct 1, 2006 | 08:58 PM
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OMG
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Old Oct 1, 2006 | 08:59 PM
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Have you ever seen it live? It is AMAZING. What a feat of engineering. On a par with Top Fuel Drag in my opinion. To things are SO SO powerful, how on earth they hold together god only knows.
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Old Oct 1, 2006 | 09:03 PM
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Originally Posted by GARETH T
the saddast motorspor there is




but so true.
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Old Oct 1, 2006 | 09:05 PM
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lame sport, but the engines are AWESOME

turbos running 250psi boost and allsorts of crazy shit

and when the engines blow, fuckinell, the properly explode
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Old Oct 1, 2006 | 09:17 PM
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that last one is proper
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Old Oct 1, 2006 | 09:22 PM
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Not a shit sport.

Looks good a laff.
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Old Oct 1, 2006 | 10:07 PM
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Listen to the blowers on them. What is all that pur black smoke comign out of them, and what fuel are they running?
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Old Oct 1, 2006 | 10:08 PM
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engineering exellence
I have seen one at a show that had 5 spitfire engines 15,000 hp
And a big gbox
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Old Oct 1, 2006 | 10:10 PM
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Old Oct 1, 2006 | 10:24 PM
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tis great to watch, my tractor has a mere 73brake these things run into the thousands may fav is one with 4 6litre V12 jaguar engines
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Old Oct 1, 2006 | 11:04 PM
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The ones chucking out the black smoke are the Pro Stock class... I beleive.

STOCK engines, with additional turbos and intercoolers.... Sure that's what I read a few years ago! Pretty awesome physics at work!
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