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		| chevymad Master B
 
 
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		| aaron_sK Member
 
 
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				|  Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 9:16 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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 You knew it as soon as he went for a latch on the hood.
 
 It's the same thing they did in Mad Max.
 
 Also I think towards the end of filming Two-Lane Blacktop they had to downgrade the car to a single carb.
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		| chevymad Master B
 
 
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				|  Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 9:24 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| You might be able to apply that kind of boost for a grand eh Aaron? |  | 
	
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		| RSFreak The other "John"
 
  
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				|  Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 9:29 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| LOL! I bet no one wants to race him!  _________________
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		| aaron_sK Member
 
 
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				|  Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 9:39 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | chevymad wrote: |  	  | You might be able to apply that kind of boost for a grand eh Aaron? | 
 
 Absolutely! It might even get done someday!
   
 This seems as good a time as any to bring out the "I've got superchargers" line from Lone Wolf McQuade:
 
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		| blue89 Member
 
  
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		| QwkTrip 11sec Club
 
  
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				|  Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 2:11 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| If that is the case, then just imagine what is under the hood of all the imports in the movie. |  | 
	
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				|  Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 2:30 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | blue89 wrote: |  	  | Sad. F&F was full of holes. Like how the hell does a car with street tires do a wheelie? | 
 
 I thought it had slicks on it?
 
 But yea, more holes then a playboy magazine
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				|  Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 2:34 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Hey, might have been some VHT conveniently right there, you don't know.  |  | 
	
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		| RSFreak The other "John"
 
  
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				|  Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 6:01 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Funny, those "10 second cars" took about 5 minutes to cover the quarter mile in that last scene!  _________________
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