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Old 16-11-2010, 05:05 PM   #1
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Default Some old footage early turbo in drag racing..Buick Pro Stock..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuZQEVAkV9U


Fairly primitive to today's standards.. But for a 260 ci engine
it flew!! Which could be bought off showroom floor...
Much like our V8's.. Can buy a Ford V8...

They laughed at it and allowed it to race...
Banned the next season...
I'd say some cheater sneaky Pete N20 was going on too ??..
Interesting reading the comments...

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Old 16-11-2010, 11:02 PM   #2
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i remember someone saying once that the actual engine in question is here in Australia, someone bought it a few years back.

up until 7 or so years ago only a handful of turbo cars had run 6-second passes, only 3 or 4 that have run 5's. more and more turbo cars are coming out of the woodwork.
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Old 17-11-2010, 01:31 AM   #3
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Anyone else old enough to remember Norm ) Smokey ) Oakey's quad turbo top fueller ?
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Old 17-11-2010, 07:33 PM   #4
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Aha yes... I can remember when I thought 6 seconds was fast!!
How can they EVER improve on that ???
How much power would a F1 1500cc turbo engine make these days with
tech and ECU around now....
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Aha yes... I can remember when I thought 6 seconds was fast!!
How can they EVER improve on that ???
How much power would a F1 1500cc turbo engine make these days with
tech and ECU around now....
exactly, times have changed 10 years ago if u ran 11's on the streets u were considered quick, now u got to be running at least 9's

i think F1 is going back to turbo in a couple years so we might find out
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