Cars that make your jaw drop.

[Mr Pepsi]

80's corvettes don't look 70's and 70's corvettes don't look like 60's corvettes

I don't know, I sorta feel that from 70's on, they look familiar while this one strays quite far from those cues.

 

[Map8]

Goodwood Revival is this weekend. Live stream looping on YouTube.

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[Sharky]

This is a hot looking car.

 

[mototireguy]

Top fuel motor in a ProMod chassis.

Hold my beer before the sonic boom makes it all fizzy.

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[SuperMike]

Hold my beer before the sonic boom makes it all fizzy.

... or not.

 

[Shaggy]

I can’t believe that mechanic was wrenching on that thing without earplugs while it was running. It made my ears hurt through my iPhone speakers at like 20% volume.

 

[Lucky Jones]

I can’t believe that mechanic was wrenching on that thing without earplugs while it was running. It made my ears hurt through my iPhone speakers at like 20% volume.

"WHAT???!?!!?!?!!!!""

 

[Abacinator]

Should I be surprised that a pro mod chassis can handle top fuel horsepower? Because I am. I don't know much about drag racing though.

 

[KnifeySpoony]

What's the difference between that and a funny car?

 

[Shaggy]

Should I be surprised that a pro mod chassis can handle top fuel horsepower? Because I am. I don't know much about drag racing though.

Did it though?

I think the real test would be putting the power through the chassis to the ground. I wouldn’t think spinning the tires up out of the box creates much stress on the chassis.

 

[Shaggy]

What's the difference between that and a funny car?

Funny cars have lift off bodies and probably a bunch of technical differences.

 

[Blankpage]

I can’t believe that mechanic was wrenching on that thing without earplugs while it was running. It made my ears hurt through my iPhone speakers at like 20% volume.

Don't get how people can be so careless about their hearing. Must be a macho thing.

 

[Randy B]

Did it though?

I think the real test would be putting the power through the chassis to the ground. I wouldn’t think spinning the tires up out of the box creates much stress on the chassis.

From what I have seen over the years him blowing the tires off like that is mostly due to the clutch tuning being wrong (grabbing too hard too soon). If you have ever watched the slomo of a top fuel car taking off there is always a ton of dust coming from the back of the car due to the clutch slipping. They tear up the clutch on every run and have to replace most of the steels and friction discs each time they tear it apart. It's also very possible that the track just wasn't prepped to handle that much power.

It was probably a combination of both as to why he blew the tires off like that.

 

[Sharky]

Don't get how people can be so careless about their hearing. Must be a macho thing.

Must be a stupid thing...Although, I can't talk that much, because I wear safety glasses only about 70% time I should.

 

[Lucky Jones]

https://www.thedrive.com/news/29733/florida-mans-128000-bugatti-veyron-is-actually-a-mercury-cougar

It's a COUGAR, BABY!!

 

[Abacinator]

Why replicate something so ugly?

 

[Shaggy]

Why replicate something so ugly?

Floriduh....

 

[Sharky]

https://www.thedrive.com/news/29733/florida-mans-128000-bugatti-veyron-is-actually-a-mercury-cougar

It's a COUGAR, BABY!!

That looks pretty good on the outside

 

[SM610]

That looks pretty good on the outside

I see a use in the movie industry, but otherwise completely useless.

 

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Make your jaw drop is taking on new meaning with some of these additions to the thread.
Dude could have had a nice car from the money he spent of that. He'd likely get $3K-$4K if he put that on the market.