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TreasonousBastard

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Sat Sep-12-09 11:43 AM
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25. I remember them, and Andy Granatelli's Indy...

turbine car. It didn't win, but it was so fast they rewrote the regs to ban it.

The biggest problem I remember with the turbine was that they were never able to deal with the exhaust. Couldn't cool it to where it wouldn't fry something behind the car.

Melting the plastic bits on the car stuck behind you at a light was bad enough, but walking behind one was worse.

Gas mileage wasn't the big thing back then, with 427 V-8s and 4.23 rear ends being so popular, but that much waste heat coming through the exhaust meant even worse mileage than the big iron of the time.

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