Can we please stop hotlinking pics?

DukeOfUndersteer wrote:

does this approach the ultimate fail..????

Ultimate fail in 3....2....1...

Looking at that fuchia Pinto doing the wheely- Check out those headers. That is a 180* setup, right?

Next page please...

Please...

Because I've been listening to this album again lately:

aircooled wrote:

I work on blowers like that in an industrial application. I always wondered what one would look like on a big block.

Now I know. Thanks.

zomby woof wrote: I work on blowers like that in an industrial application. I always wondered what one would look like on a big block. Now I know. Thanks.

Do you have any info on how much HP it takes to turn one like that? I suspect it has to be at least a couple hundred.

slantvaliant wrote:

We did some work on an Elise in our shop. Needless to say, this picture was very much on our minds.

DukeOfUndersteer wrote:

damn ... wish I was that cool....

Keith wrote:

aircooled wrote: Do you have any info on how much HP it takes to turn one like that? I suspect it has to be at least a couple hundred.

Not for that application I don't, but it's way under driven, so I'd say probably not much.

Nonetheless...

My girlfriends step dad had a big blower about a third the size of the ones in that pic but still bigger than a larger automotive one sitting in his shop for months. He was trying to sell it on Ebay and had no takers. I was thinking about trying to figure out how to mount the sucker up in my Olds. Un/fortunately he just managed to sell it.

There's a Mrs. Stig?

Hey Brooke, how you doing?

(just be sure to have your mom stay at home)

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