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Video: Speed pits minivan versus pickup in jet engine warfare
Filed under: Aftermarket, Motorsports, Videos, Chevrolet, Dodge, Specialty
Jet-powered Dodge Caravan - Click above to watch video after the jump
There are two ways to do jet-powered vehicles. On one hand, you have the deliciously simple and effective method of strapping a used jet engine to a car or truck, and letting the thrust do the rest.
On the other, slightly more complicated side, you can attach a turbine to a shaft drive, translating the thrust to the rear wheels via a differential. Both are viable, albeit expensive, ways of adding jet propulsion to your car. But which is faster?
Speed took it upon itself to find out, pitting a thrust-powered Chevrolet S-10 against a shaft-driven Dodge Caravan. The Caravan uses a helicopter engine hooked to its rear wheels in conjunction with its standard gas engine up front. The truck relies solely on good, old-fashioned thrust. Click past the jump to see who's faster over an eighth-mile drag strip.
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Continue reading Video: Speed pits minivan versus pickup in jet engine warfare
Video: Speed pits minivan versus pickup in jet engine warfare originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 20 Mar 2011 20:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | Email this | CommentsVideo: Chevy S-10 boom truck nearly rattles itself to death, creates new hairstyles
Filed under: Aftermarket, Truck, Etc., Videos, Chevrolet, Humor
Chevrolet S-10 Boom Truck - Click above to watch video after the jump
There are sound systems, and then there are walls of speakers capable of melting cinder blocks and turning your average Chevrolet S10 pickup into a buzzing, trembling box of terror. The audio setup in the video after the jump falls safely in that latter category. A group of devoted bass enthusiasts have managed to turn an unsuspecting lowered S-10 into a carrier of audio assault. Fortunately, all involved seem to only use the vehicle's power for good. You know, things like rattling windows, setting off car alarms and engineering Tina Turner-like hairstyles on cute girls with nothing but the sheer might of sound waves.
It's plenty impressive (if utterly pointless), but it might just be one of the better uses left for a 1999 S-10. Still, we've got to wonder exactly how long the vehicle can withstand that kind of vibration before the vehicle's sheets of glass and trim give up for good (just witness how the Bowtie's trim tries to rearrange itself or flee in the beginning of the video). Supposedly, the wall of speakers is tuned to 28 hertz for maximum punch. Hit the jump to have a look for yourself.
[Source: YouTube]
Continue reading Video: Chevy S-10 boom truck nearly rattles itself to death, creates new hairstyles
Video: Chevy S-10 boom truck nearly rattles itself to death, creates new hairstyles originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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