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[Curiousyellow71]

My 12 year old nephew put this together.

 

[Richard Cranium]

 

[sr71mopar]

TURN IT UP

 

[Richard Cranium]

 

[Don Frelier]

We're surrounded by idiots.
Those 3 deserve special distinction.

 

[barnfind]

 

[ESOXER]

7.6K views · 23K reactions | I will never get tired of watching @kielymackey throw this old Plymouth around. Impressive! Video from @doicus.dreams #restomods #restomod #protouring #burnouts #burnoutsfordays #smokingtires #burningrubber #drifting #dri

I will never get tired of watching @kielymackey throw this old Plymouth around. Impressive! Video from @doicus.dreams #restomods #restomod #protouring #burnouts #burnoutsfordays #smokingtires...

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[Photon440]

Hoof Hearted racing...

 

[Richard Cranium]

 

[YY1]

 

[BeepBeepRR]

Thought this was accurate.

 

[f569]

Thought this was accurate.

I was at a dealership yesterday and actually sat in a new Charger. Pretty nice overall but it's no "Charger". The one I looked at had the Hurricane 6, I suppose (it had a hand written "465HP" placard on it).
The lines are decent but as soon as I walked forward past the drivers door and saw that stupid spoiler cutout thing separating the front of the hood and the bumper my intrigue went away completely. It looks they put the deck lid and rear spoiler on the nose. From a certain angle the car looked to me like it had two trunks! Once I saw it I couldn't unsee it and lost whatever little interest had begun to simmer.
It seemed to me that Dodge was using all of the iconic badging and symbolisms as a punch line .... disheartening.
What made me walk out was the (very) young salesman's incredulity when I balked at the $80k+ Wagoneer with an inline 6!

 

[Richard Cranium]

The lines are decent but as soon as I walked forward past the drivers door and saw that stupid spoiler cutout thing separating the front of the hood and the bumper my intrigue went away completely. It looks they put the deck lid and rear spoiler on the nose.

Myself and a buddy saw some lined up at a dealership on Monday and we had the same thoughts. Maybe the designer(s) thought it was cutting edge, but it's just plain weird.

 

[Richard Cranium]

I'm not a fan of this guy at all, but this is pretty funny.

 

[barnfind]

 

[Photon440]

Did they use a frozen goose??

 

[barnfind]

Did they use a frozen goose??

Not sure why it grenades, most of they time the birds get cleanly cut, and vanes left mostly intact.

 

[Fran Blacker]

Pratt & Whitney used live birds until an animal rights group squawked.

 

[MarPar]

Pratt & Whitney used live birds until an animal rights group squawked.

 

[Photon440]

Pratt & Whitney used live birds until an animal rights group squawked.

Right now, P&W use farmed pheasants, frozen for shipping and thawed for use. They're usually shot into the engine (to simulate impact speeds while flying) with a pneumatic gun at around 350 feet per second.

Not sure why it grenades, most of they time the birds get cleanly cut, and vanes left mostly intact.

Bird tests aren't done to ensure that the engine remains unaffected, it is expected that damage will occur. For example, at 250 knots, a 6.8 kg (15 pound) bird can inflict over 16 tonnes of force. The testing is to ensure that the damage will be contained and not enter the passenger area, won't cause a fire, won't affect engine shut down, and will maintain partial thrust for at least 15 minutes.

Obviously, the engine in the above video failed that test.