Too Much Boost???

[scannon]

This is from an email I received today. I have no idea as to the truth of the matter:

 

This is not a cropped photo. It is a blower off a freight train

that this guy found at a junk yard. They did start the car with

it on and with one blip of the throttle lifted the left hand wheel

a foot off the ground and blew both head gaskets.

[scannon]

Turns out that this was real except that the throttle blip produced an inch of wheel lift rather than the quoted one foot. The big blower is discussed near the end of the clip, after the spectacular wheelie/roll over.

 

[Hank]

I see your Camaro and I raise you a GTO with too much boost.

 

http://images.highperformancepontiac.com/features/hppp_0702_04_z+1970_pontiac_gto_pro_street+side_view.jpg

[scannon]

But does it blow head gaskets with a mere throttle blip?

 

I have to wonder how much boost each of those setups can produce.

[Croc]

A minivan would have a lower center of gravity!

[scannon]

A minivan would have a lower center of gravity!

 

No corners on a 1/4 mile dragstrip.

[Sean]

It's like Carol Doda got into hot-rodding.

[scannon]

It looks like this one might have had too much boost as well.

 

[slngsht]

This thread really blows