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Raven

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Oh the treasures you'll find...
« on: June 26, 2023, 09:24:13 PM »
Stopped at an estate sale on the way home from church yesterday. Turns out the former residents had been big into racing back in the day. Unfortunately this was the last day of the sale so all the exciting bits were already gone, but I managed to find a few vintage magazines and in an October, 1965 edition fo Hot Rod magazine, I cam e across an ad from a company named Turbonique, Inc. Reading the ad, I thought it had to be a scam, like the old "sea-monkeys" ads you'd see in comic books. Why? Well the ad claims you can add up to 1,350HP on demand while retaining your stock engine. My curiosity piqued, I hit the web in search of more info and now... I want one of these things!  :D

https://www.motortrend.com/how-to/hrdp-0403-turbonique/

https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2021/10/07/watch-this-remember-the-turbonique

https://www.hagerty.com/media/maintenance-and-tech/turbonique-delivered-the-rocket-cars/
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Gene-73

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Re: Oh the treasures you'll find...
« Reply #1 on: June 26, 2023, 09:43:09 PM »
If you can't find a Turbonique, then you could always go this route - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SYT0upjNac
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Re: Oh the treasures you'll find...
« Reply #2 on: June 27, 2023, 04:26:20 AM »
I never heard of that until the internet became a thing.  I guess not many people had that kind of dough back then.
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Re: Oh the treasures you'll find...
« Reply #2 on: June 27, 2023, 04:26:20 AM »
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