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Subject:Re: Increasing horsepower
From:David Brodbeck
Date:Thu, 17 Oct 2002 19:16:36 -0400
On Thu, 17 Oct 2002, ian Butler wrote:

> Locomotives use electric turbos, basically just person-high squirrelcage
> fans.  And I know of a friend-of-a-friend who supercharged his Vespa
> motorscooter with a hairdryer...

Wasn't there a guy who supercharged a Porsche 914 using a pair of leaf
blowers?

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