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Non Compos Mentis
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Off the grid- Almost
Posts: 10,655
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Internal combustion engines have improved greatly, but at a much slower pace.
The Wright brothers were able to fly by squeezing twelve horsepower out of a 180 lb. engine- 15 lbs. per hp.
The new Corvette Z06's 500 hp engine weighs less than one lb per hp.
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