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When I did go to the drags, the competition between the pit crews was also interesting. For bragging rights, these teams compete in engine rebuild contests. The engine is started (to ensure it is all together) and shut off at the start of the competition and the engine is restarted at the end of the competition, signaling the win. In between, the crew strips the engine down to a block and an crankshaft. The blower, cylinder heads, pistons......everything else is removed except the crankshaft. And then the engine is reassembled and restarted. I vaguely recall that the winning time was somewhere hear 4.5 minutes for all this!
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Mocha 1978 911SC. "Coco"
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