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Originally Posted by tadd View Post
IIRC, wasn't that the idea behind 'Pond racer' (a Burt Rutan design)?

It used two turbo Nissan V6 motors.

Found it....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaled_Composites_Pond_Racer
Yeah, just seems weird no one can improve on 1940's tech... I certainly would not want them to start using jets but I would also think with advances in the combustion engine and airframe materials they could come up with something competitive.

Can you imagine them running the Indy 500 in these?

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