strange vehicle

[nfpgasmask]

I'm a HUGE Mad Max fan as well and can't wait to see your project come to life and <hopefully> get to see the completion of it.

ME TOO.

I do have a die-cast collectible of the interceptor (numbered collectible) that came from Australia via Ebay that sits proudly on my display shelf! This was the very reason I bought the SC for my VX as I never had a SC'd vehicle and longed to hear that blower whine that has haunted me since seeing 'Mad Max' for the first time (can't even say how many times I've viewed it since!)

I've seen that die-cast model and on several occasions I almost bought it. But stopped myself and said, "no, I'm gonna wait for the REAL thing". The super charger and blower unit will be the final piece of the puzzle for me. The body kit alone is going to run me about $4000 that I don't have at the moment. There are 2 options for the blower, a working unit (that gives the car somewhere around 500/600 horsepower, so I've read) or a phony unit (as was used in the films). Obsioulsy, the working unit is NO JOKE when it comes to price and I have read that you really need to "beef up" the frame much like drag racers do to their cars to handle the power that Jack thinks muscle cars can't have. (sorry, kid, I couldn't help it)

Those are referred to as collectors....(IIRC sometimes called 'zoomies')

if the ones in the pic aren't simulated (fake), their purpose was to hook up directly to the header pipes coming off the engine... so in effect each pipe is exhausting each cylinder independently. That's why there is (actually) 4 pipes on each side of the car (V8). You see the same thing on FunnyCars (NHRA dragsters).

That is correct. You will notice in the pic there are no rear exhaust pipes. That particular car has working zoomies, I have a couple more pics of it where you can see the exhaust coming out. I will be buying these eventually:

Zoomies

It's gonna be a crazy summer.

Bart