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We found this post over at hondaswap.com<\/a> showing off a drag 1978 Civic with a supercharged V8. We don’t know much about this car but it looks pretty cool with those slicks tucked up under the fiberglass body and most of the supercharger above the hood line. This really is more like a very short body drag car that they threw a drag ’78 Civic fiberglass body over it. But hey it still looks cool.<\/p>\n

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We found this post over at hondaswap.com showing off a drag 1978 Civic with a supercharged V8. We don’t know much about this car but it looks pretty cool with those slicks tucked up under the fiberglass body and most of the supercharger above the hood line. 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