{"id":7686,"date":"2015-09-28T18:39:24","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T22:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=7686"},"modified":"2015-10-05T15:40:15","modified_gmt":"2015-10-05T19:40:15","slug":"turbo-dynamics-twin-engine-race-car-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=7686","title":{"rendered":"Turbo Dynamics&#8217; Twin-engine Race Car Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Turbo-Dynamics-Twin-engine-race-car-02.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6913\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=6913\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Turbo-Dynamics-Twin-engine-race-car-02.jpg?fit=960%2C540&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,540\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Turbo Dynamics Twin-engine race car 02\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Turbo Dynamics Twin-engine race car&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Turbo-Dynamics-Twin-engine-race-car-02.jpg?fit=960%2C540&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Turbo-Dynamics-Twin-engine-race-car-02.jpg?resize=960%2C540&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Turbo Dynamics Twin-engine race car\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Turbo-Dynamics-Twin-engine-race-car-02.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Turbo-Dynamics-Twin-engine-race-car-02.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Turbo-Dynamics-Twin-engine-race-car-02.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The guys at Turbo Dynamics are back testing their twin-engine race car at the track. They have set high-8 second passes before with the boost set at around 60-70%. In this video they set the boost to 75% and ran a 8.5 second pass after backing off toward the end of the track. Several cars broke down and spilled oil on that area. Their goal of a 7 second pass seems very realistic as they continue to turn the boost up.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"610\" height=\"343\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XzwTJi6rTl0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For those who are not familiar with this project it started as a heavily modified Pontiac Grand Prix GTP powered by two 3.8 L L67 V6 engines. The factory superchargers were replaced with turbochargers and produced around 1,200-1,300 horsepower in total. The project turned out too crazy for the street so the builders decided to turn it into a drag\/race car.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Turbo-Dynamics-Twin-engine-race-car-01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6912\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=6912\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Turbo-Dynamics-Twin-engine-race-car-01.jpg?fit=960%2C540&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,540\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Turbo Dynamics Twin-engine race car 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Turbo Dynamics Twin-engine race car&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Turbo-Dynamics-Twin-engine-race-car-01.jpg?fit=960%2C540&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Turbo-Dynamics-Twin-engine-race-car-01.jpg?resize=960%2C540&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Turbo Dynamics Twin-engine race car\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Turbo-Dynamics-Twin-engine-race-car-01.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Turbo-Dynamics-Twin-engine-race-car-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Turbo-Dynamics-Twin-engine-race-car-01.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Update 10\/5\/2015 &#8211; New video of the race car going 8.34 at 165 mph<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"610\" height=\"343\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E-78ir4DZEw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>For more photos, videos and stats please view the project&#8217;s previous articles<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=6911\">Twin-engine Pontiac Grand Prix Update<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=3548\">Twin-engine Pontiac Grand Prix Enters Next Phase<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=4970\">Twin-engine 1200 Horsepower Pontiac Grand Prix<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC4qcPUHtzISp7oqgaBhU84g\">Turbo Dynamics Youtube channel<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The guys at Turbo Dynamics are back testing their twin-engine race car at the track. They have set high-8 second passes before with the boost set at around 60-70%. In this video they set the boost to 75% and ran a 8.5 second pass after backing off toward the end of the track. Several cars&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=7686\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Turbo Dynamics&#8217; Twin-engine Race Car Update<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[77],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-twin-engine"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Turbo-Dynamics-Twin-engine-race-car-02.jpg?fit=960%2C540&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6911,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=6911","url_meta":{"origin":7686,"position":0},"title":"Twin-Engine Pontiac Grand Prix Update","author":"swaptastic","date":"June 29, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The guys at Turbo Dynamics continue to work on their twin-engine race car. 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