1 00:00:01,354 --> 00:00:03,529 [dramatic music playing] 2 00:00:12,952 --> 00:00:14,712 So Tory, here's the procedure, 3 00:00:14,747 --> 00:00:16,645 you see that button right there on the dash? 4 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:19,165 That arms your nitrous system, you arm that, 5 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:20,856 -and when you're full throttle. -Yup. 6 00:00:20,891 --> 00:00:22,824 That's when you hit the nitrous button 7 00:00:22,858 --> 00:00:24,343 and pull the baling wire 8 00:00:24,377 --> 00:00:25,930 and then keep your foot on the floor, 9 00:00:25,965 --> 00:00:27,725 wide open throttle is very important. 10 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:29,451 -And we got to hit 16 seconds. -For 16 seconds. 11 00:00:29,486 --> 00:00:31,557 We are trying to recreate that one part 12 00:00:31,591 --> 00:00:33,490 in the myth to see could that actually happen? 13 00:00:33,524 --> 00:00:37,010 -Right. -If you ever feel uncomfortable, at all. 14 00:00:37,045 --> 00:00:39,012 -Power through it. -No. 15 00:00:39,047 --> 00:00:40,911 -Accelerate out? -Let off. 16 00:00:40,945 --> 00:00:41,912 -All right. -It's... 17 00:00:41,946 --> 00:00:43,120 -Safety is key. -Yeah. 18 00:00:43,155 --> 00:00:44,777 All right. You guys ready? 19 00:00:44,811 --> 00:00:46,123 -Are you ready? -Oh, totally. 20 00:00:46,158 --> 00:00:47,987 -Okay. -Let's do this. 21 00:00:48,021 --> 00:00:50,023 [engine starts] 22 00:00:51,473 --> 00:00:53,648 [upbeat music playing] 23 00:00:53,682 --> 00:00:54,649 -Yeah! -Yeah! 24 00:00:54,683 --> 00:00:55,650 [narrator] Meet the team. 25 00:00:55,684 --> 00:00:57,134 Yeah. Woo-hoo! 26 00:00:57,169 --> 00:00:59,619 There's a potential that I could get electrocuted. 27 00:00:59,654 --> 00:01:01,552 [explosion] 28 00:01:01,587 --> 00:01:03,623 [narrator] With the mechanical expertise. 29 00:01:03,658 --> 00:01:06,592 More oxygen, more fuel, that makes more power. 30 00:01:06,626 --> 00:01:09,560 [narrator] To test all things automotive. 31 00:01:09,595 --> 00:01:11,183 [Bisi] It's almost like surgery, 32 00:01:11,217 --> 00:01:14,186 if I make a mistake, we'll blow up the engine. 33 00:01:14,220 --> 00:01:17,154 [narrator] This is Motor Mythbusters. 34 00:01:17,189 --> 00:01:20,399 This is our time! 35 00:01:20,433 --> 00:01:24,403 [narrator] Where science meets the streets. 36 00:01:25,852 --> 00:01:28,510 [upbeat music playing] 37 00:01:28,545 --> 00:01:30,236 [engine revving] 38 00:01:43,456 --> 00:01:45,596 [Tory] Dude, this car is sick. 39 00:01:45,631 --> 00:01:47,909 [Bisi laughs] Thank you. 40 00:01:47,943 --> 00:01:49,221 [Tory] Did you build this? 41 00:01:49,255 --> 00:01:50,567 -[Bisi] Yes. -[Tory] Is this one of your... 42 00:01:50,601 --> 00:01:52,085 [Bisi] It's one of our 935s that we put together, 43 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:54,743 a lot fun, 900 horsepower, runs on ethanol. 44 00:01:54,778 --> 00:01:56,193 [Faye] So shiny. 45 00:01:56,228 --> 00:01:57,746 So Bisi, you brought this car in 46 00:01:57,781 --> 00:01:59,058 -for a reason I'm guessing. -I did, I did. 47 00:01:59,092 --> 00:02:00,439 -I love... -Not just to show it off? 48 00:02:00,473 --> 00:02:02,095 Not to show off. I love turbocharging, 49 00:02:02,130 --> 00:02:03,925 it's a great way to make lots of power, 50 00:02:03,959 --> 00:02:06,928 it's a great way to go fast, also use modern electronics 51 00:02:06,962 --> 00:02:09,862 to control my boost, however there's this movie 52 00:02:09,896 --> 00:02:12,761 that's always bothering me. Fast and Furious. 53 00:02:12,796 --> 00:02:14,004 I love The Fast and The Furiousmovies. 54 00:02:14,038 --> 00:02:15,695 [Bisi] Okay. The eighth installment. 55 00:02:15,730 --> 00:02:16,972 -Big Vin Diesel fan. -[Bisi] Yeah. 56 00:02:17,007 --> 00:02:18,871 Vin Diesel's character, Dom went to Cuba 57 00:02:18,905 --> 00:02:21,805 and to win this race, he did more boost 58 00:02:21,839 --> 00:02:24,221 and to do that, he took this soda can tab 59 00:02:24,256 --> 00:02:27,017 and a baling wire, connected to the vacuum line 60 00:02:27,051 --> 00:02:28,639 that leads from the turbo to the wastegate, 61 00:02:28,674 --> 00:02:30,123 -you find this interesting. -Mmm-hmm. 62 00:02:30,158 --> 00:02:33,161 Pulls it, it increases boost like crazy. 63 00:02:33,196 --> 00:02:34,749 And mayhem happens. 64 00:02:34,783 --> 00:02:36,992 I got to see this movie soon. 65 00:02:37,027 --> 00:02:39,340 [narrator] There's no high tech electronics 66 00:02:39,374 --> 00:02:41,963 in this automotive movie myth. 67 00:02:43,620 --> 00:02:45,622 Can he win a Cuban drag race 68 00:02:45,656 --> 00:02:47,589 unleashing insane amounts of boost 69 00:02:47,624 --> 00:02:50,247 from a turbo charged engine? 70 00:02:50,282 --> 00:02:51,455 Look at the size of that turbo. 71 00:02:51,490 --> 00:02:53,008 -It's massive. -It's huge. 72 00:02:53,043 --> 00:02:54,941 A turbo that's bigger than my freaking head. 73 00:02:54,976 --> 00:02:58,773 [narrator] with just a length of wire and a soda can tab. 74 00:02:58,807 --> 00:03:01,120 -[Bisi] Look at that. -[Tory] Oh, he just pulled it. 75 00:03:01,154 --> 00:03:02,535 [narrator] Would this budget friendly, 76 00:03:02,570 --> 00:03:03,640 low tech technique, 77 00:03:03,674 --> 00:03:06,401 ever work in the real world? 78 00:03:06,436 --> 00:03:08,403 All right. What exactly do we need to do 79 00:03:08,438 --> 00:03:10,854 to test this crazy-ass poor man's turbo? 80 00:03:10,888 --> 00:03:12,683 Well due to the Cuban embargo, 81 00:03:12,718 --> 00:03:14,409 they were not able to get any new parts. 82 00:03:14,444 --> 00:03:15,824 So I feel like we've got to stay true 83 00:03:15,859 --> 00:03:17,136 to the spirit of the myth, keep the car 84 00:03:17,170 --> 00:03:18,586 as true to the myth as possible. 85 00:03:18,620 --> 00:03:20,001 And look how big that turbo was, 86 00:03:20,035 --> 00:03:21,382 I mean, we're gonna have to find something 87 00:03:21,416 --> 00:03:23,867 quite similar, like, uh, from a boat I guess. 88 00:03:23,901 --> 00:03:25,662 Oh, that would be cool because it would be 89 00:03:25,696 --> 00:03:27,250 just like the one in the movie, 90 00:03:27,284 --> 00:03:29,493 plus that's kind of like the brilliant ingenuity 91 00:03:29,528 --> 00:03:31,115 -that the Cubans would use. -Absolutely. 92 00:03:31,150 --> 00:03:33,359 Yeah. Totally, and they also had a nitrous system. 93 00:03:33,394 --> 00:03:34,740 Think about what nitrous does, 94 00:03:34,774 --> 00:03:36,120 I mean, it's like a chemical supercharger, 95 00:03:36,155 --> 00:03:37,881 it puts a lot of oxygen into the mix, 96 00:03:37,915 --> 00:03:39,986 allows the engine to become extremely efficient and fast 97 00:03:40,021 --> 00:03:42,851 but they also use a very cost-effective way 98 00:03:42,886 --> 00:03:46,338 of increasing boost by using a baling wire and a cola tab. 99 00:03:46,372 --> 00:03:48,409 And pulling the reference line to the wastegate, 100 00:03:48,443 --> 00:03:50,997 that was bananas or at least that's what the movie says. 101 00:03:51,032 --> 00:03:52,344 And that's what we're gonna test, 102 00:03:52,378 --> 00:03:53,586 we're gonna pull the line 103 00:03:53,621 --> 00:03:55,657 just like Dom did in the movie, 104 00:03:55,692 --> 00:03:59,005 and we should get the boost to maintain for 16 seconds. 105 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:01,629 -Wow. That's a long time. -It's a really long time. 106 00:04:01,663 --> 00:04:03,286 There's no way it's gonna last that long. 107 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:05,736 But you know what, when you pull this baling wire, 108 00:04:05,771 --> 00:04:08,567 very strange things happen in the turbo system. 109 00:04:08,601 --> 00:04:10,189 Boost increase and then decreases, 110 00:04:10,223 --> 00:04:12,156 and I'm curious to what will happen in the field. 111 00:04:12,191 --> 00:04:14,918 -Me too. -Do you guys think it's gonna catch on fire? 112 00:04:14,952 --> 00:04:17,300 -[Bisi] Oh. That's not good. -[Tory] Oh, now it's on fire. 113 00:04:17,334 --> 00:04:19,750 In order to replicate the car just like it was in the movie, 114 00:04:19,785 --> 00:04:21,476 with that massive turbo, we're gonna have to make sure 115 00:04:21,511 --> 00:04:23,202 we got enough air, we get enough fuel, 116 00:04:23,236 --> 00:04:24,928 supporting modifications, 117 00:04:24,962 --> 00:04:26,964 fabricating all that charge piping, 118 00:04:26,999 --> 00:04:28,552 adding the nitrous system, 119 00:04:28,587 --> 00:04:31,072 like, this is gonna be a huge project. 120 00:04:31,106 --> 00:04:33,488 I have a vehicle in mind that may suit the bill. 121 00:04:33,523 --> 00:04:35,214 -[Faye] What you got? -How about a Monte Carlo? 122 00:04:35,248 --> 00:04:36,249 -Oh. -Oh, perfect. 123 00:04:36,284 --> 00:04:37,285 You can find those everywhere. 124 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:38,873 -Yeah. -Love it. 125 00:04:38,907 --> 00:04:41,116 [upbeat music playing] 126 00:04:43,084 --> 00:04:45,742 [engine starting] 127 00:04:57,581 --> 00:04:59,272 Ah, stop it. 128 00:05:05,831 --> 00:05:10,076 Okay. So now I have found this beauty of a car. 129 00:05:12,078 --> 00:05:15,358 A 1973 Monte Carlo. 130 00:05:18,740 --> 00:05:21,122 There's nothing beautiful about this car. 131 00:05:21,156 --> 00:05:23,952 It's absolutely ugly 132 00:05:23,987 --> 00:05:26,196 but it does a great job 133 00:05:26,230 --> 00:05:28,819 in fulfilling what we need for this myth. 134 00:05:28,854 --> 00:05:32,547 Now it has a 350 which is great, 135 00:05:32,582 --> 00:05:34,307 the engine bay has tons of room 136 00:05:34,342 --> 00:05:36,551 so we can do lots of modifications, 137 00:05:36,586 --> 00:05:40,175 but how will it handle the rigors of racing? 138 00:05:40,210 --> 00:05:43,765 [upbeat music playing] 139 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:45,974 [Bisi] Oh, no. 140 00:05:46,009 --> 00:05:48,494 Oh, no. 141 00:05:48,529 --> 00:05:49,564 Oh, I think it's dying. 142 00:05:49,599 --> 00:05:50,807 Oh, come on. 143 00:05:50,841 --> 00:05:52,981 Yeah, it just cut off. [laughs] 144 00:05:53,016 --> 00:05:55,570 [upbeat music playing] 145 00:05:57,952 --> 00:06:00,092 I'm gonna try and roll as far as I can, 146 00:06:00,126 --> 00:06:01,818 I'mma keep going, and keep rolling, 147 00:06:01,852 --> 00:06:04,096 keep rolling. 148 00:06:04,130 --> 00:06:05,580 [laughs] 149 00:06:11,586 --> 00:06:13,070 Okay. 150 00:06:14,900 --> 00:06:17,592 Hopefully something simple. [laughs] 151 00:06:24,910 --> 00:06:28,085 That is a beast. 152 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:29,466 Okay. 153 00:06:29,501 --> 00:06:31,123 Tell me you didn't pay for this? 154 00:06:31,157 --> 00:06:33,505 Well, actually I did. I'm quite proud of my find. 155 00:06:33,539 --> 00:06:37,198 -My God. I could hear you like a block away. -[Faye] Yeah, I could 156 00:06:37,232 --> 00:06:39,027 -smell you a block away. -[Bisi] And that was the intent. 157 00:06:39,062 --> 00:06:40,512 -No, I... -Woo. 158 00:06:40,546 --> 00:06:42,272 -It's burning ranch. -Woo. [laughs] 159 00:06:42,306 --> 00:06:44,343 [Bisi] I know she doesn't look that great 160 00:06:44,377 --> 00:06:46,621 but look under the bonnet. 161 00:06:46,656 --> 00:06:48,554 Under the bonnet you say? 162 00:06:48,589 --> 00:06:49,693 Yes. 163 00:06:49,728 --> 00:06:51,143 -Whoa. -Look at all that space. 164 00:06:51,177 --> 00:06:52,385 -[Faye] Well, definitely... -[Tory] Giant. 165 00:06:52,420 --> 00:06:53,421 [Faye] ...a little bit more space 166 00:06:53,456 --> 00:06:54,595 that I'm used to working with. 167 00:06:54,629 --> 00:06:56,044 -That is a... -I could raise a small family in here. 168 00:06:56,079 --> 00:06:57,529 [Bisi] Look at this engine, this 350 is perfect. 169 00:06:57,563 --> 00:06:58,944 [Faye] How does it run? 170 00:06:58,978 --> 00:07:01,153 [Bisi] It runs actually quite nice and sometimes, 171 00:07:01,187 --> 00:07:02,534 -it stops on its own. -I don't believe you. 172 00:07:02,568 --> 00:07:04,018 I don't believe you. I don't believe you. 173 00:07:04,052 --> 00:07:05,157 [Bisi] It's like autopilot, you know. 174 00:07:05,191 --> 00:07:06,676 -[Tory] Yeah, right. -[Faye] Great. All right. 175 00:07:06,710 --> 00:07:07,953 So what do you guys think, do you think 176 00:07:07,987 --> 00:07:09,161 this is a good candidate 177 00:07:09,195 --> 00:07:10,783 for what we're trying to achieve? 178 00:07:10,818 --> 00:07:12,026 I'm not saying if it's gonna work, 179 00:07:12,060 --> 00:07:13,510 I'm saying could we actually build it 180 00:07:13,545 --> 00:07:14,994 the way they did in the movie? 181 00:07:15,029 --> 00:07:16,582 Uh, yeah. We can build it the way 182 00:07:16,617 --> 00:07:18,481 -that they did in the movie. -I think we build... 183 00:07:18,515 --> 00:07:21,138 But, uh, getting it to last that 16 seconds. 184 00:07:21,173 --> 00:07:22,415 -Yeah. -It's a whole another story. 185 00:07:22,450 --> 00:07:25,280 [upbeat music playing] 186 00:07:31,183 --> 00:07:32,805 [Tory] The movie car we need to replicate 187 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:36,188 is first stripped of any unessential components. 188 00:07:36,222 --> 00:07:37,845 Power to weight ratio is everything 189 00:07:37,879 --> 00:07:39,467 in a Cuban drag race, 190 00:07:39,502 --> 00:07:41,849 well any race for that matter. 191 00:07:41,883 --> 00:07:43,229 -Absolutely. -So this is gonna go, 192 00:07:43,264 --> 00:07:44,541 -this is gonna go. -We're just gonna do it 193 00:07:44,576 --> 00:07:46,405 Vin Diesel style. 194 00:07:46,439 --> 00:07:48,407 In the movie, he just starts tearing it apart. 195 00:07:48,441 --> 00:07:51,444 Well that's weight reduction at its finest. 196 00:07:51,479 --> 00:07:53,412 -[laughter] -Oh, my God. 197 00:07:53,446 --> 00:07:54,655 All right. Well, I'm no Vin Diesel 198 00:07:54,689 --> 00:07:56,242 so I'm gonna have to get some tools. 199 00:07:56,277 --> 00:07:57,692 Before we start, let's figure out 200 00:07:57,727 --> 00:07:58,935 what we wanna take off. 201 00:07:58,969 --> 00:08:01,385 -Fenders for sure. -Yup. 202 00:08:01,420 --> 00:08:03,111 [Faye] Oh, my God, what? 203 00:08:03,146 --> 00:08:04,492 -All right. Watch yourself. -[Bisi] Oh, my God. 204 00:08:04,527 --> 00:08:06,011 [Faye] All right. 205 00:08:06,045 --> 00:08:08,289 Tory's gonna take off that one his way. 206 00:08:09,532 --> 00:08:10,498 Oh, my God. 207 00:08:10,533 --> 00:08:12,017 -Uh, hood. -Hood. 208 00:08:12,051 --> 00:08:15,227 [Tory] Come on, we're Vin Diesel, let's go. 209 00:08:15,261 --> 00:08:17,298 I'm not used this way of treating things, you guys. 210 00:08:19,542 --> 00:08:20,853 This is actually kind of hurting my heart 211 00:08:20,888 --> 00:08:23,200 a little bit to be honest. 212 00:08:23,235 --> 00:08:25,306 Who needs tools? 213 00:08:25,340 --> 00:08:26,997 [Faye] Me. 214 00:08:27,032 --> 00:08:29,206 I see this as like this gorgeous blank slate, 215 00:08:29,241 --> 00:08:31,830 like, this has the potential to be fully restored 216 00:08:31,864 --> 00:08:34,487 and turn this thing beautiful. 217 00:08:34,522 --> 00:08:35,730 [Tory] Yeah. 218 00:08:35,765 --> 00:08:37,007 While everyone else is working, 219 00:08:37,042 --> 00:08:39,009 Vin Diesel's character, Dom, 220 00:08:39,044 --> 00:08:42,012 pulled out the battery on the car. 221 00:08:42,047 --> 00:08:43,911 The battery is what allows me to start the car, 222 00:08:43,945 --> 00:08:45,464 and also it keeps the vehicle running 223 00:08:45,498 --> 00:08:48,501 by providing 12 volts but it needs that motion 224 00:08:48,536 --> 00:08:50,020 to be able to create electricity. 225 00:08:50,055 --> 00:08:51,159 So I'm gonna start the vehicle up 226 00:08:51,194 --> 00:08:52,367 and take the battery off. 227 00:08:52,402 --> 00:08:53,437 You ready for me to start the car? 228 00:08:53,472 --> 00:08:55,094 Yes, please. 229 00:08:58,822 --> 00:09:00,237 [Tory] Come on baby, you could do it. 230 00:09:00,272 --> 00:09:01,307 A little gas. A little gas for me. 231 00:09:01,342 --> 00:09:04,000 [Tory] Yeah. 232 00:09:04,034 --> 00:09:05,760 So this car shows Bisi. 233 00:09:05,795 --> 00:09:07,106 -[Bisi] I know. -[Tory laughs] 234 00:09:10,282 --> 00:09:11,386 -Woo. -Sorry. 235 00:09:11,421 --> 00:09:12,767 -[Faye] Yeah. -That was good. 236 00:09:12,802 --> 00:09:14,389 [Tory] That was rad. 237 00:09:14,424 --> 00:09:15,839 Maybe we should put a blower on this. 238 00:09:15,874 --> 00:09:17,807 [Bisi laughs] 239 00:09:17,841 --> 00:09:19,843 [engine revving] 240 00:09:21,638 --> 00:09:23,606 [Bisi] Now I'm gonna take off the battery, 241 00:09:25,469 --> 00:09:28,024 look it's running, here's the battery. 242 00:09:29,542 --> 00:09:31,303 [Faye] Okay. So that was a fun demo 243 00:09:31,337 --> 00:09:32,994 but unlike the movie, we plan on using a battery 244 00:09:33,029 --> 00:09:34,858 for the field test. 245 00:09:34,893 --> 00:09:36,688 [Tory] This is magic. 246 00:09:36,722 --> 00:09:38,482 [Faye] But we still wanna strip it down like Dom did 247 00:09:38,517 --> 00:09:41,313 to achieve a better power to weight ratio. 248 00:09:41,347 --> 00:09:43,418 -That was awesome. -[laughs] 249 00:09:43,453 --> 00:09:45,075 Are we cool with taking the doors off? 250 00:09:45,110 --> 00:09:46,318 -Oh, absolutely. -For sure. 251 00:09:46,352 --> 00:09:47,768 Okay. 252 00:09:47,802 --> 00:09:49,977 -[Faye] What the? -That's a fire. 253 00:09:50,011 --> 00:09:51,392 -[Faye] Woo! -[Bisi laughs] 254 00:09:51,426 --> 00:09:52,773 Carry on, don't mind us. 255 00:09:52,807 --> 00:09:54,084 [upbeat music playing] 256 00:09:56,328 --> 00:09:57,812 It's like the 4th of July. 257 00:10:00,021 --> 00:10:01,160 [Faye screams] 258 00:10:01,195 --> 00:10:03,507 Oh, that was awesome! [laughs] 259 00:10:05,164 --> 00:10:06,338 [Tory] Yeah. 260 00:10:06,372 --> 00:10:07,615 Building stuff. 261 00:10:08,340 --> 00:10:09,997 [clanks] 262 00:10:10,031 --> 00:10:11,308 American made. 263 00:10:13,138 --> 00:10:14,622 -Look... -Look at this, it looks cool. 264 00:10:14,657 --> 00:10:16,348 -It looks badass already. -For real. 265 00:10:16,382 --> 00:10:18,419 Fast and the Furious got nothing on us. 266 00:10:21,491 --> 00:10:24,494 [upbeat music playing] 267 00:10:26,876 --> 00:10:28,774 -[Tory] Oh, wow. -[Faye] Look, we got an engine 268 00:10:28,809 --> 00:10:30,258 -over there. -[Tory] This is awesome. 269 00:10:30,293 --> 00:10:32,122 [Faye] Whoa. 270 00:10:32,157 --> 00:10:33,848 All right. So this is not the junkyard 271 00:10:33,883 --> 00:10:35,470 like I was picturing in my mind, 272 00:10:35,505 --> 00:10:37,300 like, you know, an automotive junkyard. 273 00:10:37,334 --> 00:10:39,164 -Here's a little engine. -[Tory] Yeah. 274 00:10:39,198 --> 00:10:41,442 -Oh, that's cute. -[Faye] Oh, it is cute. 275 00:10:41,476 --> 00:10:42,857 That's not turbocharged though. 276 00:10:42,892 --> 00:10:45,342 [Tory] No. You wanna check this one? 277 00:10:45,377 --> 00:10:47,482 -You mean like go inside? -[Tory] Yeah. [chuckles] 278 00:10:47,517 --> 00:10:50,002 -Wow, look at this. -[Faye] Whoa, look at the size 279 00:10:50,037 --> 00:10:51,452 -of that turbo... -[Tory] That is huge. 280 00:10:51,486 --> 00:10:52,971 ...that's exactly like what we're looking for. 281 00:10:53,005 --> 00:10:54,558 -You got a wrench? -[Faye] Wait, what? 282 00:10:54,593 --> 00:10:56,181 -Are you serious? -No. I'm kidding. 283 00:10:56,215 --> 00:10:58,390 We should get off this boat before we get caught. 284 00:10:58,424 --> 00:11:00,012 [Faye] Why a boat yard? 285 00:11:00,047 --> 00:11:02,428 Well in Cuba, they couldn't get new parts 286 00:11:02,463 --> 00:11:05,224 so they'd use whatever they could find 287 00:11:05,259 --> 00:11:06,985 and it's assumed that in the movie, 288 00:11:07,019 --> 00:11:08,641 they used a turbo from a boat engine. 289 00:11:08,676 --> 00:11:10,643 So that is why we're here. 290 00:11:10,678 --> 00:11:12,162 [Tory] Makes me kind of wanna go sailing. 291 00:11:12,197 --> 00:11:13,716 [Faye] You know, I lived at a boat once. 292 00:11:13,750 --> 00:11:14,993 -[Tory] Yeah? -And I realized 293 00:11:15,027 --> 00:11:17,064 -I got incredibly seasick. -Um... 294 00:11:17,098 --> 00:11:18,893 Look down there. 295 00:11:18,928 --> 00:11:20,930 -There we go, bingo. -Got a whole bunch of engines 296 00:11:20,964 --> 00:11:22,621 -there against the wall. -Bingo, we got engines. 297 00:11:22,655 --> 00:11:24,761 -All right. -And not a bunch of sailboats over here. 298 00:11:24,796 --> 00:11:26,694 -Yeah. That's not gonna work. -Yeah. 299 00:11:26,729 --> 00:11:32,044 [Tory] Oh, Faye, I think we found our candidate. 300 00:11:32,079 --> 00:11:35,047 -That looks perfect. -I mean... 301 00:11:35,082 --> 00:11:36,842 -I mean, it's big enough. -Let's see. 302 00:11:36,877 --> 00:11:38,706 Uh, I mean, yeah. It's, like, it's about the right size. 303 00:11:38,741 --> 00:11:40,673 -Yup, it's spinning. -[Faye] Oh, nice. 304 00:11:40,708 --> 00:11:43,331 -There's no corrosion. -It's the perfect candidate, really. 305 00:11:43,366 --> 00:11:44,885 -Yeah. -[Faye] It might need 306 00:11:44,919 --> 00:11:46,749 some cleaning up but it matches the movie 307 00:11:46,783 --> 00:11:50,097 for size, for look, and for Cuban resourcefulness 308 00:11:50,131 --> 00:11:52,893 of using whatever spare parts they could get their hands on. 309 00:11:52,927 --> 00:11:55,896 [upbeat music playing] 310 00:11:57,898 --> 00:12:00,935 -[Bisi] No. -Look how big it is. 311 00:12:00,970 --> 00:12:02,903 -It's gonna... -Now that's a proper turbo. 312 00:12:02,937 --> 00:12:04,801 Why don't you guys work on this, I'm gonna go... 313 00:12:04,836 --> 00:12:07,148 -Wow. -...source some nitrous oxide. 314 00:12:07,183 --> 00:12:08,909 -Good luck, you guys. -All right. 315 00:12:08,943 --> 00:12:10,773 [Bisi] Oh, this is gonna look so badass when we're done. 316 00:12:10,807 --> 00:12:12,429 -I'm really excited about this. -It looks so good. 317 00:12:12,464 --> 00:12:13,879 -Cool. -I'll take this beautiful. 318 00:12:13,914 --> 00:12:15,122 I'll start on this exhaust manifold. 319 00:12:15,156 --> 00:12:16,813 [Bisi laughs] 320 00:12:16,848 --> 00:12:18,435 [Faye] Okay. So we have to install the essential 321 00:12:18,470 --> 00:12:20,541 components to support that massive turbo. 322 00:12:20,575 --> 00:12:22,267 After that we add the nitrous, 323 00:12:22,301 --> 00:12:24,269 that'll give us a healthy boost of horsepower. 324 00:12:24,303 --> 00:12:26,409 So when we pull that line, we know that we're running 325 00:12:26,443 --> 00:12:28,411 the engine at its maximum capacity 326 00:12:28,445 --> 00:12:30,344 just like they did in the movie. 327 00:12:30,378 --> 00:12:32,173 All right. So one of my biggest concerns 328 00:12:32,208 --> 00:12:34,348 is that we're gonna be breaking off every single one 329 00:12:34,382 --> 00:12:36,695 of these exhaust studs because this is the hottest part 330 00:12:36,729 --> 00:12:38,731 of the engine right here and these bolts have seen 331 00:12:38,766 --> 00:12:41,458 some epic heat cycling. 332 00:12:41,493 --> 00:12:43,288 [Bisi] So this is a factory carburetor 333 00:12:43,322 --> 00:12:44,807 but we're now gonna take this off. 334 00:12:44,841 --> 00:12:47,257 Oh, look at that. Replace it with a four valve 335 00:12:47,292 --> 00:12:49,570 carburetor that will feed this boat-size turbo 336 00:12:49,604 --> 00:12:52,262 an appropriate amount of fuel. 337 00:12:52,297 --> 00:12:53,505 [Faye] Huh? 338 00:12:53,539 --> 00:12:55,334 [Bisi] I like... I like that sound. 339 00:12:55,369 --> 00:12:56,749 -I like it a lot. -Three for three. 340 00:12:56,784 --> 00:12:58,268 Three for three, baby. 341 00:12:58,303 --> 00:12:59,925 All right. So I think I just finally got 342 00:12:59,960 --> 00:13:02,410 the last bolt off of my exhaust manifold 343 00:13:02,445 --> 00:13:04,240 and the reason why I've got to get this off 344 00:13:04,274 --> 00:13:06,311 is because we've got to put a different exhaust manifold on 345 00:13:06,345 --> 00:13:07,657 in order to accommodate our new turbo. 346 00:13:07,691 --> 00:13:10,177 That's so close. It's so close. 347 00:13:10,211 --> 00:13:12,593 Oh, my God. It just wants to come. 348 00:13:14,250 --> 00:13:17,632 [Bisi] Yay, look at that. The trophy. 349 00:13:17,667 --> 00:13:19,738 [Faye] This is the passenger side exhaust manifold. 350 00:13:19,772 --> 00:13:21,671 And what I was struggling with here is actually 351 00:13:21,705 --> 00:13:23,846 one of the ports for a very primitive emission system, 352 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:25,986 it's air injection basically into the exhaust. 353 00:13:26,020 --> 00:13:27,470 If I get an air leak a little bit, 354 00:13:27,504 --> 00:13:29,472 too much air in the exhaust, we could think 355 00:13:29,506 --> 00:13:32,026 that the vehicle's running very lean and that could, 356 00:13:32,061 --> 00:13:33,303 of course, give us false readings. 357 00:13:33,338 --> 00:13:34,857 We don't want that, this is science. 358 00:13:34,891 --> 00:13:37,549 Almost. Almost. 359 00:13:37,583 --> 00:13:38,964 [Faye] It's such a little puzzle. 360 00:13:38,999 --> 00:13:42,209 -[Bisi] Oh, yay. Yeah. -[Faye] Oh. Woo! 361 00:13:42,243 --> 00:13:44,038 [Bisi] So we just took off both manifolds 362 00:13:44,073 --> 00:13:46,213 on bank one and two, took off the carburetor, 363 00:13:46,247 --> 00:13:47,593 we don't need air conditioning, 364 00:13:47,628 --> 00:13:49,078 now it's time for the hard work. 365 00:13:49,112 --> 00:13:50,355 Yeah, then we can start fabing. 366 00:13:50,389 --> 00:13:52,771 You will just rip it? Oh, yes. 367 00:13:52,805 --> 00:13:55,049 Oh, man, that thing's kind of heavy. 368 00:13:55,084 --> 00:13:57,189 Imagine the weight we're saving with that. 369 00:13:57,224 --> 00:14:00,261 [upbeat music playing] 370 00:14:01,435 --> 00:14:03,402 -It's crazy. -[Bisi laughs] 371 00:14:03,437 --> 00:14:05,439 -Oh, my God. I'm so stoked. -Can you believe it? 372 00:14:05,473 --> 00:14:07,959 -Gorgeous, right? -[Faye] It's gonna be a shame to blow it up. 373 00:14:07,993 --> 00:14:09,788 You... It's not gonna... They don't blow up. 374 00:14:09,822 --> 00:14:11,445 -[Faye] Mmm-hmm. -[Bisi] The fuel pump, 375 00:14:11,479 --> 00:14:13,033 exhaust manifold, or should I say 376 00:14:13,067 --> 00:14:14,862 -turbo manifold? -Turbo manifolds. 377 00:14:14,897 --> 00:14:16,864 We have everything, daily logging equipment. 378 00:14:16,899 --> 00:14:18,279 -Oh. -Look at that... 379 00:14:18,314 --> 00:14:19,902 Look at the size of that exhaust pipe. 380 00:14:19,936 --> 00:14:21,800 -[Faye] Look at it. -[Bisi] It's like a sewer, 381 00:14:21,834 --> 00:14:23,560 it's crazy. Oh, that sounded pretty good. 382 00:14:23,595 --> 00:14:25,873 So we have two options here with the manifold. 383 00:14:25,908 --> 00:14:27,702 You can put it as factory which means... 384 00:14:27,737 --> 00:14:29,566 -[Faye] Mmm-hmm. -...that we have it this way 385 00:14:29,601 --> 00:14:31,914 or we can have it above and they have to join together 386 00:14:31,948 --> 00:14:33,916 -to go to turbo flange. -I was thinking it'll have 387 00:14:33,950 --> 00:14:35,848 a lot of air flow over it and kind of keep it from, 388 00:14:35,883 --> 00:14:37,712 you know, burning up our butts. 389 00:14:37,747 --> 00:14:39,542 And that means we can position the turbo 390 00:14:39,576 --> 00:14:41,095 just like they had it in the movie, 391 00:14:41,130 --> 00:14:44,547 it's gonna look so freaking cool and keep it cooler. 392 00:14:44,581 --> 00:14:48,551 Does everyone have this much fun at work or is it just me? 393 00:14:48,585 --> 00:14:50,691 So the part you have is very critical 394 00:14:50,725 --> 00:14:52,279 because now it can give us an idea 395 00:14:52,313 --> 00:14:53,556 of where we can place the turbo. 396 00:14:53,590 --> 00:14:55,420 [Faye] Exactly. 397 00:14:55,454 --> 00:14:57,249 So the aftermarket headers are in place, 398 00:14:57,284 --> 00:14:59,458 and now we need to fabricate from scratch 399 00:14:59,493 --> 00:15:01,460 a heap of tubing and flanges. 400 00:15:01,495 --> 00:15:04,463 [upbeat music playing] 401 00:15:07,363 --> 00:15:09,917 [Faye] To get a head start, we roped in our lead builder, 402 00:15:09,952 --> 00:15:11,988 Rose, and her team. While Bisi and I 403 00:15:12,023 --> 00:15:13,748 do a little turbo 101. 404 00:15:13,783 --> 00:15:15,750 [upbeat music playing] 405 00:15:15,785 --> 00:15:17,787 [machine whirring] 406 00:15:20,134 --> 00:15:23,137 [Bisi] In the early 1900, Dr. Alfred Buchi came up 407 00:15:23,172 --> 00:15:26,037 with this wonderful concept, the turbocharger allow 408 00:15:26,071 --> 00:15:27,831 the opportunity for more efficient 409 00:15:27,866 --> 00:15:30,179 internal combustion engine because he felt that 410 00:15:30,213 --> 00:15:33,009 internal combustion engines with atmospheric pressure 411 00:15:33,044 --> 00:15:35,701 weren't efficient enough. 412 00:15:35,736 --> 00:15:38,290 How does this power come to be? 413 00:15:38,325 --> 00:15:40,430 [Faye] So, it actually is using, 414 00:15:40,465 --> 00:15:42,363 what I like to think of, as waste exhaust. 415 00:15:42,398 --> 00:15:44,952 -[Bisi] Absolutely. -[Faye] It's exiting the engine anyway. 416 00:15:44,987 --> 00:15:46,712 [engine revving] 417 00:15:46,747 --> 00:15:49,543 [Faye] Why not harness that energy and use it 418 00:15:49,577 --> 00:15:52,339 to drive the air going into the intake. 419 00:15:52,373 --> 00:15:54,168 We have the opportunity to use exhaust gas 420 00:15:54,203 --> 00:15:57,344 to turn a turbine wheel which is directly cogged 421 00:15:57,378 --> 00:15:59,829 to a compressor wheel, which then turn, 422 00:15:59,863 --> 00:16:02,452 creates pressure in the intake. 423 00:16:02,487 --> 00:16:04,385 [Faye] So we're able to make the air more dense, 424 00:16:04,420 --> 00:16:06,215 so we're getting more oxygen molecules 425 00:16:06,249 --> 00:16:07,975 into our engine more oxygen. 426 00:16:08,010 --> 00:16:09,873 -[Bisi] Yes. -[Faye] You can add to more fuel. 427 00:16:09,908 --> 00:16:11,806 -Absolutely. -And that makes more power. 428 00:16:14,740 --> 00:16:17,088 [upbeat music playing] 429 00:16:17,122 --> 00:16:18,882 [Faye] But you only reap the rewards 430 00:16:18,917 --> 00:16:21,057 of that recycled waste after you constructed 431 00:16:21,092 --> 00:16:23,784 from scratch a pressure sealed system 432 00:16:23,818 --> 00:16:25,337 with hundreds of sections of tubing. 433 00:16:25,372 --> 00:16:26,580 [Bisi] Perfect. 434 00:16:26,614 --> 00:16:28,168 So this is where we're gonna end up, 435 00:16:28,202 --> 00:16:29,755 -you're good with that? Okay. -Oh... 436 00:16:29,790 --> 00:16:31,102 -That's great. -...my God. 437 00:16:31,136 --> 00:16:33,380 -That's awesome. -[Faye] Each picon elbow 438 00:16:33,414 --> 00:16:36,038 precisely designed to combine the flow of exhaust gasses 439 00:16:36,072 --> 00:16:39,248 from each of the manifolds back to the turbo. 440 00:16:39,282 --> 00:16:41,905 So this carburetor is extremely important 441 00:16:41,940 --> 00:16:44,805 because it allows us to give the appropriate amount of fuel 442 00:16:44,839 --> 00:16:48,015 for the amount of air that's not gonna be ingested by the engine. 443 00:16:48,050 --> 00:16:49,948 If Faye and I were silly enough 444 00:16:49,982 --> 00:16:52,192 to keep the original carburetor on the car, 445 00:16:52,226 --> 00:16:54,401 and try and force and induce with that, 446 00:16:54,435 --> 00:16:56,403 we will experience the lean mixture, 447 00:16:56,437 --> 00:16:59,785 and that result in an engine catastrophic event. 448 00:16:59,820 --> 00:17:01,580 In other words, we'll blow up the engine. 449 00:17:01,615 --> 00:17:05,067 Yeah. I'll try and actuate that. 450 00:17:05,101 --> 00:17:07,069 -Bring up the throttle. -[Bisi] Oh. 451 00:17:07,103 --> 00:17:08,760 -Oh. -[Faye] Really? 452 00:17:08,794 --> 00:17:10,727 She's showing off now. Look at that. 453 00:17:10,762 --> 00:17:12,971 Oh, yes. 454 00:17:13,005 --> 00:17:14,283 Nice. 455 00:17:16,112 --> 00:17:17,803 Isn't that beauty? It's so beautiful. 456 00:17:17,838 --> 00:17:21,324 It's absolutely gorgeous. How awesome is that? 457 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:23,602 So, on top here, we have created 458 00:17:23,637 --> 00:17:25,328 this wonderful pipe that's gonna allow us 459 00:17:25,363 --> 00:17:28,538 to put force induced air from our turbo into the engine. 460 00:17:28,573 --> 00:17:31,300 And these small little four holes here are venturis, 461 00:17:31,334 --> 00:17:34,234 the more air we push through, the more fuel siphoned out, 462 00:17:34,268 --> 00:17:36,960 and create amazing reliable power force. 463 00:17:36,995 --> 00:17:39,998 [upbeat music playing] 464 00:17:42,345 --> 00:17:43,519 [Faye] We're so close. 465 00:17:43,553 --> 00:17:46,349 [upbeat music playing] 466 00:17:46,384 --> 00:17:48,317 [Faye] We've sourced what we need, a boat turbo, 467 00:17:48,351 --> 00:17:49,766 we've installed the manifolds, 468 00:17:49,801 --> 00:17:52,666 the carburetor, and the fuel pump. 469 00:17:52,700 --> 00:17:54,461 Bisi will pressure test the charged piping 470 00:17:54,495 --> 00:17:56,290 and as soon as Tory gets back with the nitrous, 471 00:17:56,325 --> 00:17:58,361 we hook that up, calibrate the sensors, 472 00:17:58,396 --> 00:18:00,570 tune it up, and fire it up. 473 00:18:02,607 --> 00:18:05,057 Now, I'm about to perform a very critical test 474 00:18:05,092 --> 00:18:06,956 when putting together a turbocharger system, 475 00:18:06,990 --> 00:18:08,475 and that is checking for leaks. 476 00:18:08,509 --> 00:18:10,649 So, this is a smoke leak tester, 477 00:18:10,684 --> 00:18:13,859 which what it does it pressurizes an environment 478 00:18:13,894 --> 00:18:15,827 inside this contraption, 479 00:18:15,861 --> 00:18:18,899 heats up coils with a nice viscous fluid inside 480 00:18:18,933 --> 00:18:23,041 to create smoke, and that will go into our turbo. 481 00:18:23,075 --> 00:18:24,732 If we have any leaks, guess what? 482 00:18:24,767 --> 00:18:26,769 We have a ton of inefficiencies. 483 00:18:26,803 --> 00:18:28,667 Oh, I see some smoke right here. 484 00:18:28,702 --> 00:18:31,394 So we're getting some smoke in-between the compressor 485 00:18:31,429 --> 00:18:35,916 housing and the back plate, so we need to fix that. 486 00:18:36,779 --> 00:18:39,402 Yeah. Yeah, I see it right there. 487 00:18:39,437 --> 00:18:42,129 Uh, I love turbocharging. 488 00:18:42,164 --> 00:18:43,544 I think this meant because it... 489 00:18:43,579 --> 00:18:45,201 It's true and dear to my heart, 490 00:18:45,236 --> 00:18:47,203 taking something that is unloved and creating 491 00:18:47,238 --> 00:18:49,274 something absolutely spectacular from it, 492 00:18:49,309 --> 00:18:51,552 I mean, this was on a piece of paper a few weeks ago 493 00:18:51,587 --> 00:18:55,211 and now it's come to life, it's so exciting. 494 00:18:55,246 --> 00:18:59,042 Okay. I fueled up the compressor housing, 495 00:18:59,077 --> 00:19:01,459 tightened up the hot side very nicely 496 00:19:01,493 --> 00:19:03,288 as it joins to the intercooler, 497 00:19:03,323 --> 00:19:05,566 and now look, we have no leaks, 498 00:19:05,601 --> 00:19:06,740 everything is active. 499 00:19:06,774 --> 00:19:09,777 [upbeat music playing] 500 00:19:12,263 --> 00:19:13,919 All right, so, I went and got some nitrous 501 00:19:13,954 --> 00:19:15,162 from the performance shop. 502 00:19:15,197 --> 00:19:16,750 Oh, that works, that'll work indeed. 503 00:19:16,784 --> 00:19:18,441 How much horsepower is this gonna give us? 504 00:19:18,476 --> 00:19:20,202 You know, I'm thinking about a 50 shot, 505 00:19:20,236 --> 00:19:22,652 and when I mean 50 shot, 50 horsepower. 506 00:19:22,687 --> 00:19:24,275 So how is it gonna be connected in? 507 00:19:24,309 --> 00:19:27,278 Well, we have this, distribution block right here, 508 00:19:27,312 --> 00:19:29,003 that goes right into the intake, 509 00:19:29,038 --> 00:19:32,835 and one port has fuel and the other port has nitrous. 510 00:19:32,869 --> 00:19:34,837 So we're gonna take that bottom mount in the rear, 511 00:19:34,871 --> 00:19:36,839 and you activate it and hits a button 512 00:19:36,873 --> 00:19:39,738 is gonna energize two solenoids. 513 00:19:39,773 --> 00:19:41,982 So fuel and nitrous will go right in here, 514 00:19:42,016 --> 00:19:44,398 go into the engine and, oh, hold on. 515 00:19:44,433 --> 00:19:45,813 [laughs] 516 00:19:45,848 --> 00:19:47,436 [Bisi] It's gonna be a fun ride. 517 00:19:47,470 --> 00:19:49,472 Boom. 518 00:19:49,507 --> 00:19:52,924 NOS or Nitrous Oxide is all about volumetric efficiency. 519 00:19:52,958 --> 00:19:55,271 We have a set volume in each one of the cylinders. 520 00:19:55,306 --> 00:19:56,997 We're gonna burn more fuel, 521 00:19:57,031 --> 00:19:58,930 more efficiently by adding more oxygen. 522 00:19:58,964 --> 00:20:01,588 The nitrogen actually releases from the oxygen molecules, 523 00:20:01,622 --> 00:20:03,279 and when liquid turns into a gas, 524 00:20:03,314 --> 00:20:05,557 it also cools the temperature of the cylinder. 525 00:20:05,592 --> 00:20:07,318 What happens when it cools down? 526 00:20:07,352 --> 00:20:09,906 More density, you can jam more molecules of air and fuel 527 00:20:09,941 --> 00:20:11,667 into the cylinder at the same time. 528 00:20:11,701 --> 00:20:13,772 More fuel, more air, more boom, more power, 529 00:20:13,807 --> 00:20:15,084 like, freaking awesome. 530 00:20:15,118 --> 00:20:16,672 Right. 531 00:20:16,706 --> 00:20:18,984 With the engine built to the specs of the movie, 532 00:20:19,019 --> 00:20:21,677 it's time for the myth critical maneuver, 533 00:20:21,711 --> 00:20:23,920 the poor man's Turbo wire pool. 534 00:20:23,955 --> 00:20:25,991 All right so, the most important part of the myth 535 00:20:26,026 --> 00:20:28,304 is the tab, hi-tech equipment. 536 00:20:28,339 --> 00:20:29,892 -There you go. -[Tory] And the baling wire. 537 00:20:29,926 --> 00:20:31,825 [Bisi] Ow, no, I'm kidding. [laughs] 538 00:20:31,859 --> 00:20:34,483 It's a old trick Buster used to use. 539 00:20:34,517 --> 00:20:36,554 This is a key component in this myth, 540 00:20:36,588 --> 00:20:38,141 the wastegate itself. 541 00:20:38,176 --> 00:20:40,730 That controls the boost and the entire turbo system. 542 00:20:40,765 --> 00:20:42,905 Which as we've seen uses exhaust gas 543 00:20:42,939 --> 00:20:44,803 to increase pressure, and then 544 00:20:44,838 --> 00:20:46,495 converts that into horsepower. 545 00:20:46,529 --> 00:20:48,151 [engine revving] 546 00:20:48,186 --> 00:20:50,015 [Bisi] But that pressure has to be controlled, 547 00:20:50,050 --> 00:20:53,018 and too much, the engine could explode. 548 00:20:54,503 --> 00:20:57,747 The wastegate is a control system 549 00:20:57,782 --> 00:20:59,439 and when that's removed in the scene 550 00:20:59,473 --> 00:21:01,510 where he pulled the baling wire, 551 00:21:01,544 --> 00:21:02,856 all hell breaks loose. 552 00:21:02,890 --> 00:21:05,030 [crashing sound] 553 00:21:05,065 --> 00:21:06,687 [Tory] Okay. Ready for a dry run? 554 00:21:06,722 --> 00:21:07,688 [Bisi] Yes. Sounds good. 555 00:21:07,723 --> 00:21:09,000 All right, here we go. 556 00:21:09,034 --> 00:21:10,967 Starting the engine [makes sound] 557 00:21:11,002 --> 00:21:14,454 I'm flying 45 seconds into a race [makes sound]. 558 00:21:14,488 --> 00:21:17,526 I hit the nitrous [makes sound]. 559 00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:20,839 The engine's hold up now, I pull the vacuum line. 560 00:21:20,874 --> 00:21:22,324 Hey, it works! 561 00:21:22,358 --> 00:21:23,635 And now I am flying. 562 00:21:23,670 --> 00:21:26,189 And 16 seconds later, I'm on fire, 563 00:21:26,224 --> 00:21:27,674 but I'm not jumping out of this car, 564 00:21:27,708 --> 00:21:30,055 I'mma finish this race because I'm Vin Diesel. 565 00:21:30,090 --> 00:21:32,264 -[laughing] -Whoa. 566 00:21:32,299 --> 00:21:33,714 I don't know, it looked pretty well for me. 567 00:21:33,749 --> 00:21:35,475 I need a seat but other than that, 568 00:21:35,509 --> 00:21:37,408 what could possibly go wrong? [laughs] 569 00:21:37,442 --> 00:21:39,582 -All in the name of science. -[Bisi] Yup. 570 00:21:39,617 --> 00:21:41,584 Now all we got to do is start it up. 571 00:21:41,619 --> 00:21:43,793 [Bisi] It's a quite a project configuring this turbo 572 00:21:43,828 --> 00:21:46,624 to work with an almost 50-year-old engine, 573 00:21:46,658 --> 00:21:48,246 and our build team has really stepped up, 574 00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:51,180 so I'm excited but also terrified at the same time 575 00:21:51,214 --> 00:21:53,527 because anything can go wrong. 576 00:21:53,562 --> 00:21:55,978 Also in the same token a lot can go right. 577 00:21:56,012 --> 00:21:57,359 [Tory] I like the headlight. 578 00:21:57,393 --> 00:21:58,498 It's like the Cyclops. 579 00:21:58,532 --> 00:21:59,809 -[Bisi] The Cyclops? -Yeah. 580 00:22:03,503 --> 00:22:05,919 [engine starts] 581 00:22:05,953 --> 00:22:07,541 It started. 582 00:22:07,576 --> 00:22:08,577 That's a plus. 583 00:22:08,611 --> 00:22:10,579 [engine revving] 584 00:22:10,613 --> 00:22:12,028 My God. 585 00:22:12,063 --> 00:22:13,823 That sounds amazing. 586 00:22:13,858 --> 00:22:15,584 Best sounding Money Carlo in the world. 587 00:22:15,618 --> 00:22:17,586 Oh, it's beautiful. 588 00:22:17,620 --> 00:22:18,759 It's beautiful. 589 00:22:18,794 --> 00:22:21,383 [engine revving] 590 00:22:32,704 --> 00:22:34,706 [laughs] 591 00:22:40,471 --> 00:22:43,266 Oh, my God. 592 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:48,962 My heart rate just went like through the roof, 593 00:22:48,996 --> 00:22:52,103 -that was insane. -[laughs] 594 00:22:52,137 --> 00:22:53,449 You're stoked to ride this thing or what? 595 00:22:53,484 --> 00:22:55,037 -Oh, my God. -Whoa. 596 00:22:55,071 --> 00:22:56,521 I'm just smiling. My cheeks is hurting 597 00:22:56,556 --> 00:22:58,040 because I'm just happy you have no idea. 598 00:22:58,074 --> 00:22:59,697 Oh, my gosh. This is so awesome. 599 00:22:59,731 --> 00:23:01,423 Seeing this car altogether now, 600 00:23:01,457 --> 00:23:04,322 it's incredible how much work went into it. 601 00:23:04,356 --> 00:23:06,393 -I know right? -[laughs] 602 00:23:08,706 --> 00:23:11,398 Tomorrow we have to shake down this vehicle. 603 00:23:11,433 --> 00:23:14,263 The insane power means we have some safety concerns. 604 00:23:14,297 --> 00:23:16,783 [upbeat music playing] 605 00:23:20,407 --> 00:23:23,548 Oh, I've been... I've been waiting to do this 606 00:23:23,583 --> 00:23:25,516 since we've got this car. 607 00:23:25,550 --> 00:23:26,965 [Bisi] Does this old car have the structure 608 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:29,002 and integrity to handle the horsepower? 609 00:23:29,036 --> 00:23:30,521 We're going to ease in 610 00:23:30,555 --> 00:23:32,212 to make sure there are no surprises 611 00:23:32,246 --> 00:23:35,077 when we take it to the track for the real test. 612 00:23:35,111 --> 00:23:37,493 So Tory, take it easy, okay? 613 00:23:37,528 --> 00:23:39,081 It's not on my vocabulary. 614 00:23:39,115 --> 00:23:40,427 [engine starts] 615 00:23:40,462 --> 00:23:42,118 -[Bisi] Good luck. -[Tory] Thank you. 616 00:23:42,153 --> 00:23:43,050 [laughs] 617 00:23:44,707 --> 00:23:47,227 [engine revving] 618 00:23:52,128 --> 00:23:53,854 [Tory] This thing is insane. 619 00:24:00,827 --> 00:24:04,727 Yeah. So, when I took off, 620 00:24:04,762 --> 00:24:08,179 just rolling into it slowly, 621 00:24:08,213 --> 00:24:09,560 and not just mashing it, right? 622 00:24:09,594 --> 00:24:11,320 So, it's just, like, feathering it in. 623 00:24:11,354 --> 00:24:13,495 [engine revving] 624 00:24:13,529 --> 00:24:14,910 It's perfect. 625 00:24:17,257 --> 00:24:18,672 -That's good for you guys. -And that's like 626 00:24:18,707 --> 00:24:19,777 without the NOS. 627 00:24:23,643 --> 00:24:26,300 -Yeah. Imagine with that... -Ooh. Ugh. 628 00:24:31,133 --> 00:24:32,168 -Oh, it's gonna be on. -Forget it. 629 00:24:32,203 --> 00:24:33,860 [laughing] 630 00:24:33,894 --> 00:24:35,275 [Tory] Oh, I got chills. 631 00:24:35,309 --> 00:24:36,276 [laughs] 632 00:24:37,795 --> 00:24:40,418 [Bisi] So a ton of work plus a boat turbo 633 00:24:40,452 --> 00:24:43,214 and the Money Carlo looks solid. 634 00:24:43,248 --> 00:24:44,733 How it's gonna handle the movie myth 635 00:24:44,767 --> 00:24:46,562 race conditions on the runway? 636 00:24:46,597 --> 00:24:49,841 We're about to find out. 637 00:24:49,876 --> 00:24:53,742 -[upbeat music playing] -[owl hooting] 638 00:25:13,831 --> 00:25:15,833 Now to test the poor man's turbo 639 00:25:15,867 --> 00:25:18,663 we needed a long distance because we're gonna be going 640 00:25:18,698 --> 00:25:20,216 at some crazy speeds. 641 00:25:20,251 --> 00:25:21,735 So we found three miles 642 00:25:21,770 --> 00:25:24,462 here at Vandenberg Air Force Base. 643 00:25:24,496 --> 00:25:26,015 Yeah, the landing strip is freaking perfect, 644 00:25:26,050 --> 00:25:28,466 there's like plenty of like wide open terrain. 645 00:25:28,500 --> 00:25:29,674 There's nothing out here 646 00:25:29,709 --> 00:25:31,296 that you could possibly bump into. 647 00:25:31,331 --> 00:25:33,644 [laughs] I like... I like it when she says bump into. 648 00:25:33,678 --> 00:25:35,024 And with the speeds you'd be going, 649 00:25:35,059 --> 00:25:36,163 oh, my goodness, safety is key. 650 00:25:36,198 --> 00:25:37,406 -Yeah. -Are you ready? 651 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:39,097 -Oh, I'm so ready. -I'm not ready. 652 00:25:39,132 --> 00:25:40,305 -You're not? -No. 653 00:25:40,340 --> 00:25:41,824 -Don't worry... -Are you ready? 654 00:25:41,859 --> 00:25:43,999 ...I'll take care of you. And oh, hello, sir. 655 00:25:44,033 --> 00:25:45,310 We have... We have a guest. 656 00:25:45,345 --> 00:25:46,691 Hello. And what is your name, sir? 657 00:25:46,726 --> 00:25:48,175 My name is Lieutenant Schuhler. 658 00:25:48,210 --> 00:25:49,521 -I'm a Responsible Engineer... -[Bisi] Ah. 659 00:25:49,556 --> 00:25:50,661 ...for the Space Force out here, 660 00:25:50,695 --> 00:25:51,800 Vandenberg Air Force Base. 661 00:25:51,834 --> 00:25:53,180 I'm an irresponsible one. 662 00:25:53,215 --> 00:25:54,630 -Oh, no, irresponsible one. -[laughs] 663 00:25:54,665 --> 00:25:56,149 That's why we're gonna shut the wastegate 664 00:25:56,183 --> 00:25:57,840 as Tory's driving down your beautiful tarmac. 665 00:25:57,875 --> 00:26:00,740 So technically you're an actual Rocket Scientist? 666 00:26:00,774 --> 00:26:02,293 -Yeah. So... -Wow. 667 00:26:02,327 --> 00:26:03,535 -Ah. -It's rare that you meet 668 00:26:03,570 --> 00:26:04,536 -like a real one. -[Bisi laughs] 669 00:26:04,571 --> 00:26:05,537 What do you think of our car? 670 00:26:05,572 --> 00:26:06,884 I think it's awesome. 671 00:26:06,918 --> 00:26:08,713 Surprisingly not all too different 672 00:26:08,748 --> 00:26:10,301 than some of the stuff we use on rocket engines. 673 00:26:10,335 --> 00:26:11,578 [Bisi] Oh, do tell. 674 00:26:11,613 --> 00:26:13,200 We have things called pre-burners, 675 00:26:13,235 --> 00:26:16,100 and those kind of help generate some exhaust gas 676 00:26:16,134 --> 00:26:18,827 that goes from turbos and then instead of pumping air, 677 00:26:18,861 --> 00:26:20,518 we actually pump our liquid fuels 678 00:26:20,552 --> 00:26:21,657 into the main combustion chamber. 679 00:26:21,692 --> 00:26:23,383 -Wow. -So after this test, 680 00:26:23,417 --> 00:26:25,661 you think maybe we should strap some rockets to this? 681 00:26:25,696 --> 00:26:27,007 I think if you can make it go faster, 682 00:26:27,042 --> 00:26:28,112 the better, right? 683 00:26:28,146 --> 00:26:29,700 [Bisi] Oh yes. I like this guy. 684 00:26:29,734 --> 00:26:31,356 -You guys ready? -Ready. 685 00:26:31,391 --> 00:26:33,151 All right, let's do this before 686 00:26:33,186 --> 00:26:34,877 -Faye changes her mind. -Okay. 687 00:26:37,431 --> 00:26:39,848 With this metadata is key and we'll monitor 688 00:26:39,882 --> 00:26:41,539 important power meters for the engine. 689 00:26:41,573 --> 00:26:44,404 We're measuring the exhaust gas temperature. 690 00:26:44,438 --> 00:26:46,855 You know, you saw in the movie that it glowed red hot. 691 00:26:46,889 --> 00:26:48,857 We're gonna capture that data and see what happens. 692 00:26:48,891 --> 00:26:50,375 We're also taking air fuel ratio which is... 693 00:26:50,410 --> 00:26:51,411 -Right there. -...really important. 694 00:26:51,445 --> 00:26:52,688 [Faye] Because we wanna know, 695 00:26:52,723 --> 00:26:54,172 like, can the engine actually handle 696 00:26:54,207 --> 00:26:55,553 exactly what we see in the movie? 697 00:26:55,587 --> 00:26:57,555 And if so, what's our top speed? 698 00:26:57,589 --> 00:26:58,694 [Bisi] Perfect. 699 00:26:58,729 --> 00:27:01,732 And we have, uh, lovingly named 700 00:27:01,766 --> 00:27:05,805 this beautiful car the, uh, the Money Carlo, 701 00:27:05,839 --> 00:27:08,324 it's like, ahh, little sprinkle. 702 00:27:09,774 --> 00:27:12,259 [engine revving] 703 00:27:26,446 --> 00:27:28,275 So Tory here's the procedure, 704 00:27:28,310 --> 00:27:29,621 you see that button right there on the dash? 705 00:27:29,656 --> 00:27:31,244 That arms your nitrous system. 706 00:27:31,278 --> 00:27:32,659 -You arm that then... -[Tory] Got you. 707 00:27:32,694 --> 00:27:34,316 ...you begin your ascent. 708 00:27:34,350 --> 00:27:36,939 -Don't do that in the end. -[laughing] 709 00:27:36,974 --> 00:27:38,113 [Tory] Then I'm just gonna smash it. 710 00:27:38,147 --> 00:27:39,459 I'm gonna smash the accelerator. 711 00:27:39,493 --> 00:27:41,841 Yes. And when you're full throttle... 712 00:27:41,875 --> 00:27:43,290 That's when you hit the nitrous button. 713 00:27:43,325 --> 00:27:45,396 -[Tory] Yup. -And pull the bailing wire. 714 00:27:45,430 --> 00:27:46,949 And then keep your foot on the floor, 715 00:27:46,984 --> 00:27:48,502 wide open throttle is very important. 716 00:27:48,537 --> 00:27:50,608 [Tory] And we got to hit 16 seconds. All right. 717 00:27:50,642 --> 00:27:53,611 If you ever feel uncomfortable at all. 718 00:27:53,645 --> 00:27:55,613 -Power through it. -No. 719 00:27:55,647 --> 00:27:56,787 Accelerate out. 720 00:27:56,821 --> 00:27:58,098 -Let off. -[Tory] All right. 721 00:27:58,133 --> 00:27:59,651 -It's... Safety is key. -[Tory] Yeah. 722 00:27:59,686 --> 00:28:01,239 -You guys ready? -Are you ready? 723 00:28:01,274 --> 00:28:02,344 -Oh, totally. -[Bisi] Okay. 724 00:28:02,378 --> 00:28:04,139 Let's do this. 725 00:28:05,554 --> 00:28:07,521 [Faye] Okay. So what is a successful 726 00:28:07,556 --> 00:28:09,523 poor man's turbo gonna look like? 727 00:28:09,558 --> 00:28:11,318 We're getting [indistinct] 728 00:28:11,353 --> 00:28:14,183 [Bisi] Yup, that's it. Done. 729 00:28:14,218 --> 00:28:16,013 [Faye] Well, after Tory pulls that line, 730 00:28:16,047 --> 00:28:18,498 the boost pressure should rise way past through PSI 731 00:28:18,532 --> 00:28:21,673 keep on going for 16 seconds until the exhaust pressure 732 00:28:21,708 --> 00:28:23,365 sets things on fire, 733 00:28:23,399 --> 00:28:25,539 hopefully the fire trucks are on standby, right? 734 00:28:25,574 --> 00:28:27,334 Oh, my God, I'm so nervous. 735 00:28:27,369 --> 00:28:28,508 -Don't be. -I'm so nervous right now. 736 00:28:28,542 --> 00:28:29,509 He'll be okay, he's a good driver. 737 00:28:29,543 --> 00:28:30,717 I feel like I'm gonna... 738 00:28:30,752 --> 00:28:31,856 No, he's a good driver, he's good. 739 00:28:33,755 --> 00:28:35,860 All right, here we go. 740 00:28:35,895 --> 00:28:38,898 In three, two, one. 741 00:28:38,932 --> 00:28:41,417 [engine revving] 742 00:28:46,181 --> 00:28:48,148 [Faye] Oh, my God, okay, there he goes. 743 00:28:50,288 --> 00:28:53,257 Okay. Gaining speed, full throttle, 744 00:28:53,291 --> 00:28:54,879 I'm hitting the nitrous. 745 00:29:01,058 --> 00:29:03,577 Gaining a little more power. 746 00:29:03,612 --> 00:29:07,892 [Faye] He seems to be picking up speed pretty fast. 747 00:29:07,927 --> 00:29:09,929 [Tory] Still picking up speed. 748 00:29:11,551 --> 00:29:14,105 Hundred and fifteen miles an hour. 749 00:29:14,140 --> 00:29:15,555 Woo-hoo! 750 00:29:15,589 --> 00:29:16,867 [Faye] He's going so freaking fast. 751 00:29:16,901 --> 00:29:18,592 [Bisi] Oh my God. 752 00:29:18,627 --> 00:29:22,320 [Tory] Sitting at a hundred and fifteen miles an hour. 753 00:29:22,355 --> 00:29:25,323 The engine is maxed out, this is it, 754 00:29:25,358 --> 00:29:27,878 grabbing now the poor man's turbo, here we go, 755 00:29:27,912 --> 00:29:30,052 I'm about to pull the line in three... 756 00:29:30,087 --> 00:29:31,605 [Faye] He's freaking hauling. 757 00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:34,401 [Bisi] Oh, my God, I hear that Tory screaming. 758 00:29:34,436 --> 00:29:40,097 [Tory] ...two, one, bombs away. 759 00:29:42,444 --> 00:29:44,411 What's happening? 760 00:29:44,446 --> 00:29:46,103 It's slowing down. 761 00:29:48,001 --> 00:29:50,521 Oh, now it's accelerating. 762 00:29:50,555 --> 00:29:52,834 Yeah, it's going down again. 763 00:29:54,076 --> 00:29:55,422 Boost. 764 00:29:55,457 --> 00:29:57,631 The bombs and boost. 765 00:29:57,666 --> 00:30:01,912 I'm getting boost and then it slows down. 766 00:30:01,946 --> 00:30:05,950 Oh, man, I thought I was gonna be taking off like a rocket. 767 00:30:09,989 --> 00:30:11,611 -[Faye] Hey. -So I hit the nitrous... 768 00:30:11,645 --> 00:30:13,130 -[Faye] Yeah. -...felt a kick, 769 00:30:13,164 --> 00:30:15,097 got a little more top end speed. 770 00:30:15,132 --> 00:30:17,410 Keep my foot all the way down, 771 00:30:17,444 --> 00:30:20,137 but when I pulled line, I just started losing power. 772 00:30:20,171 --> 00:30:22,415 I would get these intervals of boost. 773 00:30:22,449 --> 00:30:24,762 I'd be driving and it'll be like [makes sound] 774 00:30:24,796 --> 00:30:27,696 then I'd go back to slow and it'll be like [makes sound]. 775 00:30:27,730 --> 00:30:30,216 [engine revving] 776 00:30:30,250 --> 00:30:32,149 -[Bisi] I know what it is. -[Faye] What's that? 777 00:30:32,183 --> 00:30:35,600 When the line was pulled with this boost leak, 778 00:30:35,635 --> 00:30:37,085 the pressure is escaping, it's not going... 779 00:30:37,119 --> 00:30:38,327 -[Faye] Absolutely. -...to the engine. 780 00:30:38,362 --> 00:30:39,881 -[Faye] Yup. -[Bisi] It's coming up. 781 00:30:39,915 --> 00:30:42,676 The turbo pulls even faster to compensate, 782 00:30:42,711 --> 00:30:44,955 and it spikes up and then it leaks right out again. 783 00:30:44,989 --> 00:30:47,095 All right, so, you know what, I feel like 784 00:30:47,129 --> 00:30:49,821 we pushed this engine hard enough today, 785 00:30:49,856 --> 00:30:51,547 maybe we can go back to the shop, look at the data 786 00:30:51,582 --> 00:30:53,549 and see if there's anything we could do 787 00:30:53,584 --> 00:30:55,586 to make this system work. 788 00:30:55,620 --> 00:30:56,932 Yeah, that sounds like a good idea. 789 00:30:56,967 --> 00:30:59,452 [upbeat music playing] 790 00:31:05,837 --> 00:31:07,011 [Faye] We turned an old beater 791 00:31:07,046 --> 00:31:09,255 into a Mad Max mean machine. 792 00:31:09,289 --> 00:31:11,291 [engine revving] 793 00:31:11,326 --> 00:31:13,604 [Faye] But the question is what is exactly happened 794 00:31:13,638 --> 00:31:15,330 when we pulled that line. 795 00:31:18,195 --> 00:31:19,851 And in science repeatable results 796 00:31:19,886 --> 00:31:21,992 are crucial to confirm your hypothesis. 797 00:31:23,683 --> 00:31:26,582 I've never had a car this, uh, 798 00:31:26,617 --> 00:31:28,999 interesting on my dyno. 799 00:31:29,033 --> 00:31:30,379 [Tory] So we brought in a dyno, 800 00:31:30,414 --> 00:31:31,829 we're gonna put the car on it, 801 00:31:31,863 --> 00:31:33,693 and recreate what happened 802 00:31:33,727 --> 00:31:35,626 and see if the car behaves the same way. 803 00:31:38,042 --> 00:31:40,562 [engine revving] 804 00:31:40,596 --> 00:31:42,391 [Bisi] The key number will be tracking the pressure 805 00:31:42,426 --> 00:31:43,737 generated by the turbo. 806 00:31:45,394 --> 00:31:46,844 [Tory] Ready? 807 00:31:56,371 --> 00:31:57,372 [Bisi] Pull the wire! 808 00:32:09,487 --> 00:32:10,661 [Tory] What happened? 809 00:32:10,695 --> 00:32:11,765 [laughs] 810 00:32:13,733 --> 00:32:15,597 So, this was a great test. 811 00:32:15,631 --> 00:32:18,048 I saw you cruising at two PSI. 812 00:32:18,082 --> 00:32:19,290 [Tory] Yeah. 813 00:32:19,325 --> 00:32:20,636 When you pulled the bailing wire though, 814 00:32:23,985 --> 00:32:27,022 -it was oscillating badly. -[Tory] Yeah. 815 00:32:27,057 --> 00:32:30,715 You jumped at 6.7 but it kept going 6.2, 6.1. 816 00:32:30,750 --> 00:32:32,717 Interesting. 817 00:32:35,030 --> 00:32:37,343 You didn't go faster, you went slower. 818 00:32:37,377 --> 00:32:39,724 I feel like we did everything just like in the movie. 819 00:32:39,759 --> 00:32:41,519 We found that badass car. 820 00:32:41,554 --> 00:32:43,728 [Faye] Oh, the perfect car and you got a massive 821 00:32:43,763 --> 00:32:45,903 boat turbo which is like perfect just like the movies. 822 00:32:45,937 --> 00:32:47,629 And we lightened the vehicle up, just like Dom did, 823 00:32:47,663 --> 00:32:48,906 you even ripped off the fender. 824 00:32:48,940 --> 00:32:50,873 Yup. We put in the nitrous system, 825 00:32:50,908 --> 00:32:52,703 we got it out to the track, 826 00:32:52,737 --> 00:32:56,017 I've floored it, hit the nitrous, 827 00:32:56,051 --> 00:32:57,915 but when I pulled that backing line 828 00:32:57,949 --> 00:33:00,538 we did not get any crazy boost, 829 00:33:00,573 --> 00:33:02,885 in fact it did the opposite and it just fizzled out. 830 00:33:02,920 --> 00:33:06,096 I feel like we gave this car the best possible chance 831 00:33:06,130 --> 00:33:09,271 of working and it didn't. 832 00:33:09,306 --> 00:33:11,653 [upbeat music playing] 833 00:33:11,687 --> 00:33:13,724 [narrator] But if you think the team is giving up? 834 00:33:13,758 --> 00:33:16,623 You must be new around here. 835 00:33:16,658 --> 00:33:20,075 Cue the ingenious MythBuster method 836 00:33:20,110 --> 00:33:23,734 to ensure movie magic is made a reality. 837 00:33:23,768 --> 00:33:25,460 [Bisi] Okay. So, we've tried 838 00:33:25,494 --> 00:33:27,462 what happened in the movie and I thought about it, 839 00:33:27,496 --> 00:33:29,291 what would it take to be able to have 840 00:33:29,326 --> 00:33:31,466 some type of success with components 841 00:33:31,500 --> 00:33:33,744 that would be available in Cuba at the time, 842 00:33:33,778 --> 00:33:38,749 it hit me, a rat trap, 843 00:33:38,783 --> 00:33:42,477 using a rat trap to control boost. 844 00:33:42,511 --> 00:33:45,687 When Tory pulls his bailing wire, 845 00:33:45,721 --> 00:33:47,758 look at that, a proper pinch. 846 00:33:47,792 --> 00:33:50,830 Now, there's no boosting, no going to the wastegate, 847 00:33:50,864 --> 00:33:52,452 and they cannot vent to the atmosphere, 848 00:33:52,487 --> 00:33:55,455 it gives us a perfect sealing opportunity. 849 00:33:57,526 --> 00:34:00,564 Now that's done, let's see what happens at the track. 850 00:34:00,598 --> 00:34:03,153 [upbeat music playing] 851 00:34:05,879 --> 00:34:07,605 [Tory] This is it. 852 00:34:07,640 --> 00:34:09,952 We found another airstrip to do our final test. 853 00:34:12,300 --> 00:34:15,165 This is my favorite part, after busting a myth, 854 00:34:15,199 --> 00:34:17,028 coming back and seeing what it would take 855 00:34:17,063 --> 00:34:19,065 -to actually get it to work. -What did you do? 856 00:34:19,100 --> 00:34:20,894 Well, in the spirit of Cuba, 857 00:34:20,929 --> 00:34:22,758 -I used something very clever. -What? 858 00:34:22,793 --> 00:34:25,209 A rat trap to pinch off the signal to the wastegate. 859 00:34:25,244 --> 00:34:27,177 -[Tory] Genius. -[Bisi] Thank you. 860 00:34:27,211 --> 00:34:30,352 [Bisi] So Tory, get ready, it's gonna be a wild ride. 861 00:34:30,387 --> 00:34:32,837 [upbeat music playing] 862 00:34:39,189 --> 00:34:41,052 What could possibly go wrong? 863 00:34:41,087 --> 00:34:42,675 With a support team like us, you can't fail. 864 00:34:42,709 --> 00:34:43,676 [Tory laughs] 865 00:34:48,750 --> 00:34:50,027 [Faye] Nitrous, good to go. 866 00:34:50,061 --> 00:34:51,615 [Tory] Okay. 867 00:34:51,649 --> 00:34:53,064 I'm leaving you now. Have fun. 868 00:34:53,099 --> 00:34:54,445 -[Tory] Thank you. -Oh, my God, 869 00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:56,067 -this is gonna be amazing. -[Tory] I'll see you 870 00:34:56,102 --> 00:34:57,828 at the end of the track. 871 00:34:57,862 --> 00:34:59,485 All right, starting the engine. 872 00:35:01,935 --> 00:35:04,731 [engine starts] 873 00:35:04,766 --> 00:35:07,596 [Tory] This is poor man's turbo final test. 874 00:35:07,631 --> 00:35:10,565 In three, two, one. 875 00:35:12,843 --> 00:35:15,328 All right, I have the accelerator pinned. 876 00:35:19,781 --> 00:35:21,645 -Oh. There he goes. -Oh my God. 877 00:35:22,922 --> 00:35:25,890 [Tory] A hundred miles an hour. 878 00:35:25,925 --> 00:35:27,892 Hitting the nitrous. 879 00:35:27,927 --> 00:35:29,791 [screams] 880 00:35:29,825 --> 00:35:33,243 Oh, he must hit the nitrous look at that. 881 00:35:33,277 --> 00:35:38,006 Pulling the rat trap, in three, two, one. 882 00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:40,284 Oh, my God! 883 00:35:42,010 --> 00:35:43,218 -Oh, it's smoking. -Oh. 884 00:35:47,257 --> 00:35:49,431 [Tory] Poor man's turbo, what? 885 00:35:51,675 --> 00:35:53,124 [Bisi] He did it. 886 00:35:53,159 --> 00:35:56,231 -Please don't catch on fire. -Oh, he's fine. 887 00:35:56,266 --> 00:35:58,026 [Tory laughing] 888 00:36:01,202 --> 00:36:02,893 I got it to a hundred and thirty. 889 00:36:02,927 --> 00:36:03,859 Can you believe that? 890 00:36:07,346 --> 00:36:09,244 -Oh, Tory. -Hey! 891 00:36:09,279 --> 00:36:10,659 -[Bisi] You were flying. -[Faye] How did it go? 892 00:36:10,694 --> 00:36:11,798 [Bisi] Oh, my goodness. 893 00:36:11,833 --> 00:36:15,146 This thing is crazy, 894 00:36:15,181 --> 00:36:19,150 like, I hammered down, hit the nitrous. 895 00:36:19,185 --> 00:36:21,946 -Oh, how did it feel? -It was like, waaa. 896 00:36:21,981 --> 00:36:24,155 [Tory laughing] 897 00:36:24,190 --> 00:36:26,192 And then, as soon as I hit the rat trap 898 00:36:26,227 --> 00:36:27,538 it was like, boom, you felt the boost. 899 00:36:27,573 --> 00:36:29,160 [Bisi] Nice. 900 00:36:29,195 --> 00:36:30,507 [Tory laughing] Oh, my God! 901 00:36:33,095 --> 00:36:37,548 That was the ultimate finale to this whole myth. 902 00:36:38,584 --> 00:36:41,690 [Tory] Poor man's turbo, what? 903 00:36:41,725 --> 00:36:43,416 [Bisi] Look at that. 904 00:36:43,451 --> 00:36:45,936 So you start off at almost three PSI, 2.8 to be exact. 905 00:36:45,970 --> 00:36:47,317 -[Faye] Yup. -[Bisi] Look what happened 906 00:36:47,351 --> 00:36:49,733 when the rat trap just shut, boost spiked up. 907 00:36:49,767 --> 00:36:51,459 -[Tory] Awesome. -[Bisi] And hit the sevens, 908 00:36:51,493 --> 00:36:53,737 -and it stays at that time. -[Faye] Seven PSI. 909 00:36:53,771 --> 00:36:56,464 That is respectable with that sized turbo. 910 00:36:56,498 --> 00:36:58,120 Who knew we just needed a rat trap? 911 00:36:58,155 --> 00:36:59,570 -[Bisi] Wow. -[Faye] I know, 912 00:36:59,605 --> 00:37:02,124 ugh, if only they had done that in the movie. 913 00:37:02,159 --> 00:37:03,609 [Tory] Oh, my God! 914 00:37:05,645 --> 00:37:07,820 It's not exactly what happened in the movie, 915 00:37:07,854 --> 00:37:09,235 that's what happened in real life, 916 00:37:09,270 --> 00:37:12,825 and should've been what Dom did in Cuba. 917 00:37:12,859 --> 00:37:14,482 [Tory] All right, so this one's still busted. 918 00:37:14,516 --> 00:37:16,069 -[Bisi] Yes. -[Tory] But we were able 919 00:37:16,104 --> 00:37:17,381 -to replicate the result. -[Bisi] Absolutely. 920 00:37:17,416 --> 00:37:18,762 [Faye] In a Cuban spirit exactly. 921 00:37:18,796 --> 00:37:20,073 -Nice work you guys. -[Bisi] Thank you. 922 00:37:20,108 --> 00:37:22,835 So it was not so fake after all. 923 00:37:22,869 --> 00:37:24,906 -Eh, ish. -[laughter] 924 00:37:24,940 --> 00:37:27,426 [upbeat music playing]