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The LeMons Supreme Court had so much fun with the Build An Engine Penalty in South Carolina and Texas that we used it again in California last weekend! 
 
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Here’s what appears to be a Ford V8, complete with beer-can “headers.” 
 
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We requested a Volkswagen air-cooled from this team, and this time the beer cans were the cylinders. 
 
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This team went for added realism with their V6, with a very safe starter-fluid-and-lighter setup on the exhaust manifolds. 
 
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Pete of the Killer Bees MGB team won the Most Realistic prize, with the SU carburetors lovingly rendered with water bottles and plastic cups. 
 
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I tried to talk the LeMons HQ folks into bringing these engines back to Emeryville, but the truck was full. Maybe some Infineon employees took them home.

3 Responses to “The Build a Cardboard Engine Penalty, Continued”

  1. Alan F.

    Note that Pete even took care to make the firing order on the MGB engine correct!

  2. Chuck

    Still need a rotary engine, some people don’t have a clue what they look like

  3. Hoonatic Racing

    the cardboard model would put out more torque then a real rotary

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