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Motor Mythbusters

Motor Mythbusters

Searching for truth behind popular automotive myths in an attempt to answer some great unknowns.
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4 episodes will be broadcast over the next two weeks

    Fishtail Trailer Sway and EV Drain Pain
    Bedrock Buggy and Rolling Back the Miles
    Caddy Detonation Deflection and Range Against the EV
    Poor Man's Turbo
  • Fishtail Trailer Sway and EV Drain Pain

    The team test the dangerous myth that trailer sway can be corrected by accelerating; they investigate what happens to the performance of an electric vehicle when the battery is depleted.
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  • Bedrock Buggy and Rolling Back the Miles

    The team sets out to fulfill Tory's childhood dream of building a full-scale "Flintstones" car; they test if it's possible to overcome the friction and inertia of a two-ton, wood and stone vehicle using just the power of their feet.
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  • Caddy Detonation Deflection and Range Against the EV

    The team tests a classic mafia movie myth, seeing if a plate under the driver could withstand a car bomb.
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  • Poor Man's Turbo

    Tory, Bisi and Faye test a myth from a popular movie franchise that claims you can increase boost and win a Cuban mile drag race from a turbocharged engine with just a length of wire and soda can tab.
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Season 11 of 16 Episodes

  • Tory, Bisi and Faye test a myth from a popular movie franchise that claims you can increase boost and win a Cuban mile drag race from a turbocharged engine with just a length of wire and soda can tab.
Motor Mythbusters

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Searching for truth behind popular automotive myths in an attempt to answer some great unknowns.

Starring

Bisi Ezerioha, Faye Hadley, Tory Belleci, Robert Lee

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