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Old Nov 1, 2011 | 07:14 AM
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while reserching g forces involved in a race car crash i found this gem,"If a force of 4 to 6g is sustained for more than a few seconds, the resulting symptoms range from blackouts to total death." i thought for sure it would result in "partial death"
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The title of this thread is a joke, right?
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must be referencing his engine building skills
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The title of this thread is a joke, right?
yup but the quote isnt from a real technical article
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dont see the corvette tech. off topic?
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dont see the corvette tech. off topic?
reserching crash info for fabrication of c4 race car components
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auto xing and road racing?
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Originally Posted by markKlein
The title of this thread is a joke, right?



must be. somebody missed it too.......



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What in the world is INCOPETENCE?
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remove this allready....


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