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Old Apr 1, 2024 | 02:27 PM
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I wouldn't laugh, it's been done. And chances are it would blow the doors off of most of our vettes in the 1/4. The C4 is aerodynamic and it's low cost and light weight would make it a plausible project.

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Too flexible a chassis
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Too flexible a chassis
Make sure you don't go back in time and tell the SCCA winners that !!

Or this guy
But of course he has a gazillion dollars in it.
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Originally Posted by Vets-Vet
Make sure you don't go back in time and tell the SCCA winners that !!

Or this guy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcH5ngylXJo But of course he has a gazillion dollars in it.
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When it's cheap and easy to do and I can charge anywhere I'm on it....
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Well we can play the whole EV pros and CONS game all day.
But, for purely answering the question, it has been done and more will I am sure. Companies like this are working it in England.
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Years ago, someone did convert a 94 C4 to run off of Hydrogen. He had 3 cylinders' in the back, and he got about 400 miles. Cleanest energy out there.
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You’d get beat up where i live, if you did that
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Originally Posted by AmoriFati
Well we can play the whole EV pros and CONS game all day.
But, for purely answering the question, it has been done and more will I am sure. Companies like this are working it in England.
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Years ago, someone did convert a 94 C4 to run off of Hydrogen. He had 3 cylinders' in the back, and he got about 400 miles. Cleanest energy out there.
Whats hilarious is the guy who did that was on Joe Rogan. His name is Bob Lazar. He's the guy who claimed to work on alien space craft. I just got done watching the podcast with him talking about aliens. So I googled his name and came across the video with his hydrogen powered Vette.
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Originally Posted by Phobos84
Whats hilarious is the guy who did that was on Joe Rogan. His name is Bob Lazar. He's the guy who claimed to work on alien space craft. I just got done watching the podcast with him talking about aliens. So I googled his name and came across the video with his hydrogen powered Vette.
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