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Old Dec 21, 2005 | 10:18 PM
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Old Dec 21, 2005 | 10:21 PM
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since Paul is going to go out and get one

http://www.rcdrags.com/
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Old Dec 21, 2005 | 11:51 PM
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Was that Panuzzo in the left lane ?????
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my dad and i have nitro powered rc cars...lots of fun
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Dave, what exactly is nitro powered? truly nitromethane?
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They run methanol with about 20% nitro
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Originally Posted by REDGAR
since Paul is going to go out and get one

http://www.rcdrags.com/

Thanks for the link. If everything keeps going as well as it has been, that's about the only drag racing I'm gonna be doing next year.
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Nobody has as badass an RC than Lasershop has.
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Care to share the details on the RC ride?
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Originally Posted by REDGAR
Care to share the details on the RC ride?
Goes back a couple years before I went to 1:1 scale with the Corvette.
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_13...tm.htm#1343381
http://rcudev.rcuniverse.com/forum/m...tm.htm#1165441
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Cool setup. How did it peform?
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