I found a tunnel...

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MattStrike wrote:Does that mean you're considering an L67 too? :)
I wish... :sadeyz:
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I just love the car that you swapped the engine into. Of course, I'm biased ;) . No one would really see yours coming, at least my T-type they would expect it to a degree.

Love the video! I like the way you laughed after the longer tunnel lol. Reminds me of me when I step on it.
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Not sure that was why he was laughing... :-#
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Yeah I thought of that...


No further comment :???: :wink:
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Heh heh... That video was edited :wink: .

I have more coming soon, pending editing. Much better quality too.
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So after seeing those videos that were so close to my house, I got to thinking "why have I never done that??". So I went and made these videos. And while I was at it, I went to these amazing tunnels by the airport.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsZdiaiF ... RaX_fbvkM=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS7D0h4M ... RaX_fbvkM=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDUtw-rl ... RaX_fbvkM=
(forgot to unplug my radar detector there, always goes off around there)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hiqo8yU5 ... RaX_fbvkM=

Hey Matt, we should try to have a mini meet one day that entails making a video of both superchargers in a tunnel... :poke:
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00Beast wrote:I love boosting through the 94 tunnel in Minneapolis, lol. Except it's almost always bumper to bumper at about 50 MPH during the week. Sunday Mornings are great though.
3" turbobacks are pretty fun in there...
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I bet, lol.
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SSEiMan01 wrote:Sounds great Matt, Don't know how I missed the vid until now. Makes me want to film some of the underpasses around here. Lots of them to choose from. :twisted:
how about the tunnel on 90-94 up north of the loop?
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Good call Deano! Also the tunnel getting off of 355N onto 88W. :evil:
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I'm up for a mini-meet, let's do next week so I have time to fix my exhaust :)
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Has to wait longer than that, sadly. I'll keep ya'll posted though.
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Much love for the lowry hill tunnel on 94. I ripped through it the other night.... but did not exceed the speed limit. :hail:
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