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Celebrating the coolest cars ever made, nothing like the sound of that engine when you turn that key.
Muscle car is an American term used to refer to a variety of high-performance automobiles. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines muscle cars as "any of a group of American-made 2-door sports cars with powerful engines designed for high-performance driving." A large V8 engine is fitted in a 2 or 4 door, rear wheel drive, family-style full-size car designed for four or more passengers. Sold at an affordable price, muscle cars are intended for street use and occasional drag racing. They are distinct from two-seat sports cars and expensive 2+2 GTs intended for high-speed touring and road racing.
We all know the most distinguishing characteristic of a hot rodder is wretched excess. If one engine is good, then four are bound to be bitchin'. Rick Dobbertin, who owned a speed shop at the time, evidently graduated summa cum loud from that school of thought. He figured if one positive-displacement Roots-style blower for the 454 in his '65 Nova was cool, then augmenting the positive manifold pressure with a pair of exhaust-driven turbos was way, way cool. Dobbertin's overkill was simply the by-product of a rodder being a rodder
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