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Speaker 1: the two thousand nine Corvette z R one and it
Speaker 1: looks spectacular. The most obvious thing that you can see
Speaker 1: from the outside is the amount of carbon. The hood,
Speaker 1: the front fenders, and the roof are all made of
Speaker 1: carbon instead of fiberglass. All that carbon makes the car lighter.
Speaker 1: The second thing you see from the outside of the brakes,
Speaker 1: which are massive and made of carbon ceramic compound. The
Speaker 1: third thing you see is the engine, part of which
Speaker 1: is visible through a small window in the hood. Opening
Speaker 1: the hood, you can see it in all its glory.
Speaker 1: It's a six point two leader eight cylinder power plant
Speaker 1: able to produce six and twenty horsepower. The key to
Speaker 1: producing that much horsepower is a supercharger. Think of a
Speaker 1: supercharger as a big air pump that pressurizes the air
Speaker 1: coming into the engine. More air coming in means that
Speaker 1: the engine can burn more a saline per stroke. To
Speaker 1: make it even better, there's an intercooler attached to the supercharger.
Speaker 1: The intercooler is a system that cools down the pressurized
Speaker 1: air to make it even denser. Add all this together
Speaker 1: and you have a light car with huge power that
Speaker 1: can go over two miles per hour. It should be
Speaker 1: able to go from zero to sixty in less than
Speaker 1: three and a half seconds. Do you have any ideas
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