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In Reply to: American Choppers ETC. posted by Bolt_Snypr on September 02, 2003 at 07:07:12:
I enjoy the trifecta - Monster Garage, Monster House and American Chopper. I hope Discovery Channel gets back to that lineup soon. There's only so much Teutle you can take in one sitting.These shows seem to have been inspired by the success of Junkyard Wars on TLC. A previous favorite of mine, JYW has lost its appeal since Monster Garage. The reworked show - with two regular team captains selecting a new team from scratch on the day of the build - seems like a desperate attempt to inject some conflict and develop these two team captains into popular "working class hero" characters like Jesse James. It isn't working. If the producers of JYW wanted to adjust the show to compete with Monster Garage, they should have extended the build time to two days instead of just ten hours and maybe given the teams a small budget to buy some good parts that they can't scrounge from the junk. Rushed as they were, the last two builds resulted in crap that performed so poorly that I'm not even going to bother watching anymore.
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They should give teams of mechanical engineering students a full semester to build something. Give the students $0 in cash, but allow them to raise/spend as much as they want. And get car companies to donate brand new vehicles. Winners get scholarship $$$ and internships.Example:
objective - build a javelin launcher
donated vehicle - 2004 Ford Explorer, courtesy of Ford Motors ("Ford Motors - built Ford tough!!")
deadline - 4 months
budget - student fundedI think that would be highly entertaining.
My cousin competed in a lot of design challenges sponsored by car companies. They built an electric Suburban that hauled serious ass. The battery pack alone cost them $120k. They scraped up the $120k+ by building dynos for auto shops. Would have made for good TV.
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Had a friend who was an A&P mechanic who installed a turbine engine in a porsche. Fast, but a little loud.
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