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SavedONE

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"Turbo"
« on: January 13, 2011, 13:33:18 »
-I was looking at the Tyco dealer's catalog posted by TycoBanditKing, &
got to thinking, there is NO turbo to be spoken of in these, turbo deals
with air, my Dad has a tri-axle dumptruck, w/ a caterpillar turbodiesel
engine, on a haul about 3 weeks ago, it "blew the turbo", then it had to
be towed on one of those huge wreckers back to Dad's shop. 
-I'm not trying to be a stick-in-the-mud or anything like that.  I do
recall when I was little, I told my Dad about my "9.6v Turbo Bandit". and
he was like kinda laughing, "Turbo, huh"-LOL  ::)

czstycor/c

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Re: "Turbo"
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2011, 13:41:57 »
that is too technical for little kids haha
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Re: "Turbo"
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2011, 13:46:25 »
-Yeah.  Had fun w/that Bandit tho.  We had a tile floor,
so I used to pour a couple drops of water on it, & let the
donuts begin!!! ;D

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Re: "Turbo"
« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2011, 13:58:52 »
haha good thing they were pretty water resistant!
"If there are no such things as stupid questions than what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they suddenly become smart right before they are about to ask a question?"

Tyco Bandit King

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Re: "Turbo"
« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2011, 21:15:46 »
Technically no, but....... Turbo is derived from the word turbine which is a device that produces boost, more commonly defined as a jet turbine but still boost. In essence the motherboard on these trucks produces a boost. So in a way they are turbo powered. So rock on 9.6v turbo!!
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Re: "Turbo"
« Reply #5 on: January 13, 2011, 21:32:45 »
-wow, where have you learned this!?

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« Reply #6 on: January 13, 2011, 21:35:20 »
Jeffrey the giraffe told me that at toys r us when I was little
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Re: "Turbo"
« Reply #7 on: January 13, 2011, 21:39:29 »
-OIC, & here I thought you were a big Jeopardy fan ;D