Gone in 60 Seconds (2000) was Re:JATO Chevy (NAC) was: MORE POWER

[hah at srv.net]

>At 10:05 AM -0500 2/5/01, RyanWeath at aol.com wrote:

>>  and see it repeatedly outrun all of the chase
>>vehicles and even the news helicopter!
>
>Er, you mean how Mr. Cage outruns, in a shelby w/nitrous, a 
>helicopter, going through the flood gate system canals which are full 
>of garbage and puddles?  Low profile tires and all?  Uh huh. 
>Riiiiight.  I remember hearing somewhere that the car was just 
>basically a shell, nothing real under the hood.  Somehow, I suspect 
>the real thing would be a liiiitle bit quicker through the gears.

I like the shot of the speedo @ 100 mph, tach @ 6k (redline 7k), *then* he 
hits the big red nitrous button and whoosh, accelerates to "over 140mph" to 
outrun the chopper. In what gear? The producer also admits in the features 
that the aqueduct scenes were speeded up, as the drivers were having great 
difficulty exceeding 60mph with all the puddles and mud. Unlike in the 
Blues Brothers (1980) where they really were going ~120mph under the el in 
downtown Chicago. Not in an Audi, though.

Yes, I will buy a movie just for sound effects or a good car chase.
http://24.20.125.14:8080/~hah/titles.html

not really helping anybody,
Henry Harper
http://www.srv.net/~hah
1991 200 quattro, 112k
1988 GTI 16v, 216k, dirty license plate edition