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Bad Science in this movie or other movies?

posted 15 years ago by BucsFan3812
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I have to write a paper on bad science in movies. I have an easy example in this movie in the opening scene when they are all going from drive to reverse when going that fast, your transmission would fall off the car. Then there is when Paul Walker jumps through the glass in the second scene and tackles that guy, Paul Walker would be covered in cuts from the millions of dagger like pieces of glass. I need a few more examples in this movie. Any ideas??? Or another movie I could do?

[–] iain_jones 15 years ago

How about exploding nitrous oxide in Dom's Chevelle?

Its purpose is to provide more oxygen on top of what the supercharger can cram in rather than additional fuel.

[–] kevint1818 15 years ago

doesnt matter. A big enough can of Cool Whip would have exploded in the car...it's purpose isn't fuel either. Don't you know what oxygen does in combustion? And it doesnt sound like you know what youre saying with that last statement hahah but thats just technicalities.

How about the famous final drag in the original movie, where the Charger is doing a wheelstand AND a burnout. Burnout implies no traction and tires spinning fast and burning. Wheelstand implies high grip and high traction. There.

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[–] iain_jones 15 years ago

I'm not talking about exploding - I'm talking about airborne nitrous burning. The whole point of nitrous is to get more oxygen into the combustion chamber.

If the car was already on fire and the valve wasn't open on the tank it would explode as it is under increasing pressure, rather than due to the gas expanding as a result of combustion.

Also I know nitrous isn't fuel - I dont think I made that statement?

Any form of forced induction is to increase the amount of oxyen (either by compressing air or more effectively (in some cases) by spraying in a mixture of nitrogen and oxygen) to ensure an efficient burn as possible for the fuel.

[–] kevint1818 15 years ago

Okay well I thought you were talking about exploding nitrous because you said "exploding nitrous". And I never said you said it was fuel, I said Cool Whip ISNT fuel (as you said of nitrous) and both would explode. Neither is fuel. Both boom.

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[–] iain_jones 15 years ago

Fair enough

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