UKen Block usanda kwethula iHoonicorn V2, elandela enye yezimoto ezeqisayo ezake zadlula ezandleni zomshayeli waseMelika.
Khumbula i-Hoonicorn engu-850 hp esetshenziswa u-Ken Block ukuze "ithuse" idolobha lase-Los Angeles? Ngakho-ke, iFord Mustang yango-1965 (eyenziwe ya-oda ngabakwa-RTR) isibuyile ngamandla engeziwe. Ukuze kukhishwe i-1400 hp enjinini engu-6.7-litre V8, akuthathanga i-turbocharger eyodwa kuphela ukuziveza ngokuziqhenya ngaphansi kwebhonethi, njengoba kubonakala ezithombeni.
“Besivele sinemvume yevidiyo entsha noHoonicorn, kodwa ngalokho bengidinga amandla engeziwe. Ngakho-ke ngaba nomqondo embonweni enganginawo - ama-turbo amabili aphuma nge-hood - ngase ngidlulisela iphrojekthi eqenjini lami," kusho u-Ken Block.
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Ngaphandle, umhlobiso we-Hoonicorn V2 - igama livela njengelisuselwa egameni elithi "hooning" elichaza ukushayela "ngommese ukuya-amazinyo" - liphefumulelwe izinkanyezi nemivimbo yeFord Escort. Mk2 RS. UKen Block uveza ukuthi iHoonicorn yakhe entsha akuwona umshini olula ukuwuthambisa: “Uma ngithi lena imoto esabisa kakhulu kwengake ngahamba ngayo… angenzi ihaba. Kuyinto ehlanya ngempela,” kusho uKen Block ngokwakhe.Kulabo abangenaso isibindi, u-Ken Block uphakamisa enye indlela yokusebenzisa ama-turbocharger amabili amasha: “i-marshmallow barbecue”. Udidekile? Buka ividiyo engezansi: