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Typically, when a front-engine car suffers serious front-end damage in a crash, like this Roush Mustang did, you’d expect the powertrain to be in poor shape as well. Yet for whatever reason, a car YouTuber decided to purchase the wrecked muscle car from an insurance auction and find out exactly what it could still do.
Strapping a crash-damaged vehicle to a dyno makes for compelling content, revealing whether the engine survived the impact intact. Projects like this satisfy curiosity about how much abuse a drivetrain can take, while also offering a glimpse into the salvage and rebuild world. Whatever the numbers turn out to be, the experiment is an entertaining look at squeezing life out of a written-off car.
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