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Roadkill Episode 2.04 Leaf-Blower Supercharging a 1978 Chevrolet Monza Spyder!
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Roadkill Episode 2.04 Leaf-Blower Supercharging a 1978 Chevrolet Monza Spyder!

Episode Premiere
May 31, 2013
Genre
Drama
Production Company
BBC Studios, All3Media
Official Site
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/shows/roadkill/
Episode Premiere
May 31, 2013
Genre
Drama
Period
2020 - Now
Production Co
BBC Studios, All3Media
Distributor
PBS
Official Site
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/shows/roadkill/
Main Cast
  • Hugh Laurie as Peter Laurence
  • Helen McCrory
  • Sidse Babett Knudsen
  • Saskia Reeves
  • Sarah Greene
  • Patricia Hodge
  • Ophelia Lovibond
  • Iain De Caestecker as Duncan Knock
  • Katie Leung
  • Oliva Vinall
  • Pip Torrens
  • Millie Brady
  • Danny Ashok

On this episode of Roadkill, it's fun with Leaf Blowers. Experts on the Internet said it would never work. That's never stopped Freiburger and Finnegan, and this time on Roadkill the guys put the theory to the test: can hardware-store leaf blowers supercharge an engine and make power? Step one was buying a '78 Monza Spyder with a 305 V8 and a four-speed stick. Step two was to take it to the shop of HOT ROD Drag Week racer Jeff Lutz to tune it up, swap the engine to a 350, dyno test it with five leaf blowers, and do a whole bunch of needless burnouts. Step three was to drive the Monza to Willmington, Ohio, for the East Coast Timing Association's Ohio Mile event, a standing-mile race where they'd find out if leaf-blower power adds up to more speed in the real world. The outcome? Who really cares? Because on Roadkill, it's always about the adventure. And more burnouts.