Ifyou putpotatoe in each exhaust pipe and then reved your engine hard would one of the potatoes shoot out like a rocket?

 

Not sure if it would even stay in. Mythbusters tested this myth, and they failed it. When they started the vehicle, it just shot right out as soon as exhaust gases made their way to the tail pipe.

 

hmmm... did they have a good size potatoe to make sure it was a tight fit

 

When they showed it, it looked like it ws wedged in there pretty good. It was sticking out halfway at least though. I wonder if the results would be the same if they would have just jammed it further in. Probably wouldn't have had much of a different result anyway.

 

I wonder if they did jam it back to the point where the pipe gets smaller if it would help. So you said when they started it up it just shot out, did it shoot out fast or just fall out. Anyone want to try it and film it and post it on here=)

 

While it would be a fun experiment, I wouldn't advise to try it unless you were bored. I saw the episode a while back, but the potato just kinda chucked out...I'm sure there are videos of this exact thing online on youtube or something.

 

it would pop out, not real hard. they did that on mythbusters

 

someone put a coke bottle in my trucks tailpipe while i was in school and driving home still in the parking lot i could hear a little whistle and i was like wtf so i gunned it and it just popped out, i saw it rolling on the pavement and had no more whistle

not a potato but still a funny story

 

that is random... sound like a topic for correl.net!

 

i did it with water bottle i shoved them in both tail pipes and started it and once i gave it some gas they went about 20 feet