Dom vs Raldo opening race FATE of the FURIOUS 8 - ’49 Chevy Fleetline vs ’56 Ford Fairlane

The Fate of the Furious 8 (2017) - The Cuban Mile race scene between Dominic “Dom“ Toretto driving a 1949 Chevrolet Fleetline and local loanshark Raldo driving a 1956 Ford Fairlane Crown Victoria on the streets of Havana, Cuba 🚓 1949 Chevrolet Fleetline (’50 or ’51) - Dominic Toretto / Vin Diesel The Chevy is modified with a Turbonetics marine forced induction system, a makeshift NOS system, and is bolted up to a transmission out of a tractor with 4 forward gears and 4 reverse gears - a key ingredient to driving 100-plus mph backwards. To make it race-ready, the Fleetline is stripped of anything not needed to reduce weight. Around 10 of these cars were built for this movie - only 3 survived. Normally boat turbo on this car produces around 5 pounds of boost. But when the wastegate line is pulled off, it puts the turbo on a full boost (around 30 pounds) as seen in the movie. 🚓 1956 Ford Fairlane Crown Victoria - Raldo / Celestino Cornielle Not much is known about this car except that it should be the fastest car on the island - painted black with racing seats and fitted with a roll cage. When it went to the auction the motor and transmission were removed and used on another car for this movie. It tells that it could been a nice crate engine. Originally this car had an inline 6-cylinder 223.0 cu in engine with 145 BHP @ 4200 RPM PLOT Dominic “Dom“ Toretto and Letty Ortiz are on their honeymoon in Havana when Dom’s cousin Fernando gets in trouble owing money to local racer Raldo. Sensing Raldo is a loan shark, Dom challenges Raldo to a race, pitting Fernando’s 1949 Chevrolet Fleetline against Raldo’s 1956 Ford Fairlane Crown Victoria, and wagering his own 1961 Chevrolet Impala. After narrowly winning the race, Dom allows Raldo to keep his car, saying his respect is enough. #moviecarchases #thefastandthefurious #dominictoretto #thefateofthefurious