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There’s beauty in the impractical.

YouTuber Nick Zetta decided to try to power a gaming PC with a miniature V8 engine — which I just found out is something you can buy.

It wasn’t as simple as shoving some wires in. He used pulleys, a pair of golf cart motors, a power regulator, rubber belts, an accelerator pedal, and a DIY motor mount. For his computer.

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