Episode
MythBusters: Reverse Engineering
Overview
Jamie and Adam test whether a '70s sport car is as aerodynamic backward as forward, while Grant, Tory and Kari take a surfboard scene from Lethal Weapon 2 to task.
Details
- Series
- MythBusters
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 18
- Air date
- 2010-11-17
Episode context
Reverse Engineering is Episode 18 in Season 8 of MythBusters. It aired on 2010-11-17.
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