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Three car shots,
First the unique and very beautiful 1969 Ferrari 212E that won the European Hillclimb championship. Ferrari built one car and just two engines...
Next, Mercedes is leading the current F1 world championship by a country mile: here's the engine of another Grand Prix-winning Mercedes - from 1914:
And finally here's an infra-red shot of a car that I built: a highly-modified 1967 Lancia Fulvia:
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Last edited by GING GING; December 17th, 2014 at 08:52 AM.
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Ging Ging-a guy at work had one of these. In the morning when he started up to leave I could feel the vibration thru the building to my office 25 or 30 feet from the door. I was an awesome auto. Awesome gas hog. He did not keep it long. Enjoy, thanks for sharing.
Sandy
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Unless that back seat is photoshopped, not it doesn't, lol. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it's the SINGLE cabs that have the ability to do 0-60 in under 5 seconds.Originally Posted by GING GING
I say "have the ability" because that's with a professional driver. The SRT Trucks have a very hard time hooking up and you'd be luck to do a 6-flat with street tires and normal pavement (not a track).
With that said, I have a lot of respect for those trucks. It's a shame they were discontinued. They respond EXTREMELY well to modifications.
Of note: I'm a former truck owner myself. I had a modified 1999 Chevy Silverado that did 500horsepower/550torque to the wheels. That's roughly 590hp/650tq if you want to compare flywheel numbers like the 500/505 numbers the srt10 ram was rated at.
Of course, that's not a fair comparison as my truck had full bolt-on modifications (camshaft, intake, exhaust, 3600 torque converter, 4.10 gears, etc) as well as a 150 shot of nitrous.
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How does that work?
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Last edited by GING GING; December 17th, 2014 at 08:54 AM.
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I actually think he was just referring to the fact that it doesn't have 10 valves per cylinder. The viper is a 10 cylinder engine but they use 4 valves per cylinder, they used 2 valves per cylinder in 06 but regardless, I have an automotive tech degree and I've never heard of a 10 valve per cylinder production vehicle. I admittedly don't know a tiny fraction of everything but i would also be curious about the design of a 10 valve per cylinder engine.
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Last edited by GING GING; December 17th, 2014 at 08:54 AM.
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10 valves/cyl could be done with lots of little valves and tiny camshafts.
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Or an engine with very large bores indeed...
Cob
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Dude, chill out. The next time you're about to respond like this please step back from the computer and re-evaluate the situation. Notice, Farmboy emphasized the text "Ten valves per cylinder" which means he was asking specifically about that.
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There has been a comprehensive review of them on the site done by Dan. I don't personally own one yet so I couldn't say but the people who do own them seem to like them in the posts they have made about them. When you go to order them the gold nib is an option on the order form, except for the slimline which seems to only have the steel available.
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Honest mistake as I see your thought process.
The "V" stands for the placement of the cylinders versus an "inline" cylinder engine.
In your truck's case, there are 5 cylinders on each side of the engine set at an angle that forms a "V". That basically allows your (massive) engine to fit under the hood.
If it were an in-line engine, you would have 10 cylinders one after the other. The only way that could be possible is if you were (literally) sitting on top of the engine.
Most four cylinder engines are inline these days. There are also a handful of inline five cylinder engines.
6,8, 10, and 12 cyclinder engines are almost always a "V" configuration. The design allows the engine to be more cubed shape rather than rectangular.
I am, of course, speaking to car/light-truck configurations where space is a concern.
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Darn it Ging Ging! You had my hopes up thinking I could maybe drop one of those hot engines in my '86 Fleetwood and perk it up a bit!
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There is a reasonable assumption when people buy and discuss performance vehicles (or pens, for that matter) that they know something about the subject of their discussion.
Another way to interpret rude and condescending is that most people (probably including yourself) have a low tolerance for ignorance when it is not combined with humility and questions.
One of the most valuable lessons I ever learned was to not speak of what I do not know. The second was to be humble enough to ask questions. Those that know can smell a poser a mile away.
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