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[violator5spd 10+ year member]

Originally posted by ss3079 Isnt that engine basically two V8's strapped together?

 

- Steve

Haha, I must laugh because I war reading an article about it at school and the second sentence was something like "This engine is not simply a pair of v8's strapped together". So apparently it is just one large engine with lots of cylinders. Have you seen the hood though? It's freaking gigantic, after driving my neon and then driving that I'd be running into things left and right lol.

 

[ss3079 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by violator5spd Haha, I must laugh because I war reading an article about it at school and the second sentence was something like "This engine is not simply a pair of v8's strapped together". So apparently it is just one large engine with lots of cylinders. Have you seen the hood though? It's freaking gigantic, after driving my neon and then driving that I'd be running into things left and right lol.

Lol. It is a friggin big hood...guess Im kind of used to things like that with cowl induction, though

- Steve

 

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

well i got my amp in today.....sitting here at my desk righ tnow.....very happy w/ it...so far...cant wait to get it powered up......im like a little kid at a candy store right now...heh....

 

[fantomas 10+ year member]

Originally posted by Goddyd4me well i got my amp in today.....sitting here at my desk righ tnow.....very happy w/ it...so far...cant wait to get it powered up......im like a little kid at a candy store right now...heh....

awesome. what did you get?

 

[violator5spd 10+ year member]

Originally posted by Jeremy jl fan Sounds like they are gonna be making a vehicle to break the sound barrier....street legal...lots of power, but what to do with it? race in the street wars in the desert?

Isn't the speed of sound like 760mph??? I don't see how it would be possible to make anything street legal that could go even 500mph, let alone over 700mph.

 

[fantomas 10+ year member]

Originally posted by violator5spd Isn't the speed of sound like 760mph??? I don't see how it would be possible to make anything street legal that could go even 500mph, let alone over 700mph.

its something like that. i was watching a show on the learning channel a few years back about them trying to break the land speed record in the salt flats of utah (i think). there is no way any street legal car could get as fast as the speed of sound.

 

[Mr. Loki 5,000+ posts]

Hey Man, Im just saying there probably have that idea being passed around right now.....I mean come on they got that corvetta that raced a place and barely lost...that have many huge engines and many mods to make it even faster....have you guys ever looked at a simple stock 302 out of a mustang then looked at the many things you can do to it......Im not sayin it could break the sound barrier, but a simple 302 with a 4 barrel 750 edelbrock carb on it.....very loud and very powerful.....add nos or somthing...so many ideas, but a v16 **** with over 1000 horse power.....so what car goes from 0-60 the fastest? well guess what that aint shit to the V16.

 

[nswartley 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by fantomas its something like that. i was watching a show on the learning channel a few years back about them trying to break the land speed record in the salt flats of utah (i think). there is no way any street legal car could get as fast as the speed of sound.

the guy that did it built a jet car w/ 2 rolls royce jet engines in a jet car.....dont ever dream of doing it wit a street legal car, b/c w/o a jet engine you wont be able to ever do it. well, at least not in my lifetime. mark my words

 

[Moocow16 10+ year member]

Originally posted by Jeremy jl fan The mods were very simple at that.....bored .60 over to start....bigger pistons, racing cam shaft, aluminum rocker arms and lifters, chrome headers cool air intake and thats about it....now I no longer live in the states so I havnt done anything else to it...

lol, yeah, that's simple alright. i don't know about u, but when i hear simple, i think cold air intake, exhaust, and maybe a throttle body and EGR spacer.

 

[Mr. Loki 5,000+ posts]

Im 4976

What I said is simple man its just basically rebuilding a motor....

 

[Mr. Loki 5,000+ posts]

I forgot to add the race spark plugs and spark plug cables along with an exhaust and turbo pipe.

 

[Mr. Loki 5,000+ posts]

Just another quick note I thought of....its alot cheaper then you would think when you just order the parts and do it yourself....also you learn and then do it for others....with a small charge of course.

 

[nswartley 5,000+ posts]

jeremy, use the edit button //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[fantomas 10+ year member]

Originally posted by nswartley jeremy, use the edit button //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

i think he wants to get to 5000... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/nono.gif.eca61d170185779e0921b0faa9704973.gif

 

[ss3079 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by fantomas i think he wants to get to 5000... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/nono.gif.eca61d170185779e0921b0faa9704973.gif

Lol, we are pretty close

- Steve