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The '"Official" Car-modding Thread!

Discussion in 'Safety valve' started by indienemo, Dec 9, 2004.

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  1. pulsar

    pulsar Active member

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    Oh, baby, you are so right Auslander, epecially as you have little in the way of silencing. She does sound well with the echoeing off the hills in the lake district!
     
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    The car you are referring to has a merlin in it, it is owned by an eccentric brit (aren't we all).
    I can't remember the name of it though.
    The Merlins were a stunning engine. A work colleague of mine partly restored one. It was lovely. The pistons were about 4- 5" in diameter, & very shallow (to save on weight). The engine was oversquare if i recall
    I have a piston out of a Paxman Ricardo V12 in my living room. She is 6&1/2" across. You can sit a coffee mug in the valve recesses. It really hurts if you stub a toe on it in the dark.
    One of my faves is the V16 Detroit. We had them in compressors I used to work on.
    Boy, did they sound nice!
     
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    This is what I found after a quick look on Google:
    In the 1960s John Dodd of Kent, England put a Merlin engine (some say it actually was a Rover Meteor tank engine, but then this is a Merlin minus superchargers) in a car called "The Beast". Originally it had a grille from a Rolls Royce, but after complaints from them he had to change it. According to himself he once drove by a Porsche driver on the autobahn and this person then called Rolls Royce asking about their "new model". The Beast was once listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's most powerful road car. The engine came from a Boulton Paul Balliol training aircraft and gave 1262 bhp (941 kW) at 8500 feet (2,600 m). In the car the supercharger was removed so it "only" gave about 850 bhp (630 kW). The chassis was custom made with a fibreglass body and used a gearbox from a GM 400. The car was later restored by John Dodd's son Paul Dodd and he also has a 2050 bhp (1530 kW) twin-supercharged Rolls-Royce Griffon 37 litre engine from a late-model Spitfire he is willing to put in a car if somebody would be interested in buying it.
     
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    flip218 Moderator Staff Member

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    Nephilim ... Please. Mine has true horsepower :)

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    Neph, Flip does have a point.
     
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    Flip, does it whinney if you squeeze its' ear?
     
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    actually it starts haulin if I pinch it's ass.
     
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  9. pulsar

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    What do you feed it on? carrots & oats, or ethanol?
     
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    Wow, 580 posts. Hint, hint!!
     
    pulsar, Dec 20, 2004
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    Oh God, how sad am I!
     
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    Auslander, If I am not mistaken my mates Chevvy is a big bore mouse block (!?!). Does that sound right?
    It has been bored out that much, the liners are perilously thin (They are measured using the Dernier scale!) The holly carbs are like niagara falls with full throttle applied. Flashback on overrun is spectacular, watch your eyebrows though!
    Rather like the film Backdraft.
     
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    one of these days, i'm gonna build a charger entirely outta repo parts and put a 500+ cid crate hemi in that thing. with the right suspension/tires/goodies, it'll do the slalom just as well as the straighways. :)
     
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    that car my stepfather saw was in the states between 1950s & 60s
     
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    Ok I thought since we're off topic anyway, and someone mentioned The Merlins and Griffons, I'd share a picture or two. Where I live we have boats that are called hydroplanes. They used World War II aircraft engines in their earlier days like Allisons, Rolls Royce Merlins and Griffons. They currently run Lycoming helicopter engines and reach 200+ mph on the straights. But they sound like hairdryers and don't have the rumble of the old boats.


    http://www.vintagehydroplanes.com/missbudweisermotor.jpg
    http://www.vintagehydroplanes.com/missbudweiser.jpg
    http://www.vintagehydroplanes.com/rsnyder_holset_missmadison.jpg

    [​IMG]
     
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    This pic is a twin turbocharged allison. It sits in a carbon fiber boat. It goes very very fast.
     
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  17. indienemo

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    ur drifting off topic guys ;)
     
    indienemo, Dec 21, 2004
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  18. zippyd

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    Sorry, couldn't help myself.
     
    zippyd, Dec 21, 2004
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  19. indienemo

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    jesus dont they like take off?!
     
    indienemo, Dec 21, 2004
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  20. vurbal

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    My car came pre-modded. It's a 1992 Crown Victoria Police Interceptor.
     
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