Woo with lots of added Hoo.

Just like them things that WUN will be sitting beind when he cranks up the
Cessna.


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Nope, I think 65 million beats it. IIRC, they sold 20-25 million
stepthrus.

 

Pretty impressive - but surely there aren't that many US and Aussie cars
with that engine.

65 million of one type of engine! I never had any idea it would be that
many and not a particularly efficient one; that's some emissions.

 

Shelob?

 

Hog says...

Nothing that exquisite, Steve's was a Fiat.

 

The sound of a Rover V8 can be - for example by a late 60s Pontiac GTO
that's been slightly "resto-rodded".

While I was over the with the United Rednecks for Thanksgiving, there
was a car show on at the Daytona Speedway. We didn't go as we didn't
have the time and it would probably have turned me (a) into a gibbering
wreck and (b) completely blown my credit limits in a "it followed me
home, mum" way.

Anyway, so we're enjoying the food at the Hooters in Daytona, which
happens to be across the road from the Speedway. The parking lot had
some tasty American machinery in it (if you like that sort of thing)
including the aforementioned GTO and a '68 or '69 Camaro in *perfect*,
better than new, condition. We're out on the porch downing a beer and
stuffing our faces when the owner of these machines walk out. The
Camaro sounded nice pulling away and it was a headturner simply because
it was in such great condition.

And then someone started what sounded like an Earthquake close by.
Which was, of course, the GTO's way of communicating that whatever was
under *that* bonnet was anything but a small block by 'merican
standards. I mean, we were about 8-10 metres away and I could feel the
rumbling of that engine in my stomach...

Matey was pulling out of the parking lot in a very gingerly fashion
which I found rather odd until I noticed that on every gearchange
(which must've happened at something like 2000rpm), the car would lose
traction and spin the rear wheels for a couple of feet until the tyres
found their grip again. God knows what kind of engine they had hidden
in there, but that thing had some serious torque.

And then Ann quips "Oh yeah, my dad bought a GTO convertible in the
sixties but my mum made him take it back..."

 

You'd be surprised - the Chevy "mouse" motor (aka small block) has been
around since the mid-fifties and stuck into pretty much everything that
Chevy ever built, including pick-ups, vans etc.

 

Ah, that'll be your typical American engine - spent forty years in a
swamp and fires up at first turn of the key.

BTW, which model Corvette is it that you've got?

 

Maybe in a sports car, but you sure dont expect to hear the burble from
this!!

This is my truck, but the previous owners website.

http://www.zen79997.zen.co.uk/morph/index.html

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Nige

Subaru WRX (54)
Land Rover 101 GS/Ambi (Morph)
BMW 650 GS Dakar
WANTED Kawasaki ZZR 1100 D series in mint nick

 

<snort>

You bad man.

 

Simple, rugged, reliable (mostly). Shit bhp/litre though.

 

Zyklon B.

 

You big Jewish ****
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Nige

Subaru WRX (54)
Land Rover 101 GS/Ambi (Morph)
BMW 650 GS Dakar
WANTED Kawasaki ZZR 1100 D series in mint nick

 

Fucking A I do.


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Chances are it was the Hemi motor. About 7 litres worth IIRC, but something
around 500bhp and over 500ft/lbs of torque at **** all revs.

I'm surprised he still has a mum.


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It's more a case of it's been made since Methusala was a lad and it was/is
used for a huge variety of jobs, not just to power cars/vans/pickups and
trucks. One "odd job" they were used for was to power air raid sirens as it
happens, but I wonder how many cars are on the road in *just* the US this
year.

And they're not the cleanest thing in the world, but the septics love 'em. A
pal of mine in seticemia has just bought (what they call) a "crate engine"
5.7 small block, Edelbrock carbs, electronic ignition, new gearbox to hang
off the back, stainless exhaust manifold and a catalytic converter exhaust
system to fit to his 1968 "summat" (I think it's a Camaro, but I'm not 100%
sure) Total cost was around 5 grand (dollars) which is really cheap as
chips.

He says parts for the small block are so plentiful, the prices are silly,
but that's because there are just SO many of the buggers.



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I saw something about that on television. The lump had sat without
being started for *years* they managed to start it with very few
problems. I think it was some Robbie Coltrane thing or other about
engines, quite good viewing really.

v8s. Mmm.

 

The only one I saw was he one on two-strokes. It meant he spent a great
deal of time examining the products of the mighty IFA VEB.

 

It's a 1981 C3 - last of the shark-bodied Stingrays. Like
http://www.seriouswheels.com/1980-1989/1981-Chevrolet-Corvette-Red-po.ht
m but white & with mirrored glass T-tops.

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I had a C15