Posted: 6/14/2009 10:40:07 PM EDT
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Just wish he had goosed the throttle.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6JfBpDIxK0&feature=related Add your own. |
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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2318041613573633268&q=source%3A015248938240893378436&hl=en
the background music is gay http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRSYTw9IBxg When I'm having a bad day I like to crank that one up on the computer. 1.5 litres making 600+ hp! in the mid 50's |
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Bah...that's not an engine. THIS is an engine!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d4HQ8ZM_2k&feature=related 
As is this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sjqir7YzVQ |
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horizontally opposed, quad cam, needle bearing, aircooled engine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moLNdbOKsXM the video's good, but nothing compares to sitting in or following behind one. the motor doesn't skip a beat, and revs nightmarishly high, literally music. you hear the rpm's climbing and by sound you think you've tapped out, but it just keeps on producing power. a beautiful thing 
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Bah...that's not an engine. THIS is an engine! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d4HQ8ZM_2k&feature=related
As is this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sjqir7YzVQ The Merlin has to be the nicest sounding engine ever... |
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No, THIS is an engine:
http://people.bath.ac.uk/ccsshb/12cyl/ Here's the crankshaft on the 10-cylinder: 
Some facts on the 14 cylinder version: Total engine weight: 2300 tons (The crankshaft alone weighs 300 tons.) Length: 89 feet Height: 44 feet Maximum power: 108,920 hp at 102 rpm Maximum torque: 5,608,312 lb/ft at 102rpm |
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No, THIS is an engine: http://people.bath.ac.uk/ccsshb/12cyl/ Here's the crankshaft on the 10-cylinder: http://people.bath.ac.uk/ccsshb/12cyl/rta96c_crank.jpg Some facts on the 14 cylinder version: Total engine weight: 2300 tons (The crankshaft alone weighs 300 tons.) Length: 89 feet Height: 44 feet Maximum power: 108,920 hp at 102 rpm Maximum torque: 5,608,312 lb/ft at 102rpm DAMN! 
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I like those guys fron the UK that can't afford the aircraft, so they are mounting WWll engines on trailers and run those at airshows. I noticed that as well.  Saw one of a Rolls Royce Merlin being fired up that was pieced togethor from two Mosquito engines.
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600 CID in a boat.. this thing hauls ass.. This is a buddy of mine.
jet boat |
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This one gives me chills .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpIHryluiEg&feature=related |
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Someone posted this the other day. Badass.
FF to 2:31 for the super badassedness. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR7aF4hY9rU |
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Mmmm, yes. Me likey. |
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This thread needs moar Stang
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=257074 My car looks exactly like this one, but it sounds nothing like it. FF to 1:52 for dyno goodness. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co3lvK1YoFY&feature=channel_page |