Random car thread.

[CJ]

The gremlin has an oddly sexy set of angles. Can't believe I just said that.

[Jimbo]

That Gremlin rod is so ugly it's almost cool.

Agreed.

Damn. That's a lot going on.
Why am I drawn to this?

[BLAKE]

That Gremlin rod is so ugly it's almost cool.

[Ratt]

That's an insane amount of ingenuity. Thanks for the info!

[Strychnine]

Anymore info on this setup? That looks fuckin' rad.

Mickey Thompson's Challenger I. First American car to break 400 mph.

Turned down by Chrysler, Mickey appealed to Knudsen and Pontiac to supply the power for his soon-to-be famous Challenger I streamliner. “They sent us four stock [389] test engines–they weren’t even new,” Voigt said. “Pontiac freighted them to Mickey’s house in El Monte. We had a helluva time unloading them because we didn’t have a forklift or anything like that.”

But with Pontiac power, the development of Challenger I continued. Placed inside chalk drawings on the floor of Mickey’s backyard garage, the four Pontiac engines were positioned on 2×4 and 4×4 blocks, while Mickey and Fritz drew a sardine-can-tight outline of the streamliner. The plan was for the front engines to face backwards, driving the front wheels, while the rear engines handled the rear wheels.

Each one started as a non-blown 389 and it ran 362 mph




but ended up at 415 ci making 700+ hp (with 6-71 blower) for the 400+ mph stuff. Should be noted that the two driving the front wheels were reverse rotation.















EDIT: Trying to find another picture of the actual guts of it all, and came across this. It sounds like that setup never made it into the car.

That mocked-up chain-drive transfer arrangement didn't make it to the running version of the car if I remember correctly. Power went from each engine into a conventional clutch, then into a side-shifter LaSalle gearbox, and from there into a Cyclone quick-change with one axle blanked off (4 clutches, 4 gearboxes and 4 quick-change rear ends). Engine synchronization was by very careful adjustment of hydraulic throttle linkage.

[Ratt]

Anymore info on this setup? That looks fuckin' rad.

[Strychnine]

[Rick Modena]

Thanks Henry, I am going to miss it, I've always admired your style.

Shit, you let it go for a deal! These guys are added several thousand to it...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/2013-Ford-Mustang-GT-Premium-w-Upgrades/132496273295?epid=114870299&hash=item1ed964af8f:g:UvEAAOSwlAZaefFa&vxp=mtr

[Darren M]

Baseball bat time!

[4EyedTurd]

275/315 tires. Rears rub some not sure if it’s worth massaging to keep them on

[Big Dad]

[Big Dad]

[helosailor]

Hell yes! C-body for life! I have had 2 '71 Furys, neither of which were that cool.

[Big Dad]

[Big Dad]