n012944Good luck getting that thing to hook up when the boost comes on. My Gen 3 with mild mods struggles to keep it planted in 1st or 2nd gear.
Hennessey Venom was already over the top for that car. I was 6' and essentially needed a full-face cycle helmet to drive the thing anywhere over 120mph.
But of course what this brings to mind, now that Cosby is out of jail, was the poster child for all hookup-challenged cars, the Super Snake. That had a side-oiler 427 with a couple of Paxton blowers feeding a couple of ginormous 4-barrel carbs, and had no low-end throttle sensitivity at all. It ran beautifully when you got it up to reasonable speed, but that presumed you could get it rolling -- I don't remember if Cosby got it completely around the block but he gave the car back to Shelby the same day it was delivered. As I recall he had a comedy routine about it...
Those cars are all impressive enough, but I am more interested in those who do cool stuff with less.
Like the guy a few years ago turning 12 sec 1/4 mile times with a FORD FLEX ECCOBOOST, and all he did was reprogram the ECM. Of course an ECCOBOOST FLEX does 15's off the showroom floor.
Enough money will always go faster. What can you do with less?
At age 19 I restored and rodded this for less than $4,000
Yes, not expensive, not exotic, but fast enough, and lots of fun.
283 built to about 325 hp, 4 speed, 0-60 in 5 sec, 1/4 mile in under 14 sec, top speed 135 mph.
Drove it for 7 years.
The Blonde was a lot of fun too.
Sheldon
I remember the comedy sketch...
Cosby thought the car was dangerous and the sketch ended with Cosby instructing Shelby to deliver the car to Governor Wallace of Alabama....
Peter
Did someone mention 'horsepower'?
A 3000hp Dodge? Youll need it and more to catch one of these....
Sheldon:
"And the blonde was fun too."
PMR
PS: as for the movie..... eh. Yawn. Stretch. Crickets.
SeeYou190I would suppose that if they said 3,000 horsepower, most of the viewing public would not believe it. I mean, that is only 10 Ford Mustangs... a locomotive must be more powerful than 10 Ford Mustangs.
Of course the best of these was the Toyota photo op with their truck pulling the whole million-pound Space Shuttle. Strange they don't seem to have advertised the hell out of that -- perhaps they did.
My takeaway from "Unstoppable" was that the engineer/conductor were having normal conversations in a locomotive cab while in Run 8 with the windows open. The sideways wheelie thing was not believeable, but one chalks that up to action enhancement.
OvermodOf course the best of these was the Toyota photo op with their truck pulling the whole million-pound Space Shuttle. Strange they don't seem to have advertised the hell out of that -- perhaps they did.
They did a little, but Chevy beat them to that idea decades earlier (And with a better truck, IMO):
https://youtu.be/Y1-gHqov5w8
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zugmannThey did a little, but Chevy beat them to that idea decades earlier
(Of course, I suspect the 350 is already 'overkill' compared to what's in the towmotors that pulled 747s regularly... but it still makes you impressed.)
Of course for 350 truck-block bragging rights, we proposed two of them running on natural gas to do all the heating and cooling for Patterns, in Delaware...
PM Railfan Did someone mention 'horsepower'? A 3000hp Dodge? Youll need it and more to catch one of these.... Sheldon: "And the blonde was fun too." PMR PS: as for the movie..... eh. Yawn. Stretch. Crickets.
if thats yours, thats a beautiful car! My buddy had a '85 GN and a '87 T-type and those were a blast to go on rides in. The T-type would chirp all gears and pulled like a freight train.
Okay back on topic to unstoppable, I actually really enjoyed the movie. If you could over look some of the stuff, the behind the scenes on the SD-40s wrecking is pretty cool.
https://youtu.be/vOzRQ9eP-s4
This is shooting the scene where the train almost tips off the tracks
https://youtu.be/PFrIH0X8J6o
Ringo58My buddy had a '85 GN and a '87 T-type and those were a blast to go on rides in.
Overmod Ringo58 My buddy had a '85 GN and a '87 T-type and those were a blast to go on rides in. A friend had a Syclone, which used that turbo V6 engine in an AWD chassis -- and was tuned correctly: it was supposedly the fastest car in the world at that time between 50 and 70mph -- which it did like pinching a wet watermelon seed.
Ringo58 My buddy had a '85 GN and a '87 T-type and those were a blast to go on rides in.
A friend had a Syclone, which used that turbo V6 engine in an AWD chassis -- and was tuned correctly: it was supposedly the fastest car in the world at that time between 50 and 70mph -- which it did like pinching a wet watermelon seed.
Id love me a Syclone or Typhoon
OvermodOf course the best of these was the Toyota photo op with their truck pulling the whole million-pound Space Shuttle. Strange they don't seem to have advertised the hell out of that -- perhaps they did
The Space Shuttle is "only" 172,000 (dry) to 240,000 lbs, and it was probably dry.
CSX RobertThe Space Shuttle is "only" 172,000 (dry) to 240,000 lbs, and it was probably dry.
It is way under that weight. The hull is basically an empty shell at this point. I'm not even sure it has a flight deck right now. I know they pulled the engines and OMS pods out, which is most of the weight.
Toyota billed it as a million pounds -- makes a better story for the advertisers and the press.
For a legitimate example of a light truck doing that sort of thing:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=13hBEX0ANVk
OvermodFor a legitimate example of a light truck doing that sort of thing:
Only had to stop twice for a new transmission.
I was curious how could there possibly be more to say on this topic? It's a thought that I have more and more about threads on this forum.
It's now a car thread. I get it now.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
And now it's a thread about thread direction.
I think we've talked this one through, fellas. Let's get back to trains & MRRing...Thanks.
Tom
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