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World's smallest supercharged V8 enters production
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| 9/2/2012
| Nelson Ireson
Posted on 10/03/2012 7:19:57 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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The coolest little thing. 4-Stroke V8, 14 inches long. There is a build chronology. Little camshaft the size of a Lincoln Log.
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
The guy in the video specifically said it is not supercharged.
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posted on
10/03/2012 7:24:32 AM PDT
by
DManA
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
'and produces 9 horsepower'
Still more power than a Prius.
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posted on
10/03/2012 7:25:23 AM PDT
by
Theoria
(Romney is a Pyrrhic victory.)
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
Duh. . .clicked on this post encouraged with the thought that I wouldn’t have to try to get my 92 year old mother to drink as much V8 energy drink as I do. ;)
I am hoping someone else out there thought the drink, too.
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posted on
10/03/2012 7:25:42 AM PDT
by
Maudeen
(Proverbs 3:5-6)
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
“Despite the small displacement, the engine revs to 10,000 rpm and produces 9 horsepower.”
Wow, twice the power of the Cheby Dolt.
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posted on
10/03/2012 7:25:59 AM PDT
by
Beagle8U
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To: Maudeen
V8 energy drink Super-energized V8 juice would be invigorating.
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
That would make one hell of a skateboard!
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posted on
10/03/2012 7:31:47 AM PDT
by
Bon mots
(Abu Ghraib: 47 Times on the front page of the NY Times | Benghazi: 2 Times)
To: DManA
I see a supercharger on the pic........
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posted on
10/03/2012 7:32:59 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Is it just me, or is Hillary! starting to look like Benjamin Franklin?.................)
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
Okay what’s the mpg?...............
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posted on
10/03/2012 7:34:10 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Is it just me, or is Hillary! starting to look like Benjamin Franklin?.................)
To: DManA
There is a supercharged version also.
To: DManA
The guy in the video specifically said it is not supercharged. I can't watch the video at the moment, but that really looks like a gear-driven supercharger on the top of the engine, under the carburetor.
Did he explain what it was?
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posted on
10/03/2012 7:36:26 AM PDT
by
justlurking
(The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good WOMAN (Sgt. Kimberly Munley) with a gun)
To: Bon mots
Might throw the balance off a little bit on a weedeater and a chainsaw.
I got it, garbage disposal.
To: DManA
The one in the video #1 is obviously not supercharged. It’s just carbs on a intake.
Video #2 shows a supercharged one. You can tell when he revs it, it really is a roots on top. Notice how much quicker it accelerates when he blips the throttle, than the carb’d version in video #1. You can also hear the blower wine, ever so slightly.
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posted on
10/03/2012 7:39:34 AM PDT
by
Aqua225
(Realist)
To: Red Badger
Okay whats the mpg?............... Zero. You pour gas into it, it revs and sits there not moving. Kind of like a Saturn I had with a bad transmission.
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posted on
10/03/2012 7:39:40 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
("Government is the only thing that we all belong to"=implicit repeal of the 13th amendment for all.)
To: Beagle8U
I seem to remember that my 80cc motocross bike (2 stroke) produced 19 hp.
Still, this is a very compact V8, and very cool.
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posted on
10/03/2012 7:40:56 AM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: Theoria
That’s like, 90hp/L!! :)
I want one, even though I’ve never paid that much for an entire car.
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posted on
10/03/2012 7:43:27 AM PDT
by
ZirconEncrustedTweezers
(Vote Romney to stop Obama. Vote conservative Congresspeople to stop Romney.)
To: Theoria
The gas engine in the Prius produces 98 horsepower.
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posted on
10/03/2012 7:47:50 AM PDT
by
xp38
To: Beagle8U
The gas engine in the Cheby Dolt produces 80 horsepower.
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posted on
10/03/2012 7:49:47 AM PDT
by
xp38
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
Wow, a tiny dry-sump oiling system. I’ll have to read through the build log, thanks for posting this. I love these tiny scale engines - I recall seeing one that was a shrunken Rolls-Royce Merlin, about a foot long.
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posted on
10/03/2012 7:53:37 AM PDT
by
Charles Martel
(Endeavor to persevere...)
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
14 in. long and 9 HP. So what’s the application? Lawn mowers? New engines for the Autopia at Disneyland?
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