Gasoline engine with a carburetor?
Oh, yeah. The Hellcat, one of about 250 built, originally ran a 400 hp R-975-C4, 9-cylinder Continental radial aircraft engine, slightly detuned [compression and timing] to run on military [unleaded] Mogas rather than aviation fuel, though the Yugoslavs [JNA] may have re-engined the thing with a Diesel, as they did some of their M10 TDs.
That engine was also used in some versions of the Sherman tank, including the M4A1 we reworked for the "Blues Brothers" movie [one of 3 used at the climactic Mayor Daley Plaza scene toward the end of the flick by the *Illinois National Guard*, unfortunately cut from some of the DVD version commercial releases] which we re-engined with a 500-hp Ford GAF engine from a M26 Pershing. That radial got a 20-ton Hellcat up to 55-60 MPH or better, and I have to wonder how one would run with the extra 100 hp of a GAF in it...
The M4A1 Sherman had the same 76mm gun and engine, but weighed in around 10 tons heavier and 20mph slower.
Oh, yeah. The Hellcat, one of about 250 built, originally ran a 400 hp R-975-C4, 9-cylinder Continental radial aircraft engine, slightly detuned [compression and timing] to run on military [unleaded] Mogas rather than aviation fuel, though the Yugoslavs [JNA] may have re-engined the thing with a Diesel, as they did some of their M10 TDs.
That engine was also used in some versions of the Sherman tank, including the M4A1 we reworked for the "Blues Brothers" movie [one of 3 used at the climactic Mayor Daley Plaza scene toward the end of the flick by the *Illinois National Guard*, unfortunately cut from some of the DVD version commercial releases] which we re-engined with a 500-hp Ford GAF engine from a M26 Pershing. That radial got a 20-ton Hellcat up to 55-60 MPH or better, and I have to wonder how one would run with the extra 100 hp of a GAF in it...
The M4A1 Sherman had the same 76mm gun and engine, but weighed in around 10 tons heavier and 20mph slower.