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| 10/20/2003
| Staff
Posted on 10/27/2003 12:01:41 PM PST by BraveMan
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TOMAHAWK SPEC Overall Length: 102 inches
Overall Width: 27.7 inches
Overall Height: 36.9 inches
Wheelbase: 76 inches
Curb weight: 1,500 lbs
Ground clearance: 3 inches
Fuel tank capacity: 3.25 gallons
Engine: 10-cylinder 90° V-type
Displacement: 8.3 liters (505 inch3)
Valve system: 2 pushrod-actuated overhead valves per cylinder
Power: 500 bhp @ 5,600 rpm
Torque: 525 lb-ft @ 4,200 rpm
Cooling system: Twin aluminum radiators mounted atop engine intake manifolds
At 8.3 liters, the Viper engine was about five times the size
of a big motorcycle engine, leaving Tomahawk designers with
a huge packaging dilemma.
Handwork: In many cases, engineers say they had to do the machining
of aluminum transmission parts -- held to tolerances of 0.001 inch -- by
hand because of the complex curves and valleys involved.
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posted on
10/27/2003 12:01:42 PM PST
by
BraveMan
To: martin_fierro; mhking
Too much is never enough ping . . .
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posted on
10/27/2003 12:02:31 PM PST
by
BraveMan
To: Landru
You're looking for a new ride. How about this one?
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posted on
10/27/2003 12:03:56 PM PST
by
BraveMan
To: BraveMan
3.25 gallons of gasoline.
Fire up and cruise for, what, five minutes ?
Comment #5 Removed by Moderator
To: BraveMan
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posted on
10/27/2003 12:13:18 PM PST
by
Fierce Allegiance
(Government money = government control)
To: *Auto Shop
bump
To: JackRyanCIA
Given twice the tire surface of your typical motorcycle, which accounts for nothing on black ice, i bet is handles about the same.
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posted on
10/27/2003 12:14:48 PM PST
by
Fierce Allegiance
(Government money = government control)
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To: BraveMan
uh lemme see, a half million bucks for one, but it isn't operational and meant for display purposes only. Do they really think that anyone smart enough to have a half mill to blow would spend it on this?
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posted on
10/27/2003 12:17:23 PM PST
by
camle
(no fool like a damned fool)
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To: Fierce Allegiance
seems you could do the same thing with a boss hoss.
Two wheels, direct drive no gears, twist throttle and pray...
To: longtermmemmory
forgot to mention the corvette engine.
To: BraveMan
Next year they'll strap on a rocket engine. Kind of reminds me of how Gillette spent "ten years of research" to discover the triple-blade razor. It may take another ten years of research to discover the quadruple-blade razor.
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posted on
10/27/2003 12:27:51 PM PST
by
Aquinasfan
(Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
To: BraveMan
Can't wait to hit the overpass.
To: JackRyanCIA
Buy one and they will go ahead and give a Darwin Award, just leave the time and place blank.
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posted on
10/27/2003 12:29:16 PM PST
by
RiflemanSharpe
(An American for a more socially and fiscally conservation America!)
To: JackRyanCIA
I wonder how it handles black ice on the bridges Remember to stay on top of the bike rather than letting the bike get on top of you. Putting a foot down as an outrigger probably won't help much.
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posted on
10/27/2003 12:30:15 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(Repeal the Law of the Excluded Middle)
To: BraveMan
Designers of the vehicle say they really don't know how fast the resulting vehicle is. Can you say: "Bonneville"?
Sure. I knew you could.
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posted on
10/27/2003 12:32:04 PM PST
by
uglybiker
(Founding member of the Freerepublic Beer Drinking Team)
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To: *Motorcycle list; 68 grunt; A Navy Vet; angry elephant; archy; Askel5; baddog1; basil; beowolf; ...
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10/27/2003 12:39:32 PM PST
by
martin_fierro
(A v v n c v l v s M a x i m v s)
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