Supercharged…
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Favorite Comment: “The only thing supercharged in this picture is the red dye they used in his pants.”
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The only thing supercharged in this picture is the red dye they used in his pants.
Of course, what else could the title be refeering to?
This thing looks like a Pod Racer. He must have Jedi skills to drive it, since he sure can’t SEE where he’s going.
Nice but you can only go backwards with it.
That looks like a 2 stroke diesel, which, by definition, is supercharged…
I think it’s an early experiment in warp-drive….
most are turbocharged
The redneck in me wants to try and build this. That thing’s gotta have massive torque.
i think you will have problems with the steering.
I think it’s more the frame twisting you need to worry about.
Looks like a small locomotive engine, perhaps a switch engines power plant. As it is Diesel, he’s not going to have much of an acceleration curve.
Not necessarily. A Diesel engine in a locomotive turns a generator that powers the electric drivers of the locomotive’s drive wheels. Thus, in this vehicle, it really comes down to the generator’s power output and how much electricity can be discharged to the in-wheel electric motors (which this car obviously has), and the power output capacity of the motors themselves, which, judging by their size, wouldn’t be able to nudge the poor kludge.
On the other hand, is that the drive shaft sticking out the FRONT of the vehicle?
Erm… that depends on the type of locomotive. In the US, Diesel-electric locomotives are absolutely common, but in there are also diesels with a hydraulic clutch, esp. in europe. (e.g. V140 001 dt. Museum Munch)
auto-geek indahouse
Correction: Auto-geek in the ROUNDhouse.
Correction: Railroad geek in the roundhouse…..
(hmm, sounded funnier as a thought than it does now as a post. still gonna post it.
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Actually I think it’s just a truck engine, out of a 18 wheeler.
Those things are bigger then you would think.
DAMIT! I have to jumpstart it from the outside And the time to get onboard and put it onto gear, the dam fuel tank is empty…
HEY! That thing got a Hemi?!
Isn’t that a train motor?
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Where can I get one?
The same junkyard that guy’s standing in.
damn that Chevy motor is great!
everything’s bigger in texas, right guys? …guys???
French car, with a French plate.
Looks like a small-block.
Look I haz big motor! I still need new oversized transmission then I be cool.
Uh, that thing isn’t even installed in the car. It’s just sitting on the hood!
It’s obviously a staged photo, probably done at a junk yard with an old junker of a car. (Your first clue should have been the huge freaking pile of junk in the background!)
Thank you, Captain Obvious. Any other pearls of wisdom you’d like to share with us? Perhaps that having so much weight on those tiny front wheels would make driving impossible, even if it was installed?
Oh wow! No, seriously! I thought this was a real, working car!!!
I mean, the model year of the car matches with the model year of his pants, and I thought he had a driver’s camera installed in the license plate James Bond-style so he could effectively drive at breakneck speeds!
Fool me once, picture! *finger wag*
Some folks reeaaally shouldn’t be perusing these sites unless they get an imagination/humor transplant………..MOTO!!!!!
No, the French plates were the first clue! You really think it was staged?!?
Zee French, zhey vood neffer be cleffer ennuff to stage zuch a szing!
Gee, and I was so certain he really installed a giant engine that pressed the front of his car to the ground and that he couldn’t possibly see around. I totally needed to check to see if it was actually connected JUST TO MAKE SURE.
This is an Ed “Big Daddy” Roth cartoon car – all it needs is the giant rat driving it. But they chould have put a big gearshift looking stick on it and had redpants sit on the roof pretending he was the rat . . .
The huge concrete block its sitting on doesn’t improve the car’s capabilities that much I assume.
You mean the sump, right?
This is just the fuel pump – the real engine has yet to be installed
Where’s my shoehorn?
…and that’s just the “grocery get-ter.” You should see what this guy has when he really needs the extra-oomph.
Wish I had a V-8
Zero visibility, zero ground clearance, and the front tires are flat.
Only in America.
Yeah– but isn’t that a European plate on the front of the thing?
Yes. On a car in America.
“Tim the Tool man Taylor” would be so proud.
No top end, but he’s got enough torque to straighten out that crooked tower in Italy. LOL.
feel the power!!!!! next day in the news, south america is suffering from earthquakes
Vegeta, what does the scouter say about its power level?
IT’S OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAAND!
Who needs visibility? Buildings will move when they see this coming.
And it runs on biodiesel . . . Yep, you know, . . . Helpin’ the planet and s*** . . . I’m all about that . . . Have you ever tasted penguin?
Tastes a lot like Spotted Owl, so haz herd… lol
(wtf? are penguines even *endangered*???)
“Son likes steampunk, said he wanted a car for his eighteenth birthday… Well, this looks like the shit that came up when I Googles ‘steampunk,’ so happy birthday, kid. Now geddafuckouttamyhouse.”
There is just nothing better than cubic inches…
I know a guy that knows a guy that could get that to work.
Don’t think Miles Per Gallon. Think Gallons Per Mile. Sounds better that way…
Does any one else see the decepticon symbol on that engine block….uh oh. -runs-
Wow – no one is going to make a Tim Allen Tool Time joke. Am I that old????
RAH RAH RAH RAH!
5 million horsepower! Does the quarter mile in a second flat.
as soon as he drops the clutch he’ll shear the driveshaft.
that is seriously huge
Sleeper…… You’re doing it wrong.
The real reason gas prices are so high.
‘THAT THANG GOTTA HEMI!?!?!’
“There’s no replacement for displacement.”
That’s an aussie holden vk commodore.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holden_VK_Commodore
too much horsepower makes better than mad max.
but it still looks strange
He’s proudly wearing that chevy shirt… but isn’t that a ford?