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I just posted an update on my project....and then realized it was in the new guy intro section....oops.
http://www.clubhotrod.com/forums/sho...&threadid=1352
A 5 ton rod needs some serious grunt to move it down the road....so I went and got some serious grunt. The same serious grunt that is in the Blastolene Special :whacked:
1,790 cubic inches of all aluminum, air cooled, over head roller cammed HEMI
BIG valve springs ....about the size of a coke can
here's a coke can
I was surfing the web and found some cool stuff on european tractor pulling sites (couldn't read anything though)
I found one that had the heads turned backwards (intake up top) and has three blowers (6-71s?)
This one is neater to me. They got rid of the big accessory drive/gear box thing up front. The motor could be a whole lot shorter this way. Oh yeah, this one has turbos.
Anybody with a machine shop want to cut me a deal on labor to work on an interesting project?
Does that seagrave have enough room under the hood for that motor,being aircooled you wont have to spend big bucks for a custom radiator. I seen some kind of fire truck at a local cruisein that someone installed a smallblock chevy in and it looked very tiny in that truck,that thing should definately fill up the motor compartment.
wow u have a project there looks like fun:) sure would like to hear 1 of them motors run !!! I knew it was possible to get a ford to squat down just didnt know it took 1700 cubic inches to do it:LOL: