Archive for the 'Cars' Category
The World’s Largest Truck
Weighing in at 224 tons and over 47 feet high this is one big mother. It is capable of carrying 400 tons of cargo (let’s see your SUV do that) and going almost 40 mph — which is pretty fast considering this thing is the size of a small building. The interesting thing is that it is powered by a 3650 hp diesel engine that generates power for the two electric engines (one for each back tire). All I can say is — what no 4 wheel drive?! ;)
Worst Modified Cars in the UK
This guy has a site dedicated to the “Worst Modified Cars in the UK”…. i donno though… maybe the worst is just a lot -uh- worster here in the states but many of these aren’t bad (if you like Novas), but a couple of them are pretty funny.
Gold Digger
Apparently the wedding with one-time TV star Herby went well. The clear VW traded in her wedding attire for a gold ensemble instead.
Clear VW
This is a cool, see through (mostly at least) VW Bug. I’m not sure if they were going for a wedding theme - no they were. -sniff- Herby’s got himself a bride!
Small Round Cars: The Bug
This spherical Volkswagen Bus sculpture by Lars-Erik Fisk is pretty cool.
Da Vinci’s Clockwork Car
Researchers have finally unlocked the secrets to a drawing of the first self propelled vehicle created by Leonardo Da Vinci 426 years ago. The vehicle was clockwork powered and may have been created for some very avant garde special effects.
In fact, my experience is that only another genius would recognize that the work of a genius could have flaws that require correcting.
Most people are sheep and blindly follow “the directions,” even when those directions result in nonfunctioning items. They blame the nonfunctionality on themselves, rather than on the design.
A REAL Man’s Engine
In my browsing through the net, I found THE engine swap. Forget about putting an Integra engine in your Civic. Forget about shoving that big block into your Impala. The Wartsila-Sulzer RTA96-C turbocharged two-stroke diesel is ALL the engine you’ll EVER need. Let’s compare it with the specs of the enviable Dodge Viper and the new F150 that Ford seems so proud of lately.
| Engine Type |
Ford F150 5.4L TRITON? V8 Cylinder Engine |
Dodge Viper 8.3L V10 Cylinder Engine |
Wartsila-Sulzer RTA96-C Inline 14 Cylinder Engine |
| Horsepower | 300hp (@ 5000rpm) | 500hp | 108,920hp (@ 102rpm) |
| Torque | 365 lb/ft (@ 3750rpm) | 525 lb/ft | 5,608,312 lb/ft (@ 102rpm) |
| Fuel Economy | 14 / 17 mpg (City / Hwy ) | 12 / 20 mpg (City / Hwy ) | 75 FEET per gallon (estimate) |
Awesome! Now THAT is some POWER! Of course, it’ll be killer at the pumps with record high gas prices around the country… Oh did I mention that the RTA96-C was designed primarily for use in very large container ships. Ship owners like a single engine/single propeller design and the new generation of larger container ships needed a bigger engine to propel them.