Motors with Attitude

WOW!!! I can't believe the incredible motors that have been posted. There are motors and then there are MOTORS. I am just blown away with some of these motors.

These motors were at SEMA last month.

 

Not that I don't appreciate a BRODIX headed, billet accessorized SBC ... but considering this is a Traditional Hot Rod message board, I thought it might be more appropriate to post pics of "Traditional Hot Rod Motors with Attitude" ... here's a few:


Glenn Mounger's Deuce Roadster


Mark & Dennis Mariani's Deuce 5wd


HAMBer Z.Diddy's Deuce Roadster

 

conveniently borrowed from another timely thread

 

missing the chassis, but I think this is the type of engine you mean?

 

I know it's not as cool as some of the older power plants (I esp like the blown flatheads) but this BB Chebby 427, with original L88 aluminum heads and tripower carbs has some serious attitude.

 

That car also has an aluminum block. Only non-new part in/on the engine is the valve used for blower's pop-off. Crazy, huh?

 

'28 Dodge Brothers with a Cummins putting out 693 rwhp and 1270 ft. lbs. torque.



My friend got me hooked on Cummins engines. At the El Cajon car show down here there is a I think '20s-30s Dodge big truck with a Cummins in it, real nice truck.

 

In grad school they wanted a glowing exhaust shot. I got our propane Ford 429 good and warm and retarded the spark timing to get a bright glow. They took a while taking the photo and not too long after that our WW-II vintage dyno threw a chunk of cummutator. That was a $20k photo for the cost it took to get the dyno repaired.

 

My caddy motor is kind of tough...

 

Merlin


Allison... OK,well two Allisons...


OX-5


And I'd like to think my flat 6 has a little attitude

 

This thing is awesome!

 

How's about 903 cu. in./2100 h.p. naturally aspirated?

 

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Now that Hemi has got attitude for sure. What's the rest of the car look like.

Joe

 

I posted these in this thread yesterday and then received an email with better pictures of them from Rich Fox. Plymouth bangers built for land speed racing, now in The Museum of American Speed in Lincoln, Nebraska. Motors with Attitude.

 

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Gets my vote, It's a pipe thing!

What is This?

 

Note the complete lack of pushrod tubes on the radial motor above. What's up?

 

only one big block Chevy?

I always thought the understated factory horsepower had attitude

how about a 427 mystery motor

 

No clue, there's more pics here, they don't answer the question either:
http://www.enginehistory.org/buckel_galleries.htm

ETA: Good GRIEF!

 

How long must it take to time that thing!

 

Info on sleeve-valve engines here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeve_valve

 

I think he was referring to this...


And while we're talking Can Am here's another entry for this blue oval love-fest. The Calliope: 427", 3 cams, magnesium block and heads, injection cast right into the cyl heads.

 

'Brutus' - WW1 47 litre/2867 cid Zeppelin airship engine, in a chain drive racer none the less.





Here's a clip idling in a museum...

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How about this puny boat engine. ha ha or should it be the evil laugh.

 

Awesome

 

Looks like I have blower envy