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Continental industrial engine.

4TTRUK

 

On -Bay now, a Soviet engineered, and built liquid propellant rocket engine. Weighing in at 103 lbs. this engine can produce the equivalent of 50,000hp. OOGA BOOGA! Asking price only $12,000.

via: http://bangshift.com/blog/ebay-find...iquid-propellant-rocket-for-sale-50000hp.html

 

223 ford.


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Rocky, how does a Soviet rocket engine fit into this thread about a
practical, affordable, traditional engine for a '30 Ford coupe?

But it does sound like a good idea to me.

 

I never actually counted cylinders I have heard them called an Allison V-16 all my life and made the ***umption that it was 16 cylinders.

I imagine that it has been mentioned but if I could get my filthy little hands on one I think one of those old turbine indy engines that got outlawed would be in my next hot rod. I have always wanted on to play with.

Can't capture the pic damn it but here is a link:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/82046831@N00/6107692869/

 

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Hmm??? So that's where all that
weird, wacky and wondrous (not
to mention suicidal!!) Turbonique
technology ended up!!! I can see it
now....a 10-second Chaika with a
"self-powered, rocket-driven
supercharger'...or an 8-second
Lada with a rocket-turbine-powered
"Drag Axle"!!!

 

Well, when the gates to the asylum are officially opened, craziness just streams in...
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Love it!

As you mention Allison and turbines, the Allison (/Rolls-Royce/MTU/etc.) 250 C* series is quite common, and relatively compact at about 40" long:

 

Unusual? A 4 out of a '72 or so Vega, the aluminum one. Of course, it won't last long since they were junk from the word go, but... nobody else will have one.

I'd just buy the first running non-Chevy V8 motor/trans combo I came across and use that.

 

Oh hell yeah, the alfa engine....

 

Agreed! Chevy's are not bad engines it's just so common if you put ANYTHING different in a rig you'll stand out. I would suggests an old Chrysler Poly. There are people that make speed parts for them and they don't pop up in 9 out of 10 hot rods. They are easy to find and parts are still out there.

 

How about a 348 with 3x2 or 409 with 2x4

 

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Well....perhaps if - (and just in case)
- 'Wile E. Coyote' ever comes here
looking for ideas and suggestions
on how to build a Model A.....

Mart3406

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Ought to fit right in the trunk of an A roadster, imagine it with a super streamlined nose and all that is up front is leg room. Now imagine it running 180-200 MPH across Nevada in the early morning with the sun at your back and the wind in your hair.

Maaaan I just got chicken skin on my arms and the back of my neck.

The all aluminum Vega will take a steel sleeve and because no one wants one if you found one you could probably get it real cheap.

 

You're warped! I love it!

 

Studebaker

 

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Bingo- the the Cheepie-Sheepie crowd likes to label anyone that's bored by the rows of cheep belly****on engines "haters", but it just takes more skill and engineering to go with something that's not cookie-cutter off the shelf from Summit and Speedway. Most of these cars never get run hard anyway, so any good dependable engine works fine- but many engines other than the belly****on can also go down the road in sporting fashion- and some do it better

As a lot of folks are really into sixes, and the REO V8 has already been mentioned, the REO 331OA six has got to be one of the best-sounding sixes ever, and dependable as a rock- although parts aren't at the local Autozone. My gramps had a fleet of REO trucks with the 331's, including 3 M35 deuce-and-a-halfs, and they sing sweet with a straight-thru muffler. There would be very few folks who could ID that one by sight LOL. Just a thought

 

The other part of that problem was those oils were all castor-based , so you'd better keep your mouth shut!

 

So other than cost that pretty much leaves the venerable flathead ford out as well, right? Hell you can evern buy a repop flathead ford now if you want to dole out the bucks.

I personally don't deem anyone a hater that doesn't like or think the way that I do. I think that hater is actually a metro***ual term anyway, for me it ranks right up there with "Oh Snap".

What I find amusing about the whole deal is that you seldom hear a GM guy bad mouthing a ford, I guess it is just a being secure in yourself thing.

 

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Hey, watch it now, my business card is copyrighted.

 

How bout an International V8 266, 304, 345, 392. A little heavy but affordable, cool looking, and almost bulletproof.

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******, It's hard to believe you actually said that- you must be reading the HAMB in a different language than I am lol

 

Mercury 410, ford 406 or 360


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Well I would bad mouth yours but just because you are so easy to rattle, well that and I like ya.

 

Two Words, Pack and Ard

 

I second that. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/album.php?albumid=21661