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We had to reload this the first time it popped up, as we couldn't believe what our eyes were telling us. This serpentine piece of steel poetry is a 442 ci V8 sporting four independent turbochargers, all running through an intercooler. The entire system is modular and can be dropped into a drag-racing host as a single piece. Four turbos. Four! And big, bus-sized ones at that. The madmen behind this are Mike Moran and John Meaney, and they've whipped up a doozy of an engine. Anybody can slap on four turbos and call it a day, but this thing has a couple of extra tricks up it's sleeve.
Let's just get it out of the way: Peak power occurs at 9,000 rpm, to the tune of 2,139 hp; peak torque of 1,926 ft.lbs. comes in at 7,500 rpm. Okay, breathe. With that done, we can move on. We mentioned some tricks, didn't we? How about the engine not having a single gasket? That's pretty tricky right? Moran says he doesn't really like gaskets and has had issues with them in the past, so he decided to go all o-ring for this car. That doesn't just mean little rubber bands all over the place. The craziest one lives on the fire deck and is a silver-plated, nitrogen-filled, aluminum tube ring. The nitrogen heats and expands the ring and the seal gets better and better. Wow. Custom made, auto-centering piston rings, force focusing pistons, an intake system based on exhaust flow concepts.... too much, way too much. Oh, did we mention this runs in the street legal class? No? Cause it does. [via Popular Hot Rodding]
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He runs this in a car named Casper (late model F-body). The same rolling chassis was used for the fastest LS1 pass (high 6s). These guys are from Wheel2Wheel Powertrain.
The only thing that intercooler needs is a couple slots for toast.
Usually you have to go to aircraft engines to find this kind of badass.
But will it fit into a Festiva?
@beta.rogan: Yeah, but it will take up the entire cabin so the driver needs to sit on the hood.
What maximum wagon deserves this trophy? hmmm
Des it come with its own puppie/kitten grinder?
//ya know, fer the fuel//
This would fit nicely in the back of my truck...
Until there's a Doozy in the JFG, you should probably refrain from using the term "doozy". It's a respect thing.
Perfect donor engine for the Satanamio
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I feel a tingly feelin, like when we used to climb the rope in gym class
Street Legal??? Make em an offer for $500 and see if we can drop that in the LeMons Volvo
My ex-wife could suck start that thing.
Hell, try "8" turbos in a 57 Chevy! I saw it in person a couple years ago @ Carlisle All-GM Nationals.
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I think it was built for the same person who changed a new GTO into a "new" 1970 Chevelle SS.
Four turbos? That must equal two hours of post-run turbo spool down idling!
It's got more plumbing in it than Trump Towers.
insert typical ignorant ricer comment "Ya.. but.. well.. it's pushrods so it's crap.. the honda blah blah blah.." (goes shoots himself)
2100hp and 1900ft-lbs... think we could shoehorn one of these into the ktm x-bow or ariel atom?
@mytdawg: wow, you really went the other direction from yesterday...
Holy f*cking Sh*t! Think we can fit it in teh back of my ranger, mated to a Corvette transaxle? That would be seriously apesh*t badass, and one of the few valid excuses for using GM parts in a Ford...
@Mike the Dog: Oops, I meant "the"...
Wow...I could stare into that mess of tubes all day. While just slapping a quartet of turbos on a big-block would be awesome in it's own right, the engineering effort to get rid of all the gaskets is really impressive.
I don't like gaskets either, having had my own problems with them repeatedly.
I can only imagine the sounds this thing might make (video link?).
@ØmÆgä ßrÅff: I can only do so much touchy-feely then I have to get in touch with my masculine side.
I'm touching my masculine side right now...
Drop that baby in a camper...
@beta.rogan: will it fit in a smart?
I think I understand why dude is holding it the way he is. This, this is love.
I bet when they ran it on the dyno, the building started moving.
I'm confused... "peak torque of 1,926 ft.lbs. comes in at 7,500 rpm".
HP = Torque * RPM/5200. So, then at 7500 RPMs, it's making 2778 hp... Am I missing something?
@ash78: i agree. i live for toast.
And they said Americans can't build motors.
fuck the drag strip. i want this in a street car.
but i don't want to die.
so i'm conflicted.
@mytdawg: I take it you were a lucky man when you were date her then...
*dating
@mytdawg: I was going make a comment about having to use a Busa motor to start it....but heck man, you topped em all. COTD nominee in my book
Isetta. Make it work.
@mytdawg: So could my ex-girlfriend!
You guys do realize that the W16 in the Bugatti Veyron features four turbos, right?
@Bento: @mytdawg: P.S., I second the COTD nomination.
I'd hate to pull the shortest straw and have to change the plugs on that thing.
I think I felt the Earth move when they dyno'd it.
@rgseidl: we realize that it features 4 turbos.
we also realize that it's got gaskets, 8 more cylinders, and makes 1100 less horsepower. Quad turbos arent what make this motor, it's everything else.
This motor also didn't cost a million dollars.
Call of the turbo Cthulhu
I bet it's easy to take apart and service, what without having to mess with single-use gaskets and RTV everywhere.
That crap has kept me from so much (non-essential) engine work. I just live with oil leaks.
I say we just mount this sucker on to the back of one of those Shoprider Flagship thingies, get mytdawg's ex-wife strapped on top for some back up supplemental suckage, and stick a couple of wheelie bars on the back and see what happens!
@frank_rizzo: Nah, we didn't really see eye to eye. She wanted to continue to date after we married and I thought it was tacky. In retrospect though, it probably was a money making opportunity that I missed.
Now once i get my hands on a seven I'll just need to go pick up one of these at the corner store...
@rgseidl: So did the EB110.
Although I do miss her enthusiasm. As contrived as it may have been.
"Big Block With Four Turbos, Witty Headline Impossible" ... Whoops! I guess it wasn't. :)
@FLB: Ahh, the EB110. Had a fascination with that thing when I was younger. I still have a die-cast model on my bookshelf at home. It was "blocky supercar" done right (unlike Countach).
Dammit, I already screwed it up but in for a penny...
I'm pretty sure my current wife is dead. The sex is the same but the laundry is piling up.
I really should stop.
The big question is, what shouldn't we put this in?
@LuciferV8: We could rent them out to airports in case of engine difficulties.