I am far beyond interested, it is a train wreck that is coming and the current administration is accelerating it…I am interested to see the outcome of this….. rolling blackouts to charge all this.
I am far beyond interested, it is a train wreck that is coming and the current administration is accelerating it…I am interested to see the outcome of this….. rolling blackouts to charge all this.
I get why they are going to turbo inline 6s (not that I like it), emissions and fuel efficiency. But if there's one thing we have learned about powerful turbo engines its that you have to to NOT USE all of that power in order to get decent mileage. Only with very light throttle do you not use MORE fuel. So, you get better fuel efficiency ratings, but in practice, what is the typical mileage?While I will certainly miss the V8s, they aren't going full electric (there will be an electric muscle car of some variety), Chrysler (Stellantis) recently announced a line of twin turbo inline 6s.
Stellantis Goes Six in a Row with a Twin-Turbo Inline-Six Engine
The 3.0-liter inline-6, called Hurricane, is set to debut this year and will offer two flavors of varying power for Jeep, Dodge, Ram, and other brands.www.caranddriver.com
500+HP Hurricane I-6 Engine Coming to Jeep, Ram, Dodge
All-new 3.0-liter twin-turbo Hurricane will power trucks and SUVs for decades to come.www.motortrend.com
The "standard" Hurricane 3.0L is 400 hp and 450 ft/lbs. The HO is 500 hp and 475 ft lbs.
I imagine that those are just the beginning.
Good time for a planned sales drop.Dodge has been talking about this for a while now and in the Mopar community it is not going over very well at all. Those cars are great sellers for Dodge, I am predicting a huge sales drop.
Helped a buddy restore a barn find 1970 Torino in 81. Had that cool shaker hood scoop and 429 SCJ and close ratio 4 speed. fun car…Well the Torino was the Ford line and the Montego was the Mercury version
Oh btw my uncles car was a 3 pedal 4spd. The 429 SCJ drag pack car were known to make @ 430hp from the factory
There is some solid info. Had no idea the Torino package was in both houses.Well the Torino was the Ford line and the Montego was the Mercury version
Oh btw my uncles car was a 3 pedal 4spd. The 429 SCJ drag pack car were known to make @ 430hp from the factory
Here's one for sale, for the low low price of $85k...My uncle (dads brother) had a 1970 Torino with the 429SCJ Drag pack. It was Red/black with black interior.
Statute of limitations has long passed. The story goes like this.. Dad's Mustang was tore down after popping a head gasket the weekend before. My uncle loaned dad the Torino for the evening because he was going to be out rolling with a friend that day. Anyway, dad's out cruising the streets looking for a race. He finally crosses paths with a guy in a split window Corvette out on Indy's far eastside. 2 lane road and they get side by side at a slow roll and the race is on. Corvette jumped out to take the lead but dad soon drove around him. After dad rolls out of the gas the other guy must have been butt hurt pretty bad because he clips the quarter panel and tried to spin dad. Well, dad wouldn't have any of that (back then in addition to his street activities he raced late model stock cars at IRP) so there was a little bit of rubbing because rubbin's racing lol. Finally dad had enough and clipped the Corvette sending it spinning into the yard in front of a church and he said he saw the lights through the dust as the Corvette ended up going back across the road and into a field as dad slipped away before any cops could get there. At the time my uncle still owed a fair bit for the car so neither one has ever admitted any specifics other than it was an awkward call to the insurance company. And the advice from my uncle be careful when loaning a car to your brother lol
See above.There is some solid info. Had no idea the Torino package was in both houses.
So even you being optimistic think we are a decade away yet it is being forced upon us now when we simply aren’t there yet. I do not think technology stands still but I do believe it can be rushed. AND not to mention there are consequences to some technology and it proves more harm than good. Cue asbestos plastic bags 3 wheelers etc etc. in their prime all of these things were pushed as the “end all”Radio wins more pursuits than motors, especially in more populated areas.
You can make your own electric easier than your own gas.
Grid stability: https://news.duke-energy.com/releas...htning-electric-trucks-to-help-power-the-grid
Just saying, don't make the mistake of thinking technology stands still. There's money to be made on these problems and when there's money to be made, smart people find solutions. I'm not ready for an EV yet, but a decade from now? Who knows.
So even you being optimistic think we are a decade away yet it is being forced upon us now when we simply aren’t there yet. I do not think technology stands still but I do believe it can be rushed. AND not to mention there are consequences to some technology and it proves more harm than good. Cue asbestos plastic bags 3 wheelers etc etc. in their prime all of these things were pushed as the “end all”
That's cool, man. I asked dad about it this afternoon and he said my uncles was actually a Torino Cobra with the 429scj with drag pack and a few unspecified modifications. He said it was a blast to driveHelped a buddy restore a barn find 1970 Torino in 81. Had that cool shaker hood scoop and 429 SCJ and close ratio 4 speed. fun car…
Finally, a connoisseur among the Phillistines!Thread title is Mad Max reference is it not?
Finally, a connoisseur among the Phillistines!
While you are accurate, I would like to point out one oversight. The Boss 429, was equipped with Ford Hemi heads. Many people don't realize that Dodge wasn't the only manufacturer that utilized the hemispheric head conceptGood old Ford v8 engines. The 428 was the top of the FE series block which had various iterations, 427, 390 and 352 good solid engines. The 429 was part of the 385 series block, think large 351 Cleveland, and performed in much the same way. The CJ and SCJ versions had various mods to valve springs, compression, main caps, and other bolt on features. Finally you get the BOSS 429 with it's huge heads and long finger like rocker arms, very exotic. The 385 series ends up as the 460, pushing trucks and luxury cars around.
While you are accurate, I would like to point out one oversight. The Boss 429, was equipped with Ford Hemi heads. Many people don't realize that Dodge wasn't the only manufacturer that utilized the hemispheric head concept
Yeah I've never cared for the "semi-hemi" designation. As for the 351c you mentioned there were 2v heads with an open chamber design (large semi dome chamber he ce the semi hemi designation), a 4v design which had significantly larger int/exh ports that made them great for higher RPM race applications but not as responsive on the street at lower RPM. The Aussie's produced the 351c much long than it was available here. As a result they produced closed wedge heads for the 351c in both 2v and 4v and they made some inserts for the 4v exhaust ports that would really wake them up for street use. They also made some more unique (for the time) intakes (Parker Funnelweb) and thier blocks had a higher nickel content that made them much more durable. Back here, one of the biggest improvements was cutting off the exhaust ports and making plates with raised ports. Bob Glidden did some incredible stuff with them and is alleged to have colluded some with Ernie Elliott in the '80s through Ford which may have helped Bill Elliott set the record at Talladega.Very true, that's why it needed those rocker arms that looked like long claws. The 351 Cleveland and 385 series engines were billed as "semi-hemi" head cars. I was expecting something more spherical the first time I pulled one off of a 385 and got a look at the combustion chamber. There was some cant to the valves and rockers which were mounted on independent studs.