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wilit
Member # 3367
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Not quite sure how I feel about it. It gets an A for effort, C+ for execution.
http://www.doubletroublehotrod.com/
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SnakeBit
Member # 8871
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Holy crap! That's so over the top it's funny. Sounds good tho.
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90FoX
Member # 1974
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i wanna know more about the drive train. maybe two flywheels spin one gear that's connected to the trans input shaft.
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SnakeBit
Member # 8871
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Yeah I would really like to see that thing go WOT. It would prob split in 2.
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iceman302
Member # 7180
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I bet it handles well.
And it uses a chain drive off the back of the engines. [ December 07, 2010, 10:31 PM: Message edited by: iceman302 ]
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Slowback67
Member # 6348
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But the real question is..... " does it swang?"
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73 on DUBS
Member # 5677
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dats a bad ass build
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NEIGHT
Member # 8741
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Some people dnt play around....
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95_svt_last_of_the_5.0
Member # 9527
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quote: Originally posted by Slowback67: But the real question is..... " does it swang?"
lol
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SHOalex
Member # 7720
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How are you supposed to drive that thing can't even see hahaha have to stick your head out like Ace Ventura
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Duncan Motors
Member # 7045
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i aint gonna lie,,,, im jealous. not cause of the car. but cause of the waste of time and money some people have.the car is a waste of good money and time.
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SAV650HAB
Member # 10324
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quote: Originally posted by Duncan Motors: i aint gonna lie,,,, im jealous. not cause of the car. but cause of the waste of time and money some people have.the car is a waste of good money and time.
for reals" bad ass though!
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streetsleeper
Member # 9895
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1927 Model T Roadster
Totally built from scratch with just an idea, no drawings or models. One of a kind.
Chassis: Custom-built 1.5-inch tube. All tube bending by owner i.e. manual. Powdered coated gray.
Body: Fiberglass 1927 Model T painted Candy Apple Blue.
Independent front suspension: Unequal A-arms, coil over shocks, fabricated by owner.
Steering Box: Off road sand rail type rack and pinion.
Front Disk Brakes and Spindles: 90s Corvette.
Rear End: Jaguar, with inboard disc brakes.
Under floor brake and booster with 2lb residual valve front and back.
Mickey Thompson tires with Billet Specialties wheels 15x14 rear and 15x7 front.
Very cool steering wheel by CON2R, column shift.
Gas Tank: Custom made, rides in rear above rear end, Pro Comp electric fuel pump.
Engines: All aluminum Ford 4.6L modular V8s, DOHC, 32 valves, Custom made supercharger manifolds with B&M Teflon superchargers and Holley blower 4150 double pumper carburetors, with shotgun air cleaners. Approx 1000HP
Ignition: Pro Com CD system, distributors are new magnetic pick/up type 1939 Ford flathead V8s replicas, custom made adaptors on back of blocks driving through the valve cover connecting to the overhead cam shaft on each motor via slotted end.
One starter motor per engine, which start both engines together.
Radiator: Custom made by Griffin Thermal Products. Built with two lower outlets and two upper inlets around 7gls, one 16-inch electric fan.
Driveline: Gates 90mm by 14mm pitch Poly Chain GT Carbon via steelsprockets and a custom machined 2inch spline shaft driving a 3spd Ford C5 automatic transmission. Custom built bell housing. Think of a triangle. Machine work by Micar Fab Las Vegas.
Custom hand made windshield frame. Other custom made parts by owner include exhaust system, headlight posts, dashboard, pluming pipes, seat frame and door panels. All welding, engineering, wiring, pretty much entire construction by owner. --------------------------------------------------
SERIOUSLY??? y would anyone hate on this?? 90% of this is custom and original ideas.. This guy made two engines work together making both flywheels turn one in the center like a triangle formation.. Custom SLA front suspension and a Jaguars IRS ind with the brake rotors next to the diff? this is a modern HOT ROD not a DD or a Track car.. Way to think out of the box
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ZincYellowGt281
Member # 9865
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quote: Originally posted by Slowback67: But the real question is..... " does it swang?"
I rather see it do that! then just go down the road.
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SIC9250
Member # 8216
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imagine havin to change the header gaskets on the driver/passenger sides of the two engines
sick ass ride tho no doubt..love seein mod motors on rigs like this now-a-days
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CAStang
Member # 9568
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Saw this live at SEMA last month. it's definitely an eyecatcher. Had a crowd everytime I walked past it.
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dirty money inc
Member # 7277
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quote: Originally posted by streetsleeper: Jaguars IRS ind with the brake rotors next to the diff? this is a modern HOT ROD not a DD or a Track car.. Way to think out of the box
you know that the way jaguars diff use to come right
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wilit
Member # 3367
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quote: Originally posted by dirty money inc: quote: Originally posted by streetsleeper: Jaguars IRS ind with the brake rotors next to the diff? this is a modern HOT ROD not a DD or a Track car.. Way to think out of the box
you know that the way jaguars diff use to come right
Exactly, Jag rears have come like that for decades. Look under most '32-'34 Fords at the Goodguys show and you'll see one. Also, getting two engines to run together isn't rocket science either. Tractor pull rigs have been doing that for decades too. Tommy Ivo is the first guy I can think of to build a multi engine car back in the early 60's.
Kudos to the dude for adapting a distributor to the motor since there are no kits to do that. But other than that, the car is kinda ugly. That radiator looks like it was pulled straight from a Kenworth truck.
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RRRCobraSC281
Member # 7086
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quote: Originally posted by SHOalex: How are you supposed to drive that thing can't even see hahaha have to stick your head out like Ace Ventura
There are people out there that are willing to over look that problem. http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/cto/2103232990.html
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