The Car or Thing that gets you Inspired Thread

**Whubbsie** · 16-09-2009, 01:30 PM

Originally Posted by AGO41T

EWWWWWWW

**Spyda** · 16-09-2009, 05:55 PM

Originally Posted by Preen59

Early stuff like what we've got run 21 USgallon/min vane fuel pumps (392cui). The newer engines run a different and more complicated fuel system with 2 gear pumps and they flow 80 gallon/min (500cui). An engine like ours should produce between 2000 and 2500 horsepower. The modern engines make around about 8000hp.

To sum it up:
2500hp

8000hp

79 L/min

302 L/min

Way to say "stuff you global warming!"

Thouse numbers are inspirational.

**mikepologti** · 16-09-2009, 06:03 PM

pink ........ shudders ........gahhhayyy

**gareth_oau** · 17-09-2009, 12:18 AM

Originally Posted by Spyda

Thouse numbers are inspirational.

or Expirational?

**MattyT** · 17-09-2009, 04:04 PM

Originally Posted by 16v_kid

I have long wondered if car manufacters and/or exhaust system makers considered the sonic & resonate properties of their exhausts and tuned them appropriately. You can almost think of a cars exhaust like a musical instrument!