Re: Crazy idea...
Posted by 55PackardGuy On 2011/6/10 21:51:18
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Speaking of a dream, this has long been an unspoken dream of mine. A 6V, 4V, or in-line 4 Jimmy diesel in something-- anything. Talk about guts and glory. But I've never looked into weight problems, or how you'd ever fit such a tall engine in anything but a truck-- hey, but no computer! Double the power strokes! Whining blower! What could be better? Even the 4 sounds like a V12.
Let us all continue to dream our dreams. They can can sometimes lead to spectacular realities. Like the '55 Chevy that an Aussie put a Merlin V12 into. Yeeeow! That's the thing about Aussies, they go "walkabout," have outrageous visions, then actually DO the thing they dreamt up. I think it also takes a lot of this:
cortcomp wrote:
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Speaking of a dream, this has long been an unspoken dream of mine. A 6V, 4V, or in-line 4 Jimmy diesel in something-- anything. Talk about guts and glory. But I've never looked into weight problems, or how you'd ever fit such a tall engine in anything but a truck-- hey, but no computer! Double the power strokes! Whining blower! What could be better? Even the 4 sounds like a V12.
Let us all continue to dream our dreams. They can can sometimes lead to spectacular realities. Like the '55 Chevy that an Aussie put a Merlin V12 into. Yeeeow! That's the thing about Aussies, they go "walkabout," have outrageous visions, then actually DO the thing they dreamt up. I think it also takes a lot of this:
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