![]() 05/16/2016 at 23:33 • Filed to: None | ![]() | ![]() |
Straight 8's are awesome.
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Watch me whip whip watch me crank crank
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Obligatory
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I’m gonna have to ask you to leave this thread quietly sir.
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I wonder what the most recent car to use a straight 8 is, any idea?
![]() 05/16/2016 at 23:48 |
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I think either Hudson or Packard. They both held out on V8s for longer than other companies.
edit: 1954 Packard
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1955 Mercedes 300 SLR
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Just don’t engine brake down a hill with one. It’s a good way to end up with a 2 piece crank.
![]() 05/17/2016 at 19:11 |
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I would not have known that. Is that just because the crank is so long?
![]() 05/18/2016 at 07:01 |
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yes and they were made using twist manufacturing processes, basically it was machined all in similar planes 180 degrees between throws, then heated and twisted to the different degreed positions. We have come a long way since then.
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Yeah I don’t know that much about fabrication and metal, but that doesn’t sound like a great idea.