"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
09/20/2018 at 14:26 • Filed to: None
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"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
09/20/2018 at 14:26 • Filed to: None | 1
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Thankfull y, someone else also noted the egregious errors:
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48? You mean V8? The V and 4 aren’t even CLOSE to each other on a keyboard.
And since when does ANYONE ON ANY CAR BLOG EVER not know what a HEMI looks like? CAUSE THAT’ S NOT A FUCKING HEMI.
Damn I hate the FP
So glad I’m Ballabanned into the greys there
lone_liberal
> Takuro Spirit
09/20/2018 at 14:30 |
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No, that thing ain’t got a Hemi.
vondon302
> Takuro Spirit
09/20/2018 at 14:31 |
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And nitro cars run a 1000 feet not a 1/4 mile.
Heavy sigh
WilliamsSW
> Takuro Spirit
09/20/2018 at 14:33 |
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Wat? Does this person think that because 426<440, the 426 was the lower option, too??
Serious question though - is that a 6 pack in the picture? Has to be multi-carb.
19JRC99
> Takuro Spirit
09/20/2018 at 14:33 |
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Also, I highly doubt the Hemi was more common than the 440.
Spridget
> Takuro Spirit
09/20/2018 at 14:35 |
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“more common 426 cubic-inch 48”
There’s so much wrong here that I can’t begin to go into it.
arl
> Takuro Spirit
09/20/2018 at 14:35 |
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And since when is the 426 more common than the 440? Don’t think that was ever the case...
jimz
> Takuro Spirit
09/20/2018 at 14:36 |
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Sic Steve Lehto on ‘im. He’ll straighten those turkeys out.
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jimz
> WilliamsSW
09/20/2018 at 14:36 |
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yes, that is the 6-bbl air cleaner.
edit: and they’re both 440s. the 426 Wedge was gone by 1965.
NYankee1927
> Takuro Spirit
09/20/2018 at 14:39 |
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Wait you got booted back to the greys?
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jimz
> 19JRC99
09/20/2018 at 14:39 |
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it might have been more common in the Superbird and Charger Daytona. But no way was it more common in the regular Roadrunner or Charger.
Die-Trying
> Takuro Spirit
09/20/2018 at 14:41 |
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Censored
> vondon302
09/20/2018 at 14:43 |
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They do and probably have for 10 years now.
I wanted to gouge my eyeballs out on this one.
fintail
> Takuro Spirit
09/20/2018 at 14:44 |
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Don’t question their ‘thoratay and endless knowledge.
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WilliamsSW
> jimz
09/20/2018 at 14:45 |
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Wikipedia says it was only 135/1920 Superbirds, so a pretty small percentage even on that car (didn’t look at the Daytona, but I presume it’s similar).
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vondon302
> Censored
09/20/2018 at 14:46 |
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11 years I think.
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WilliamsSW
> jimz
09/20/2018 at 14:50 |
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OK, I thought that was the 440 six pack - which is a pretty nice engine option in and of itself.
Figured it was a 440, since that was the only other engine available in that car - and you can spot a Hemi from outer space.
and 100 more
> Takuro Spirit
09/20/2018 at 15:03 |
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I can see swapping 4 and V. I regu larly swap A and 1, and E and 3. Not on purpose, of course, but my brain is dumb.
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Takuro Spirit
> NYankee1927
09/20/2018 at 15:03 |
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I’ve been there for a while now.
CalzoneGolem
> Takuro Spirit
09/20/2018 at 15:09 |
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lol I’m totally approved for FP commenting
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jimz
> WilliamsSW
09/20/2018 at 15:10 |
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they didn’t call it the “Elephant motor” for nothin’
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jimz
> Takuro Spirit
09/20/2018 at 15:12 |
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48? You mean V8? The V and 4 aren’t even CLOSE to each ot her on a keyboard.
believe it or not, I know a number of writers who actually use voice dictation software, then fix/tidy it up by hand later. saves a lot of typing (and the risk of RSI.) “48" (pronounced “four eight”) is a plausible voice recognition miss for “V8.”
Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks
> 19JRC99
09/20/2018 at 15:13 |
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You would be correct. 1,084 were built with 440 single, 716 with the 440 6-pack, and 93 or 135 (depending who you ask) with the 426 Hemi.
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Takuro Spirit
> CalzoneGolem
09/20/2018 at 15:13 |
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Takuro Spirit
> jimz
09/20/2018 at 15:16 |
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Oh shit You Talk, It Types
BigBlock440
> Takuro Spirit
09/20/2018 at 15:34 |
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The article on TheDrive’s not much better.
This guy was the second owner of both cars and they had been sitting in storage since the 1980s with straight antifreeze in both 440-cubic-inch Hemi V-8 engines and something called M arvel Mystery lubricating oil in the cylinders to preserve the engines as they sat.
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Takuro Spirit
> BigBlock440
09/20/2018 at 15:36 |
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I think they purposely got it wrong so they could link thei r own article.
Urambo Tauro
> Takuro Spirit
09/20/2018 at 15:54 |
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Means it’s a 4 -stroke V 8 .
As opposed to your standard run-of-the-mill 2- stroke V8s.
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Takuro Spirit
> Urambo Tauro
09/20/2018 at 15:57 |
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No wonder everyone, including the cars, smoked back then.
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NYankee1927
> Takuro Spirit
09/20/2018 at 16:07 |
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Ah I thought I saw less of you around. What did it?
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Takuro Spirit
> NYankee1927
09/20/2018 at 17:16 |
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I posted an honest comment about sometimes misclicking on Jez instead of Jalop (which I do do from time to time) on one of Ballaban’s Azalea Bush v Elon Musk stories and he took it as an attack on GMG writers and banned me to the greys.
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NYankee1927
> Takuro Spirit
09/20/2018 at 18:19 |
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haha I see, good to know . I guess I should def keep my Jez jokes to myself.
I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
> Urambo Tauro
09/21/2018 at 11:45 |
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Ah yeah, they were probably thinking of the Detroit Diesel 8V92. Those are super common in consumer cars.