[geeks] Off-road trucks (was F*n sweet car..)

[Tim H.]

You notice nobody said the thing was functional, but if you were making a show/drag car you don't need any interior room other than driver seat, and don't need a transmission, which shortens up the drive train. The frame/suspension question is irrelevant because the original suspension wouldn't hold two big blocks up anyway.  I had one.  There was a guy that ran a company putting Allison aircraft engines in weird places, including a 4 Allison Drag vehicle (Yep, he called it QuadAl)  And he built a three wheeler with a honda chopper front end and a '49 plymouth rear-end, that looked for all the world like an allison engine on a trailer.  He built it to prove you didn't need chrome to get peoples attention.  Of course an allison with shorty exhaust would probably get attention for about a 2 mile radius :-)  I have the article from the '70s cut out of some magazine somewhere.

Tim

On Mon, 13 May 2002 08:29:17 -0700
David Passmore <dpassmor at sneakers.org> wrote:

> On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 11:16:22AM -0400, Kurt Huhn wrote:
> > 
> > I'm trying to imagine where one would place two big-blocks.  Not that
> > it's impossible, but I don't think it would be a Chevette any more, what
> > with the frame modifications and body removal.  Hrm, it might be doable,
> > but certainly would require enourmous amounts of engineering.  
> 
> I don't entirely understand the mechanics of combining two engines into one
> drivetrain, but I'm sure that limits your spacing options, besides the fact
> that one of those engines would take up just about the entire passenger
> compartment. :)
> 
> David
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