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| Brian Mifsud |
 May 18 2006, 02:53 PM
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Mechanical Engineer  Group: Members Posts: 981 Joined: 3-March 03 From: Penngrove, CA Member No.: 384 Region Association: None  |
Was "rifting" on Google, where one thought/search flows into another.. never know where you're gonna end up.
Started out trying to find the torque curves for the Honda Goldwing 1800 flat 6.. ended up finding a page on "Motorcycle Engine Powered Cars"... and then hit PAYDIRT??? This car is powered by TWIN as in 2 Harley Davidson engines..... Go see how to spend money on things that make no sense... Crazy Guy with too much money.... Attached image(s)   
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| smontanaro |
May 18 2006, 03:15 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,190 Joined: 3-June 05 From: Evanston, IL Member No.: 4,197 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
The engine on the website looks like a V8. Where'd you find the twin Harleyengines mated to what looks a bit like a Porsche transaxle?
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| Allan |
May 18 2006, 03:24 PM
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Teenerless Weenie Group: Members Posts: 8,373 Joined: 5-July 04 From: Western Mesopotamia Member No.: 2,304 Region Association: Southern California |
Looks like alot of time and money went into it. The quality and wormanship seems very good from the pics...
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| spare time toys |
May 18 2006, 03:29 PM
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hooked on grilling food. Group: Members Posts: 4,059 Joined: 3-April 04 From: West Plano Tx Member No.: 1,884 Region Association: Southwest Region |
QUOTE(smontanaro @ May 18 2006, 04:15 PM)  The engine on the website looks like a V8. Where'd you find the twin Harleyengines mated to what looks a bit like a Porsche transaxle? Skip Same page go to the bottom and click on sportstar 2 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) |
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| Elliot_Cannon |
May 18 2006, 04:02 PM
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Senior Member Group: Retired Members Posts: 1,922 Joined: 26-March 03 From: Orange County Ca Member No.: 480 Region Association: None |
The engine to trans adapter looks like a piece of plywood. Is this a working car or a prototype. Looks great at least.
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| Brian Mifsud |
May 18 2006, 05:07 PM
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Mechanical Engineer Group: Members Posts: 981 Joined: 3-March 03 From: Penngrove, CA Member No.: 384 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(smontanaro @ May 18 2006, 02:15 PM) The engine on the website looks like a V8. Where'd you find the twin Harleyengines mated to what looks a bit like a Porsche transaxle? Skip Transxle is a C5/C6 Corvette automatic.. which is essentially a conventional automatic tranmission bolted directly to a final drive. |
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| smdubovsky |
May 18 2006, 08:32 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 331 Joined: 27-September 04 From: Silver Spring, MD Member No.: 2,837 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Brian, you're just dreaming about it w/ a pair of guzzi twins arent you;)
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| iamchappy |
May 18 2006, 09:34 PM
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It all happens so fast! Group: Members Posts: 4,893 Joined: 5-November 03 From: minnetonka, mn Member No.: 1,315 Region Association: Upper MidWest  |
Inspired by BatMan
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| Brian Mifsud |
May 19 2006, 08:57 AM
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Mechanical Engineer Group: Members Posts: 981 Joined: 3-March 03 From: Penngrove, CA Member No.: 384 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(smdubovsky @ May 18 2006, 07:32 PM) Brian, you're just dreaming about it w/ a pair of guzzi twins arent you;) SMD ha ha.. well at least the Guzzis would be facing the right way by design.. maybe put them in sequence so I have a V-4.... If you look long enough on the web, you'll find that somebody has already tried out that "ridiculous combination" you thought you dreamed up.. I'm impressed with the casting they did which ties the 2 engines to the bellhousing... too bad they couldn't have steered their efforts to a watercooled hemispherical TYPE IV head...... |
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| Steve Thacker |
May 19 2006, 10:54 AM
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UMMMPH Yea Baby Yea ! UMMMPH Group: Members Posts: 1,089 Joined: 8-January 03 From: Pickerington, Ohio Member No.: 113 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
I'd have to say...That is one beautiful piece of imagination and sweat. They have a good non-pretentious team to work with and it only goes to prove 99% passion and determination,...1% knowledge. The rest will work itself out.
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