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Old Dec 7, 2015 | 06:21 PM
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Too much or not enough HP ?

No it's not a ford, but perhaps it could be bolted into one of our frames ?

Watch a Ridiculous 12.3-liter Quad-Turbo V-16 Dyno at 5000 Horsepower

 
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Old Dec 7, 2015 | 08:27 PM
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Tell you what if you all want to chip in the cash for the engine I'll be more then happy to put it between the frame rails of my tuck and tell you all how it goes. Just throwing that out there
 
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Ha.. they're gonna put that in a car? I'd love to see the trans or drive axles that won't snap like a twig when that monster is unleashed.
 
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Hard to tell from the pics, but I doubt that engine in that configuration will fit in that--or any--car.
 
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Hard to tell from the pics, but I doubt that engine in that configuration will fit in that--or any--car.
Nothing duct tape and a hammer can't fix. I'd make that engine fit.
 
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Ha.. they're gonna put that in a car? I'd love to see the trans or drive axles that won't snap like a twig when that monster is unleashed.
Paul:

I would suspect they need to talk to some top fuel drag guys to iron out those details, those boys push one heck of alot of horsepower on a regular basis .....
 
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