Hard to hook a 5th wheel into my Ex...

but we can try it

U guys DO know it's all in good fun !!!

And pulling, running at the strip, going thru the mountains with a load, that's ALL fun...

Working is not

 

It is all in good fun here too. By the way, I kinda have an advantage in that I have a friend with a "six-o" Ex and we've done the race thing. He's a gear-head, built small block trucks, big blocks, diesels, you name it. His jaw dropped after our "race" (by the way, it wasn't at the track, or with a trailer attached, just light to light). He's a good guy and immediately said something to the effect he never gave the V10 the credit it deserved but would going forward. I had him beat from launch to when we had to slow to make a turn into his neighborhood. It'd been nice to try it with 7k - 10k lbs of trailer hooked up and see if it would have made much difference, but neither of us had access to a trailer that night. So, maybe your Ex would beat my truck, but I've had the opportunity in the past and it left another Ex owner with a new appreciation for the V10

 

When I get to Waco in September, I will look this dude up and get him to re-program his 6leaker to stock and then we'll have a go. After I rip his butt, then he can re-program it to whatever he wants and we'll go again. Even hopped, he will be impressed, and maybe even get whipped again.

 

Come on down dude !!!

Most roads go thru Big D to get to Wacko (as my daughter called it)

Let's have some fun !!!

Glad to see someone finally stepping up !

 

The Republic F105 Thunderchief - single engine, 65,000 lbs fully loaded. Large enough?

The Buff had 2 APUs...one for ground electrical and one for air start.


America is at that awkward stage; it’s too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the ba$tards. ~Claire Wolfe

 

Awww, come on. If THIS guy can do it...

 

Cognitive dissonance is an uncomfortable feeling caused by holding two contradictory ideas simultaneously. The "ideas" or "cognitions" in question may include attitudes and beliefs, and also the awareness of one's behavior. The theory of cognitive dissonance proposes that people have a motivational drive to reduce dissonance by changing their attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors, or by justifying or rationalizing their attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors.[1] Cognitive dissonance theory is one of the most influential and extensively studied theories in social psychology.

Dissonance normally occurs when a person perceives a logical inconsistency among his or her cognitions. This happens when one idea implies the opposite of another. For example, a belief in animal rights could be interpreted as inconsistent with eating meat or wearing fur. Noticing the contradiction would lead to dissonance, which could be experienced as anxiety, guilt, shame, anger, embarrassment, stress, and other negative emotional states. When people's ideas are consistent with each other, they are in a state of harmony, or consonance. If cognitions are unrelated, they are categorized as irrelevant to each other and do not lead to dissonance.

A powerful cause of dissonance is an idea in conflict with a fundamental element of the self-concept, such as "I am a good person" or "I made the right decision." The anxiety that comes with the possibility of having made a bad decision can lead to rationalization, the tendency to create additional reasons or justifications to support one's choices. A person who just spent too much money on a new car might decide that the new vehicle is much less likely to break down than his or her old car. This belief may or may not be true, but it would likely reduce dissonance and make the person feel better. Dissonance can also lead to confirmation bias, the denial of disconfirming evidence, and other ego defense mechanisms.

 

Actually, the Germans had a compression ignition (diesel) engine powering large aircraft in WWII, the Jumo 205 engine, a six-cylinder 12-piston liquid-cooled opposed piston inline two-stroke diesel engine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkers_Jumo_205

 

Amazing. Did they 2 have pistons almost meeting each other at the middle?

 

Lots of angle on the truck for nothing touching at the hitch........hidden jacks?

 

Man how old is that damn 5'er??

 

I'm guessing that you're referring to the "long stroke required" by a diesel. Forgive me if I am wrong in that assumption. I also think I saw it mentioned elsewhere in this thread.

A diesel doesn't have to have a long stroke, by default, just a high compression ratio. And you don't *have* to have a long stroke to get a high compression ratio. You just need a smaller combustion chamber.

Correct me if I am wrong, but I am pretty sure the stroke on the 7.3 is almost identical to that of the V-10 (4.18" vs. 4.165")

Also, as of a couple of years ago, there were at least a couple of companies working on diesel engines for small general aviation aircraft.

 

The Diamond Twin Star has 2 diesel engines, but the rpm is probably only 2500 or so to keep the prop tips sub-sonic.

 

Yes, 2 pistons shared one combustion chamber.

 

Oops, sorry EXv10, I missed that on the first read, and misinterpreted the meaning of your post.