Duramax powered 1965 Impala vs Lamboghini
martin14 @ Tue Jun 16, 2009 1:08 pm
musta been a freaking big shoehorn to get her in though 
nice job with that.
Robair @ Tue Jun 16, 2009 1:18 pm
martin14 martin14:
musta been a freaking big shoehorn to get her in though
nice job with that.
nice job with that.
Nope, if you read the article, fit right in. They did have to make a bigger tunnel for the tranny, but everything under the hood fit fine. Nothing needed but some custome engine mounts (no big deal).
SprCForr @ Tue Jun 16, 2009 1:21 pm
Jet vs Car, Bike vs Car, F/A 18 vs rail etc is for entertainment. If it were serious you'd be seeing guys like John Force using stuff other than a car. Still and all it's fun to watch and I certainly appreciate the amount of work that goes into them.
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The entry level model is the Biscayne, not the Impala.
For those who don't know the difference repeat after me:
"Two tailights bad, Three tailights good."
As Brad says:
Learn it.
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SprCForr @ Tue Jun 16, 2009 1:23 pm
Robair Robair:
Nope, if you read the article, fit right in. They did have to make a bigger tunnel for the tranny, but everything under the hood fit fine. Nothing needed but some custome engine mounts (no big deal).
One of the nicest features of a full sized GM is that space under the hood.
poquas @ Tue Jun 16, 2009 1:57 pm
SprCForr SprCForr:
The next installment in "Learning about Chevy's"
The entry level model is the Biscayne, not the Impala.
For those who don't know the difference repeat after me:
"Two tailights bad, Three tailights good."
The entry level model is the Biscayne, not the Impala.
For those who don't know the difference repeat after me:
"Two tailights bad, Three tailights good."
Well 'SCUZE Me!
When I was buying GM products, I always went for the "nicer ones". Pontiac made nicer Chevys. Buick made nicer Oldmobiles. etc.
stemmer @ Tue Jun 16, 2009 2:04 pm
And the Impala is green...it's bio-diesel and that's the real reason for this exercise to show that a green car can also be a muscle car...
It's a conversion by the same blokes converting Neil Young's 59 Lincoln to electric....
http://www.lincvolt.com/
stemmer @ Tue Jun 16, 2009 2:08 pm
GM may even offer the Duramax in future Impalas, Camaros or Corvettes...or so it was reported in 2007...
http://www.autoblog.com/2007/06/15/gm-a ... hummer-h2/
poquas @ Tue Jun 16, 2009 2:21 pm
stemmer stemmer:
And the Impala is green...it's bio-diesel and that's the real reason for this exercise to show that a green car can also be a muscle car...
It's really old news and 800 horsepower doesn't make that point at all. In 2006 the Audi R10 was the first diesel-powered car to win the 24 Hours Le Mans.
In fact there are many “high performance” diesel engines turning up. Better than that the number of high performance “clean” diesel cars that are hitting North America is growing fast. Mercedes and Volkswagen have models available now. The Japanese have models about to show up soon too. And these are “civilized” versions of the diesel engine. Quiet, powerful and fuel efficient.
stemmer @ Tue Jun 16, 2009 2:42 pm
Legendary hot rodder & turbo-charging expert Gale Banks has been racing a lineup of diesel vehicles as well...
http://bankspower.com/racing
His twin-turbocharged, diesel-powered endurance road-racing pickup can go over 222 mph....
In 1952 a Cummins diesel raced in the Indy 500
http://www.dieselpowermag.com/features/ ... index.html
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At the 1952 Indy 500, Don Cummins entered a diesel-powered race car that was revolutionary for its time. It featured a 401ci (6.6L) 380hp turbocharged diesel engine mounted on its side in a radically low chassis built by Kurtis Kraft. Not only did the 3,100-lb car win the pole position in qualifying that year with a speed of 138.010 mph, it also outran Ferrari's 12-cylinder race car by nearly 4 mph.
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Seventy-four years before the Audi R10 diesel raced at Le Mans, Cummins was campaigning diesel-powered race cars at the Indy 500. The 1952 race would prove to be the company's crowning motorsport achievement, and its pole position accomplishment is still one of diesel bench-racing's greatest factoids.Unfortunately the #28 Cummins Diesel Special car didn't finish the Indy 500 race, and was pulled from competition on lap 71 after the turbocharger inlet got plugged with tire rubber that it sucked up from the track.
Cheers
Stemmer
poquas @ Tue Jun 16, 2009 2:50 pm
Thank you for reinforcing my point.
stemmer @ Tue Jun 16, 2009 2:56 pm
More on diesels racing at Indy... Cummins first raced a diesel at Indy in 1931...
http://autos.canada.com/motorsport/irl/ ... a358ce&p=1
stemmer @ Tue Jun 16, 2009 2:57 pm
poquas poquas:
Thank you for reinforcing my point.
My point is diesels racing is nothing new...Been doing it since 1931 (off & on...
Mustang1 @ Tue Jun 16, 2009 3:10 pm
Regina Regina:
As much as I'm a 1/4 mile guy.......that race is BS. The non-stock Impala is a one purpose built car. The Lambo on the other hand can still corner at the Impala's top speed and listen to the CD player in quiet comfort..........and probably has double the top end speed of the Impala.
It is BS. We can go and find all kinds of after-market cars whose sole purpose is to crazy fast in a straight line, but it's hardly a comparison. I'd love to see that Chevy take a corner vs the Lambo. Oh wait, that's not a fair comparison.
poquas @ Tue Jun 16, 2009 3:59 pm
It's simply another North American versus "them thar feriners" topic. The diesel thing would have been more interesting had the race been two forty year old rebuilt Impalas racing each other. One gas and one diesel.
stemmer @ Tue Jun 16, 2009 4:09 pm
Sorry...it's to prove that being green can also produce performance... It has nothing to do with US vs Italian cars... The car was prepped by H-Conversion who is also converting a 1959 Lincoln to electric for Neil Young...