Mopar's most powerful engine ever produced
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famous bob
mopar misfit
Not sure about that, Chrysler built the super tanks too!
jos51700
Green Bearing thread connoisseur
"Mopar's most powerful engine ever produced"
"I will bet very few of you knew this engine was ever produced!
3350 cubic inches
2,200 to 3550 horsepower (varies with induction system)"
This is untrue.
Fly Chrysler to the Moon: making flawless Saturn rockets for NASA
I have no idea why my quotes did that.
"I will bet very few of you knew this engine was ever produced!
3350 cubic inches
2,200 to 3550 horsepower (varies with induction system)"
This is untrue.
Fly Chrysler to the Moon: making flawless Saturn rockets for NASA
I have no idea why my quotes did that.
JeffisOld
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magnumdart
There is a bad moon on the rise.
I doubt my 440 could even turn a top fuel supercharger.
pishta
I know I'm right....
2500 HP inverted Hemi. P-47 x-motor. The father of the OHC hemi (even though it was under!)
jos51700
Green Bearing thread connoisseur
Just remember when your GM buddies brag about their moon buggy, it got there on a Chrysler rocket ;-)
Not quite sure how this is a P-47 engine, P-47's were powered by radial engines.
pishta
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fl 71
Well-Known Member
Say what you will that engine sounded amazing!!
fl 71
Well-Known Member
Can you imagine a few hundred of those starting up at the same time in WWII
JeffisOld
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B-29 engine
Alaskan_TA
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I bet that the /6 engines moved more steel that any other Mopar engine in history.
Not big on HP output, but overall very powerful.
Not big on HP output, but overall very powerful.
JeffisOld
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That would be interesting to see the totals of:
1. thousands of B29s over lots of 6-7000 mile missions
2. 200 or so shuttle missions of maybe 80 miles each
3. Many cars of ~2500 lbs for avg of maybe 90k miles each
Are my generalisations even close?
Ddaddy
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Chrysler sold approximately 3.3 million cars in the US from 1960-1980. At an average weight of 3000 lbs each, that’s about 5 million tons. Call it 100k miles per vehicle and it’s 330 billion miles driven.
Using those numbers, Chrysler car engines moved the equivalent of over a million tons of vehicle to the moon and back during that period.
adriver
Blazing Apostle
IIRC Dodge built "most" of the B29 Engines.
They had a problem with in flight fires.
They used WASPs to ferry the planes to show the men pilots it was "safe".
Look up "FIFI" if you are interested and other things to see if I'm right..
They had a problem with in flight fires.
They used WASPs to ferry the planes to show the men pilots it was "safe".
Look up "FIFI" if you are interested and other things to see if I'm right..
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