tant qu'on est dans les gros engins
7000 cheveaux
3 V12 allison de la seconde guerre (moteur de bombardier)
Le tous tournant a l'alcool bien sur
QUOTE :
Year of construction chassis: 2004
Engines Allison V-1710:
- 12 cylinders (60° V)
- 27 liter cylinder capacity
- 48 valves
- 24 spark plugs
- overhead camshaft
- supercharger
In 3,5 ton modified Popeye runs with 2 Allison V-1710's, from wich 1 lefthand- and 1 righthand cranckrotation
In 4,5 ton modified Popeye runs with 3 Allison V-1710's, from wich 2 lefthand- and 1 righthand cranckrotation
Type engines V12 Aircraft engines from i.e. Lockheed P-38 Lightning, Curtiss P-40 warhawk, Mustang, etc.
Fuel (sytem) Methanol,Waterman fuelpump with Hilborn/homemade injection (2 stages)
Ignitions Each engine is supplied with 2 Mallory's Mag 4
Total engine power App. 7000 hp (4.5 ton) and 4600 hp (3,5 ton)
Chassis Home-made Chrome-moly; 25 Cr Mo 4
Rear axle Home-made differential (Rockwell ring & pignon) and Franklin planetaries
Crossbox Designed by Van Alphen and machined by "Machinefabriek Van der Waal"
Gears made by "True Gear & Spline
Transmission A "reverser" from SCS
Gearbox (3,5 ton) Home-made containing Fuller gears
Dropbox (4,5 ton) Holden/Home-made containing True Gear & Spline gears
Clutch Crower, each engine 4 discs, 11 inch
Tyres Firestone, 30.5 x 32, double cut
Rims Midwest wheels, USA
Wheel speed app. 140 km/hour in 4,5 ton class