General cars and vehicles thread.

[Alex C.]

You know it's spring when the beast awakens:

 

 

 

 

 

Came into work today on 24 pounds of boost and spitting out all 758 horsepower. Low number because the bottle isn't in her yet for summer

[Jeeps_Guns_Tanks]

Hey Alex, are you interested in the Euro super cars at all?  Did you watch the show topgear?

[LoooSeR]

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[LoooSeR]

Kenworth 953, produced in 70s/80s for Oil industry to work in desert-ish areas.

 

[LoooSeR]

Bilenkin Classic Cars - a small Russian company that produce cars on BMW chassis.

 

Bilenkin Vintage:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inside:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Bronezhilet]

 

... ouch

[LoooSeR]

[Alex C.]

Hey Alex, are you interested in the Euro super cars at all? Did you watch the show topgear?

I used to.

But no, my passion for American iron is paralleled by my hatred for European autos (especially anything from Britain).

[Bronezhilet]

[LoooSeR]

The FSB Batmobile was spotted in real operation

[LoooSeR]

Mercedes-Benz W 139, only 42 were made (deisgned and produced from 1936)

 

[LoooSeR]

Texaco Doodlebug Tanker Truck, 1935-36

 

[Vanagandr]

Neat-o

[LostCosmonaut]

Those things are used pretty heavily in torpedoes, since small diameter is a plus there.

[Vanagandr]

Oh, so that's not a new development? Doesn't surprise me excessively, but I hadn't heard of it before.

[Collimatrix]

Torpedoes use all sorts of weird engines.  Look up something called a "deltic."  It's like three opposed-piston engines strapped back to back.

[Khand-e]

Torpedoes also use alot of cool as shit fuels or other power sources.

 

The Mk 50 uses a tank with a small spray nozzle of Sulfur Hexafluoride that's sprayed over pure blocks of Lithium which starts a chemical reaction that generates alot of heat, the heat generates steam that runs in a closed Rankine cycle, which in turn powers the hydrojet style engines, this makes the Mk 50 really goddamn fast for a torpedo even at great depths.

 

This is a really expensive system though, hence why the Mk 54 exists.

[Meplat]

Those things are used pretty heavily in torpedoes, since small diameter is a plus there.

Also very similar to many AC compressors.

[LoooSeR]

Volvo BM 860, in production from 1980. From 80 to 86, 11 000 were made.

 

[LoooSeR]

[LoooSeR]

KrAZ-256B1, modified for work near Chernobyl Nuclear station.

http://www.autokraz.com.ua/index.php/ru/novosti-i-media/news/item/2628-kraz-buv-v-pershomu-riadu-likvidatoriv-katastrofy-na-chaes

 

Driver cabin was 3 tons, with lots of lead used.

 

All 18 of build were buried in Burakovka village after their job was done.

[Bronezhilet]

KrAZ-256B1, modified for work near Chernobyl Nuclear station.

http://www.autokraz.com.ua/index.php/ru/novosti-i-media/news/item/2628-kraz-buv-v-pershomu-riadu-likvidatoriv-katastrofy-na-chaes

 

Driver cabin was 3 tons, with lots of lead used.

 

All 18 of build were buried in Burakovka village after their job was done.

Bigger picture of cabin:

[Meplat]

 

Roundabout a '50 Caddy with a grille job, and a radical channel with a skosh of chop.

 

Sad thing is, I bet there is a SBC under the hood, driving a TH700R4, instead of a proper flathead mill and synchro column or floor manual.

The old 348 flathead is capable of massive torque. The ones I dealt with, you could drive them around in third gear all day.

[Meplat]

KrAZ-256B1, modified for work near Chernobyl Nuclear station.

http://www.autokraz.com.ua/index.php/ru/novosti-i-media/news/item/2628-kraz-buv-v-pershomu-riadu-likvidatoriv-katastrofy-na-chaes

 

Driver cabin was 3 tons, with lots of lead used.

 

All 18 of build were buried in Burakovka village after their job was done.

Sleep well friend.  You are not forgotten.