Random Car Facts

[RDF97]

The Ford Falcon has been in production for the last 53 years and is currently the only Australian car to be desinged and built in Australia.

(Sorry for my earlier post)

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

he invented the intermittent system, cars Already had wipers by then, just not intermittent. There's a movie about it, it's pretty good.

Ah, I see. I don't think I'll be watching the movie though.

 

[Murcie_LP640]

The Ford Falcon has been in production for the last 53 years and is currently the only Australian car to be desinged and built in Australia.

(Sorry for my earlier post)

While based primarily on the Falcon, the Territory is also designed and built in Australia.

 

[Tornado]

I'll illustrate. This is a Commodore SS engine bay according to google images, with a LSx small block under all that stupid plastic cladding:

You can see how there's space left at the sides of the engine for... well, stuff. The breather box even more or less fits there.

Here's the same engine with all that plastic stuff removed. You could almost fit a second one in there.


Also, not quite the same car (though it is similarly red).

 

[Slash]

Still will never look as good as an old pushrod though.

 

[Badasp5.0]

Still will never look as good as an old pushrod though.

Nah it looks better IMHO.

In Smokey and the Bandit III, the turbo 5.0L Trans Am was so underpowered that they had to use a combination of bleach and nitrous to get the car to light the tires up for the scenes.

Are you sure it was III? That movie was out in '83 which means it was a 3rd gen which never had the turbo 301. Only the 2nd gen has the turbo 301.

 

[JMoney]

The Porsche 928 was meant to replace the 911 after it's introduction. The plan was cancelled after Porsche's new CEO decided to keep the 911.

The car that has been produced for the most consecutive years is not the Beetle, but the Chevrolet Suburban.

 

[Slash]

Nah it looks better IMHO.



Are you sure it was III? That movie was out in '83 which means it was a 3rd gen which never had the turbo 301. Only the 2nd gen has the turbo 301.

Nah it looks better IMHO.



Are you sure it was III? That movie was out in '83 which means it was a 3rd gen which never had the turbo 301. Only the 2nd gen has the turbo 301.

Oops I mistyped. It's II.

 

[RDF97]

While based primarily on the Falcon, the Territory is also designed and built in Australia.

True. When they first come out they had exactly the same dashboard as the Falcon BA.

 

[MatskiMonk]

The London Metropolitan Police bought Rover SD1's fitted with bespoke gearbox ratios that allowed them to do travel at up to 40 mph in reverse, for quick manouvering in tight London streets.

 

[Beeblebrox237]

Cool! Are there any knocking about on the used car market?

 

[MatskiMonk]

Cool! Are there any knocking about on the used car market?

Yes but you need an anorak and to be quite dull before you can buy one ...

 

[Beeblebrox237]

Great, I'm in!

 

[Rage Racer]

GAZ Volga can use helicopter wheels.

They are usually taken from scrapped Mi-8 choppers.

 

[RDF97]

This intially took me by surprise but nevertheless.

In America, a man intends to buy a Nissan 370Z by selling one of his testes.

Here's the link: http://www.news.com.au/technology/d...uy-a-nissan-370z/story-fnjwucvh-1226768439386

 

[White & Nerdy]

Are you sure it was III? That movie was out in '83 which means it was a 3rd gen which never had the turbo 301. Only the 2nd gen has the turbo 301.

The '83 also had a 5.0 liter, though it was 305CI NA and not 301CI turbo. Still gutless thanks to the EPA.

 

[Badasp5.0]

That is cool Those Mi-8

The '83 also had a 5.0 liter, though it was 305CI NA and not 301CI turbo. Still gutless thanks to the EPA.

Yep both are horrid V8s even with TPI the 305 is a complete steaming pile. And the 301 is a boat anchor.

 

[Slash]

That is cool Those Mi-8

Yep both are horrid V8s even with TPI the 305 is a complete steaming pile. And the 301 is a boat anchor.

My buddy loves the 305 in his truck. If only he know what a good motor could do haha.

 

[6ranTur15m05]

It also has the most powerful production V8 ever built.

Um... no. That is the engine of the Koenigsegg Agera R.

 

[Tornado]

Here we go again.

 

[Slash]

I'm not going to even bother. It's not worth it.

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

I thought the GT500 had the most powerful mass production v8 in the world.

 

[Slash]

It does. The Koenigsegg isn't a mass produced vehicle and it's certainly not in the same price range.

 

[6ranTur15m05]

It does. The Koenigsegg isn't a mass produced vehicle and it's certainly not in the same price range.

Oh so it is limited?

 

[Wolfe]

No need to get into the distinction between production and mass production again, when Ford never claimed it was "the most powerful production V8" in the first place.

The all-new supercharged 5.8-liter powerplant in the 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 has been officially SAE-certified as the most powerful series production V8 in the world with peak output of 662 horsepower and 631 lb.-ft. of torque.

Series production, as in mass production. Here's the link.

 

[Sage Ages]

Um... no. That is the engine of the Koenigsegg Agera R.

Isn't it a modified versionn of the same engine?

 

[xXKingJoshXx]

Isn't it a modified versionn of the same engine?

No. The GT500 has a 5.8L supercharged Ford engine. The Agera R has a 5.0L twin-turbo engine developed by Koenigsegg.

 

[Slash]

No. The GT500 has a 5.8L supercharged Ford engine. The Agera R has a 5.0L twin-turbo engine developed by Koenigsegg.

Someone told me the Koenigsegg used a Ford engine. Interesting.

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

The older Koenigseggs used Ford engines I think.

Random Fact that I've learned; the North American Ford escort sold in the 90s is based off the Ford Laser; a car sold in Asia and parts of South American & Asia.

 

[SlipZtrEm]

They did in the original CC-series.

They've since smartened up.