Engineers Will Save The World "Jay Leno"

[Sal1950]

Jay Leno proclaims, "engineers will save the world" as he breaks down the details of the 2019 Dodge Hellcat Redeye. (797 HP on pump gas)
Life just keeps getting better for Mopar fans! Maybe even almost as good news is the 485 HP Challange Scat Pac is available for under $39K!

 

[Rod]

Engineers will do what makes them the most money.

 

[Rod]

But I am glad some of them went into the art of making music. Thank you guys and gals.

 

[Sal1950]

But I am glad some of them went into the art of making music. Thank you guys and gals.

The ones that went for Hi Fi, and the ones that went for Horse Power, I'm divided on which were the most beneficial to our existence.

 

[JJB70]

797HP, bah! That's not an engine, this is an engine,

I was in attendance at DU in Aioi to see a couple of these do their first start up.

 

[Ron Texas]

797HP, bah! That's not an engine, this is an engine,

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I was in attendance at DU in Aioi to see a couple of these do their first start up.

Is that destined for stationary use in a power station or on a ship? I would think it runs on #6 fuel oil and turns slowly, either 60 or 120 rpm.

 

[Sal1950]

797HP, bah! That's not an engine, this is an engine,

Yea, but it won't fit in a passenger car.
I had one of these years ago, the Cougar, but driving it on the street could be a problem

 

[restorer-john]

I had one of these years ago, the Cougar, but driving it on the street could be a problem

Are you serious, you had a jet powered drag car?

 

[Sal1950]

Well I worked for Romeo Palamides back in the mid-late 60s. The driver Brian Murphy and I toured the US with doing match racing, usually against one of Walt Arfons jet cars. Fun times for a young man, here's a little better photo Hyper-Sonic and one of our bigger dragsters, The Untouchable.

 

[restorer-john]

Well I worked for Romeo Palamides back in the mid-late 60s. The driver Brian Murphy and I toured the US with doing match racing, usually against one of Walt Arfons jet cars. Fun times for a young man, here's a little better photo Hyper-Sonic and one of our bigger dragsters, The Untouchable.

Holy crap that's utterly awesome! Way more interesting than boring-ass f'ing HiFi gear. Fascinating.

Great photo of that land missile- you can read the Firestone on the sidewalls.

 

[JJB70]

Is that destined for stationary use in a power station or on a ship? I would think it runs on #6 fuel oil and turns slowly, either 60 or 120 rpm.

This one was going into a 6,600TEU container ship, the overwhelming majority of these slow speed engines are for marine use although a few do go to power plants. The top speed of this engine was indeed 120rpm, other smaller slow speed engines destined for bulk carriers and tankers can mx out at about 70rpm.

This engine also demonstrates the risk of believing everything on Wikipedia, wiki claims that the RTA was designed by Finnish company Wartsila. The design was a Swiss Sulzer design, Sulzer spun off their engine unit as NSD which was then bought by Wartsila. The big slow speed engine unit was then spun off again to become Winterthur Gas & Diesel (WinGD).

 

[JJB70]

Well I worked for Romeo Palamides back in the mid-late 60s. The driver Brian Murphy and I toured the US with doing match racing, usually against one of Walt Arfons jet cars. Fun times for a young man, here's a little better photo Hyper-Sonic and one of our bigger dragsters, The Untouchable.
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I am jealous! There was a terrific documentary series on the land speed record a few years ago with one of the episodes being about Walt Arfons. I find in some ways we inhabit a more boring world as I look back at those land speed cars, the space race, development of supersonic airliners etc.

 

[Frank Dernie]

Yea, but it won't fit in a passenger car.
I had one of these years ago, the Cougar, but driving it on the street could be a problem


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Yep, if it too heavy for 2 men to lift it ain't much good!

 

[JJB70]

On those big RTAs you needed the crane andlifting gear to fit the lifting gear when removing big bits for maintenance.

 

[Sal1950]

How-to-build a 840 Horse power Dodge Demon Hemi. A very cool time lapse video of how it's done.
Got to hand it to Mopar for their commitment to domination in the current muscle car rage.
https://www.hagerty.com/articles-vi...3/redline-rebuild-dodge-demon-hemi-time-lapse