Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Motor Porn

 


24 comments:

  1. They just don't make them like that anymore.

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  2. What is the intake/carb set-up and can I hear it run?

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    1. Weber IDA carbs. Very interesting units, easy to tune, great throttle response.

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  3. Public owned inland lakes are the perfect location for mandatory battery/hydrogen electric propulsion systems. It virtually eliminates water pollution from combustion engines. And, the biggest benefit is that it also eliminates noise pollution from combustion engines. Let's start tomorrow.

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    1. Son, you're new around these parts, aren't you?

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    2. The "public" should take all Hawken's shit first, then see how his attitude changes. How in the hell do people get this way?

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    3. Hawken probably doesn't like Nitro-burning Top Fueler and Floppers either. Get him some testosterone. Stat.....

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  4. Sorry Hawken. I'll go with the aqua version of rollin' coal so I can lay down that smoke screen to hide from the Millennial Sierra Club eco-monkeys.

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  5. Allison 1710, used in hydrofoils after the big war.

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  6. Allison 1710, used in hydrofoils after the big war.

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  7. Allison 1710, used in hydrofoils after the big war.

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  8. Allison 1710, used in hydrofoils after the big war.

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  9. Allison 1710, used in hydrofoils after the big war.

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  10. So it is an Allison 1710, used in hydrofoils after the big war?

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  11. I saw an old JC Whitney or Warshawsky catalog reprint that was from the post-big war era advertising these engines in crates for $350 somewhere on the interwebs recently.

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  12. It is an Allison 1710, used in hydrofoils after the big war....

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  13. Hey! First time poster, anybody know what kind of motor that is?

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  14. AN FYI.....Sometimes this account does not let you know you comment has been accepted...so you re-do...and re-do...and...I give up after about three times.
    Evidently...'Allison 1710, used in hydrofoils after the big war.'...kept trying!!!

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  15. Nope, Linux and Google don't get along. Lets see how many times this posts.

    Spin Drift

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  16. Nope, Linux and Google don't get along. Lets see how many times this posts.

    Spin Drift

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  17. It seems that pressing the back arrow button reposts the comment. I'll have to exit out to keep this from coming up twice.

    Spin Drift

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  18. Mercury now has that in a outboard. A V12 600 HP outboard.

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