I just thought some of you might want to read about this.

http://home.alltel.net/bsprowl/Sherman.html

I thought it was cool, but it just fuels my anger that Ford doesn't do anything high tech for consumers in this age.

i would love to have something like that in my ride

i think i have seen that before, still really cool

this is just plain cool.

hum, all that torque would be useful... but not for me.

So this information in theory means that Ford invented the HEMI.
Because WW2 started in 1951 for the Americans and Dodge introduced
the Hemi in 1954

http://66.54.16.43/joyrides/story/index.cfm?id=281

Paragraph above the red truck

i would love to have something like that in my ride

[scratch] the engine alone probably weighs half as much as your car.

This made me laugh...
Gas mileage was about 0.8 miles per gallon for the 30 ton Sherman Tank

So this information in theory means that Ford invented the HEMI.
Because WW2 started in 1951 for the Americans and Dodge introduced
the Hemi in 1954

http://66.54.16.43/joyrides/story/index.cfm?id=281

Paragraph above the red truck

The classic "hemi" combustion chamber has been in use since the early 1900's; Chrysler just latched onto HEMI for marketing purposes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemi

[scratch] the engine alone probably weighs half as much as your car.

This made me laugh...

I'm sure you could get at LEAST 2 miles to the gallon if it was in your ride [hihi]

meh some mods on that and she'll rellly go!!, think about it, digital fuel injection and electronic ignition.. sure a set of custom headers and a custom intake would need to be built. and i'm sure if you do some cam and head work (as these thing were possibly slapped together as fast a possible after the trial periods) you could get an insane amount of power. but a 1,100 cu, in. engine is just nuts by itself

i would love to have something like that in my ride

Sometimes you really can get what you want [thankyou] :

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h305/fapar47/V8mod.jpg

Hahahhahahaa...nice photoshop.

I love the fact that the Military had DOHC and lots of aluminum in WWII.....why can't we get cool stuff now!!!!???!!???

So this information in theory means that Ford invented the HEMI.
Because WW2 started in 1951 for the Americans and Dodge introduced
the Hemi in 1954

http://66.54.16.43/joyrides/story/index.cfm?id=281

Paragraph above the red truck

are you serious? WW2 actually ENDED in 1945 [hihi]

my bad, got the numbers confused for a min. Pearl Harbor 7 dec 41

If you really want to get into ancient motors, the Duesenberg (it took me forever to find it because I kept misspelling it) had DOHC and 4 valves per cylinder in 1929. According to Wiki, someone is planning on re-opening the name to feature luxury cars with higher tech engines than anything on the market today. I'd personally like to see the Coates CSRV appear in one.

It is American made, back in the day when Germans who moved to America would rather be called Americans than German-Americans.

http://www.ohtm.org/29dusen.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duesenberg

Yeah...Duesies were crazy nice.....and sell for crazy amount of money today.

If you want to talk about ancient technology, the scan below is of a Liberty V-12 aircraft engine first built in 1917. Note the OHC design. 320-400 hp depending on the pistons that were used in different models; 5" bore, 7" stroke, 1649 c.i.; aluminum pistons.

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h305/fapar47/libertyengine.jpg