Selasa, 01 April 2014
I missed the news that Mike Harrah's 24 cylinder, 1700 cu in diesel with 8 superchargers (that's how many I see) is completed
This is a V24 Detroit Diesel two-stroke (normally used to power ships), which is two V12 Detroits joined together nose to nose with splined cranks. It adds up to 1,704 ci.
Harrah is a trucking and construction businessman, he claims this thing makes more than 3,400 hp
You tube has several videos of the engine running, and my advice is skip the first minute, of all of them. FOr some reason Mike wants to take the first minute to be infront of the camera... which I find odd, because he obviously had this engine built to get attention.
So why does nothing exist online newer than 2010 of this semi?
photo from http://cars.desktopnexus.com/wallpaper/1464097/
a website that collected a LOT of early car advertisements
Check them out if you're just out to browse, or looking for a particular maker http://www.earlyamericanautomobiles.com/advertising.htm
Chris just did a cool post on Massachusetts car history
Above a Locomobile, below a Napier
if you are interested in the 1895-1910 window of car making, this is a must read: http://chrisoncars.com/2014/03/massachusetts-miracle/
Good sale from Optima Batteries for the month of April
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