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Originally, rat rods were a counter-reaction to the high-priced "customs" and typical hot rods, many of which were seldom driven and served only a decorative purpose. The rat rod's inception signified a throwback to the hot rods of the earlier days of hot-rod culture—built according to the owner's abilities and with the intention of being driven.
Chrysler developed its first experimental hemi engine for the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft. The XIV-2220 was an inverted V16 rated at 2,500 hp (1,860 kW). The P-47 was already in production with a Pratt & Whitney radial engine when the XIV-2220 flew successfully in trials in 1945 as a possible upgrade, but the war was winding down and it did not go into production.
The Derelict DeSoto was originally built as a Chrysler Town & Country Wagon in 1952, but was rebuilt by Icon into a rat rod as part of their Derelict line. [1] The car features the front end from a 1952 DeSoto sedan, whilst it retains the Town & Country's original rear end. [2]
Forged connecting rods used the Wedge's 3 ⁄ 8 in (9.5 mm) hardware, as opposed to the Hemi's 7 ⁄ 16 in (11.1 mm), but would nonetheless have been considered high-performance parts. [ 1 ] The intake was to be a single Carter ThermoQuad , of greater flow than any previously used, on a dual-plane intake manifold, [ 5 ] while dual four-barrels ...
A hemispherical head ("hemi-head") gives an efficient combustion chamber with minimal heat loss to the head, and allows for two large valves.However, a hemi-head usually allows no more than two valves per cylinder due to the difficulty in arranging the valve gear for four valves at diverging angles, and these large valves are necessarily heavier than those in a multi-valve engine of similar ...
Bill Clinton “Hillary and I mourn the passing of President Jimmy Carter and give thanks for his long, good life,” Clinton, the country's 42nd president, said in a statement on Sunday.
The last image we have of Patrick Cagey is of his first moments as a free man. He has just walked out of a 30-day drug treatment center in Georgetown, Kentucky, dressed in gym clothes and carrying a Nike duffel bag.
4. Yellowbird Habanero Condiment. $6 from Meijer Shop Now. Heat rating: 6 out of 10 Best for: Hot dogs and burgers Yellowbird calls itself a condiment, and the thick, smooth texture (and the ...