darkempire83

Some crazy dude decided to put a Ford 1100 cu in. v8 from a WWII Sherman tank into a 70 mustang: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=159833

Talk about excess! Friggin cool though! Check out the short clip of the engine running, sounds like a beast...on steroids...and meth.

Unhooked

awesome!!

Steakboy42

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darkempire83

I think the forum may have been overloaded....that thread got posted to fark, the ensuing flood of traffic may have been too much for them to handle. Hopefully it will be up again soon. In the meantime, here is the clip of the engine running: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt5uSx3eFYU

Now, the dude is putting THAT into a 70 mustang.

rotarygod

That thing is the size of a car. How does it fit in one? I can't see any pictures so I don't know.

darkempire83

Well, you remember those muscle car hot wheels? Thats exactly how that thing looks in the engine bay of a 70 mustang. With the air filter on, it's taller than the roof of the car. The thing originally weighed in at 1400 pounds, but the guy apparently got it down to 960. 50/50 weight distribution this aint! Sorry I dont have any pictures. I should have swiped them before they closed the thread down.

bascho

Here's a link with a picture:

http://www.boingboing.net/2007/02/05...with_tank.html

rotarygod

Yikes. I wonder how much that affected his weight distribution!

bascho

I just did some research on Sherman Tanks......they never used a 1100cu in V8. They were built with a Continental R974-C1/C4 9-cylinder, 4-cycle radial gasoline engine.

Stats on the Continental R974-C1/C4:

net horspower = 400@2200rpm
net torque = 940 ft/lbs @1700rpm

I wonder what engine that guy really used?

therm8

Well, maybe he won't need a wheelie bar, at least.

army_rx8

now that guy has a lot of time on his hands.

lol

Clavius

So..... is it front heavy?

m477

There won't even be any need to shift... he'll be able to light up the tires in 5th gear from a standstill.

darkempire83

In the thread he talked about considering adding a couple of turbos to the engine. I wonder how fat the rear tires would have to be to have any chance at grabbing traction if that were the case.

I think it may be interesting to put that engine on a rolling chassis with a mid-engine layout (something akin to an ariel atom, but obviously much bigger).

NotAPreppie

I thought that they used multiple different engines in the Shermans.

bascho

That's what a war buff here at my office said too......but I couldn't find any documentation of Sherman M4's built with anything but the Continental R974. I'm sure anything is possible I guess.

encorez

Good thing it,s not a real ford mustang, because it would break in half.

rotarygod

There were over 38000 Sherman tanks built and some improvements made during the war. There was bound to be an engine change in there somewhere.

fluffysheap

It's probably from a Pershing, not a Sherman. Although the Sherman did eventually get the V8 too.

Hey, it's still a Ford engine... I wonder if the bellhousing bolts right up?

edit: According to wikipedia, they actually used the V8 in the Sherman before the Pershing, so... the original article is correct.

chickenwafer

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That's insane. See what Jay Leno started!!
Here's a link to another tank engine runing WITHOUT HEADERS! Check out the flames! the guy, even though he's wearing ear protection, still must have gone deaf. 27 liter V-12!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbma5VSWA1s

army_rx8

^hahaha that's pure madness

excellent unbalievable fun madness

darkempire83

27 liters eh? How long before someone complains about the poor gas milage