Author Topic: 3000 HP Chevy (Read 404 times)

midnight Target · « **on:** May 25, 2005, 06:57:14 PM »

Check this out... this guy put a Merlin into a '57 Chevy.

Cougar68 · « **Reply #1 on:** May 25, 2005, 06:59:02 PM »

Looks more like he built a Chevy around a Merlin!

ASTAC · « **Reply #2 on:** May 25, 2005, 07:16:34 PM »

Always wanted to do that with a Ford MUSTANG...or Triumph SPITFIRE...
Seems more fitting to put a Merlin into one of those. Though I think the Merlin is actually bigger than a Triumph Spitfire:D

Scrap · « **Reply #3 on:** May 25, 2005, 09:21:38 PM »

Ahem...

That's a 55' Chevy

Captain Virgil Hilts · « **Reply #4 on:** May 25, 2005, 09:22:19 PM »

Unless he grafted a 55 Chevy front clip onto a 57 Chevy, that's a 55, not a 57.

Besides that, it's butt ugly. That's a difficult task, the 55 is the best looking of all the 55,56,57 Chevy cars.

Lol, Scrap posted before I hit the button. And Merlins usually make 2500 at best, except for the time bombs they run at Reno.

midnight Target · « **Reply #5 on:** May 25, 2005, 10:04:56 PM »

You are probably right about the year, but I do recall the sign claimed 3000 hp. I thought the standard pony engine was even less than 2000.

BlckMgk · « **Reply #6 on:** May 25, 2005, 10:57:37 PM »

Any video or sound clips of this thing in action?

Always thought airplane engines were built on a totally different theory than engines we use in our cars, is this even effective? i.e. does 2000+ hp translate into blazing quarter miles (assuming he's able to get the power down to the pavement)

--- Just curious is all..

Captain Virgil Hilts · « **Reply #7 on:** May 26, 2005, 06:57:30 AM »

The Merlin from a Mustang is rated at around 1750 at sea level.

Remember that aircraft engines run in the same RPM band as diesels, the redlines is around 3500 RPM, so no, the power is NOT really like the 3000HP that a Top Alcohol engine makes.

Also, Merlins and Allisons weigh well over 1K pounds (most over 1500 pounds) where as the average Top Alcohol engine based on a big block Chevy or a Chrysler Hemi weighs around 600 pounds including all the fuel pumps and lines.

On the other hand, a Top Alcohol engine will only make 3500HP+ for about 20 seconds (depends on the tune up and the rules it is built to run under) before needing rings and bearings.

There used to be a guy named "Big Al" who built Allison powered drag cars in the sixties. They were fast for the time.

The only thing aircraft engines are reasonably competitive in besides air races are tractor pulls and boat races.

lazs2 · « **Reply #8 on:** May 26, 2005, 08:02:54 AM »

so much for the idea that anyone in the world can recognize a 57 chevy.

In the late fifties there were a lot of merlin and allison powered dragsters, bonneville cars and boats.

lazs

Masherbrum · « **Reply #9 on:** May 26, 2005, 11:19:42 AM »

It's a 55. No exceptions, grafting necessary.

Karaya

PS - I went to a car show 10 years ago and a guy had a 55 chevy for with a placard that read "1957 Chevrolet Bel Air". He packed up his watermelon and got out of there when other show members got pissed at him.

john9001 · « **Reply #10 on:** May 26, 2005, 12:35:48 PM »

what a waste of a fine chevy.

Arlo · « **Reply #11 on:** May 26, 2005, 12:40:41 PM »

Chains connected!

Chocks in!

Brakes on!

Start her up!

(vroom)

Do not ... repeat ... do not touch the accelerator.

(rumble)

Ok ... shut her down.

Boy was that fun.

VWE · « **Reply #12 on:** May 26, 2005, 01:29:27 PM »

Project 55

Gunslinger · « **Reply #13 on:** May 26, 2005, 01:38:35 PM »

wow the motor is almost more than half the size of the chassis

Author Topic: 3000 HP Chevy (Read 404 times)

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