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I am soooo tired of reading ridiculous claims about the Hemi 302. They usually mention Smokey Yunick, but fail to include what he had to say about it. The small-block hemi head was never released for production or used in competition. Here’s why, direct from Smokey.
Hot Rod Magazine June 1977 “The Littlest Porcupine” by C.J. Baker C.J. Baker was a close friend of Smokey. “The truth is that these heads suffered from some serious design problems. Although the desired intake flow improvements had been achieved while retaining the 2.02-inch intake valves, the Trans-Am requirement of retaining the stock small-block cylinder head bolt pattern necessitated the use of a rather poor-flowing L-shaped exhaust port, which was the design’s biggest shortcoming.” Super Chevy Magazine August 1996 interview with Smokey Yunick. “I remember those heads. They were a wild-ass dream that Vince Piggins had when he was running the show at Chevy. I remember that they weren’t worth a crap.” “After a lot of work and dyno testing, we were able to get a 302-engine using the hemi heads to make about 450 hp at 8,000 rpm. Unfortunately, at the same time we were able to increase the horsepower with those heads, a regular headed 302 was making from 485 hp to 500 hp. That was when De Lorean cancelled the project for good.” Best Damn Garage in Town by Smokey Yunick “While working for John, my first job was to try and salvage a hemispherical head project Piggins had championed for the small-block. Matter of fact, last time I worked for Chevy, I worked on it. At that time, it was a one-half million-dollar trip to Shitsville. Well, after three months, we finally deep-six it forever.” Equally foolish is the claimed weight of 2,890 lbs. Shipping weight for a minimally equipped Z/28 would be around 3,200 lbs. |
It's a well known fact that the hemi head was a failure and abandoned, or we would see them on every small block around.
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1976 Torino Elite. I was all set to buy one of these while working for FoMoCredit when a dealer friend of mine who owed me a favor said he had a 1975 Granada Ghia, triple red loaded with a sunroof. Great car. |
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This is wrong. The last use of the RAIV was 1970. For some reason Pontiac, who was well known for their extensive use of engine callouts, didn't use any on the 1970 Trans Am. |
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Convair B-36 Peacemaker on static display at the Pima Air & Space museum, Tucson, Az |
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If you're going to build a clone/tribute, no reason to stick with factory options only. The engine callout stripes in 1970 was only available in black from the factory. |
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Originally called Mad Max 2, it was changed for American audiences who probably never heard of Mad Max as it didn't go into wide release in the USA. TRW did VERY well and spurned other sequels. It also put Mel Gibson in the limelight. |
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Went to Las Vegas for the first time in 1986. We (my business partner) got there around 5PM. Told him I was tired and wanted to lay down - he said he would see me later. I woke up at around 8PM and looked out of the window of my hotel room. We were there for a conference. All I kept thinking was . . . I want to be the GE lightbulb salesman for this territory. |
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I was looking back at some older posts and came across one for Crane & Co. They have been making the paper for US currency since 1775. The company was established in 1770 by Stephan Crane to sell paper. That's a very old company. But it is the oldest in the USA? Nope - not even close. That honor goes to Kenyon's Grist Mill, RI established in 1696. NOTE: I excluded farms, restaurants, taverns and hotels. Had to be a company that manufactured goods for sale. |
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Over 15,000 P-51 Mustangs were produced during WWII. Used by the United States Army Air Forces, Royal Air Force, Royal New Zealand Air Force and the Royal Canadian Air Force |
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Ran across these on another forum.
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Did you read comic books when you were a kid? Did you wish you had super powers? X-Ray Vision, the ability to fly, super speed, super strength? Humans don't have super powers - at least not like portrayed in comic books. But in Nature, there are organisms that truly have them as you will see. |
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Humans have 3 color receptors in our eyes (Red, Green & Blue). The Mantis Shrimp has 16! Not only can they see trillions of colors (humans - about 1 million) but they can see in both the Infared Red and Ultraviolet spectrums. It is speculated they can actually see radar waves, the same way we see heat waves. Super Vision is their super power. |
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In the arms race Nature has a way of evening out the odds between predator and prey. This Pistol Shrimp is both. They are fearsome predators. That oversized claw is their weapon. This large claw holds the pistol shrimp’s superpower. When a pistol shrimp senses prey is nearby, it will open the top part of its big claw, allowing some water to enter a small chamber in the crook of the claw. Then, when it clamps down, the pressure from a small plunger on the top claw forces the water out of the chamber. This happens so fast that it creates bubbles. And not just any bubbles: these bubbles can speed out at 60 miles per hour, fast enough to stun or kill the prey! When the bubbles pop, it makes a “snap” sound that gives these shrimp their name. The bubbles are loud. Like, really loud. The snap of one recently-discovered species of pistol shrimp called Synalpheus pinkfloydi (named after something else that is also loud and very cool: Pink Floyd) can reach 210 decibels. That is louder than an actual gunshot, which is around 140 – 175 decibels. |
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Would you consider immorality a super power? If you do then this animal has it. The Turritopsis Jellyfish. When it gets old or injured it dives to the sea floor, and there it will fold in upon itself. Essentially, it reverts back to its “polyp” stage, or its baby-form, and begins life anew. |
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Just imagine a super power that allowed you to replace any part of your body if it was damaged or lost. Meet the Axolotl. It looks sort of like a fish but it's really an amphibian. It can not only replace any limb lost to a predator, it can even replace it's own brain! And it is not like other amphibians. It doesn't go through the Larve stage. What you see is what grows from an egg, |
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Lasers shooting out of their eyes - that's a neat super power. How about shooting a super heated noxious chemical? But not from eyes - from their butt!. Meet the Bombardier Beetle. These beetles can spray a boiling-hot liquid out its behind when it’s threatened. When they sense danger, a chemical process gets triggered in their abdomen. Hydroquinone and hydrogen peroxide get mixed together, which turns into a super-heated and noxious chemical. |
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Lyrebird. These birds have the most complicated vocal muscles out of all the songbirds. With their ability, they can mimic an innumerable range of sounds both natural and artificial. Camera shutters, car alarms, barking dogs, human voices, chainsaws – the list goes on. Supposedly, the male lyrebirds will try to incorporate a whole host of sounds into their songs as a way to attract females. So imagine a male lyrebird trying to attract a female by barking like a dog! |
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Shape Shifting. That's a great super power. And the Mimic Octopus can do exactly that. Mimic Octopi have the ability to mimic a plethora of other underwater species, such as the lionfish, jellyfish, and sea snakes; and it does so by changing its color and reshaping its body. It can gauge the threat of another creature and shape-shift in a matter of seconds. Photo: The incredible mimic octopus mimicking a flat fish, poisonous lion fish and a sea snake! |
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Tardigrades are micro-animals (0.059 in) AKA Water Bears. They have been found in diverse regions of Earth's biosphere – mountaintops, the deep sea, tropical rainforests, and the Antarctic. Tardigrades are among the most resilient animals known with individual species able to survive extreme conditions – such as exposure to extreme temperatures, extreme pressures (both high and low), air deprivation, radiation, dehydration, and starvation – that would quickly kill most other known forms of life. Tardigrades have survived exposure to outer space. I'd call that a pretty neat super power. |
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