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Tech · 02-15-2004, 12:08 AM

http://www.fast-autos.net/mtm/mtmbimotott.html

that's right, 2 engines. one drives the front wheels and one drives the rear. how crazy is that??? (saw a show about it last year too)

sadistikdreams · 02-15-2004, 12:18 AM

castex · 02-15-2004, 12:36 PM

Yes, it's also very, very fast (200++ mph). Still only a TT, mind

wakelagger · 02-15-2004, 01:06 PM

Does one drive the front and the other back axle? Or is it two engines tied into one awd system?

peacy · 02-15-2004, 01:11 PM

I think the idea was first introduced by Citroen in 1960. The Citroen 2CV Sahara had 2 engines.

Some more info: 2CV Sahara

harris Jeffer · 02-18-2004, 10:55 PM

too bad it's still an audi

madsenj37 · 02-19-2004, 02:24 AM

Ive seen this on TV, probably same show. Cool idea.

orangeaidcow · 02-19-2004, 03:53 AM

There's something wrong with audi?

bookerV · 02-19-2004, 06:17 AM

wow thats badass.
interesting idea, i would have to think that has taken some sweet engineering to get it to work properly together. keep everything in sync without one lagging too much.
very impressive top speed. i'd be embarrassed if i was rippin around in a new lamborghini and this little yellow TT flew by me....

Scorps · 02-19-2004, 09:17 AM

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Originally posted by Tech
http://www.fast-autos.net/mtm/mtmbimotott.html

that's right, 2 engines. one drives the front wheels and one drives the rear. how crazy is that??? (saw a show about it last year too)

LMAO

that would rock, I think it would take a lot of time to get both engines running perfect with each other!

PoteMatic · 02-19-2004, 09:32 AM

Damn thats cool.

Ilow · 02-19-2004, 03:54 PM

I'd take one, and I'm not even the biggest Audi fan in the world. They do have great handling usually, but considering the wieight ratio was about 50/50 before, it must be fucked now!

wrongfullyaccuzd · 02-19-2004, 10:05 PM

That's fucking awesome. That won't ever make production...will it? Has it? Insane?

rs8001 · 02-19-2004, 10:40 PM

Not the first time... Car and Drive did an article titled "Hubba Hubba Honda Honda, on a two engine Honda CRX back in the mid-eighties shortly after the car was introduced. Couldn't find anything on-line about it though.

Scorps · 02-20-2004, 08:24 AM

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Originally posted by rs8001
Not the first time... Car and Drive did an article titled "Hubba Hubba Honda Honda, on a two engine Honda CRX back in the mid-eighties shortly after the car was introduced. Couldn't find anything on-line about it though.

Wow that would be to much power for that small car!

Tech · 02-20-2004, 08:39 AM

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Originally posted by Pain Train
Wow that would be to much power for that small car!

i dunno, it might be two 80 hp engines

bookerV · 02-20-2004, 10:33 AM

or maybe the second engine was a lawnmower engine?

Scorps · 02-20-2004, 11:13 AM

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Originally posted by bookerV
or maybe the second engine was a lawnmower engine?

LMAO!

pocon1 · 02-20-2004, 06:15 PM

Also, Mosler engineering will build you a two-engined cadillac. They use a 300 hp and 275 hp northstar, and the trannies are different. So the shifts are totally smooth, because one engine is pushing while the other is shifiting.
Also, one of the competitors for Sport Compact Car's ultimate street car challenge had a Twin engined Hyundai Tiburon with two turbos on each engine. For the burnout competition, he put one in drive, and one in reverse. They said the car just started to rotate in place for a minute. He killed on the dragstrip, but the handling was piss-poor.

Scorps · 02-21-2004, 08:58 AM

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Originally posted by pocon1
Also, Mosler engineering will build you a two-engined cadillac. They use a 300 hp and 275 hp northstar, and the trannies are different. So the shifts are totally smooth, because one engine is pushing while the other is shifiting.
Also, one of the competitors for Sport Compact Car's ultimate street car challenge had a Twin engined Hyundai Tiburon with two turbos on each engine. For the burnout competition, he put one in drive, and one in reverse. They said the car just started to rotate in place for a minute. He killed on the dragstrip, but the handling was piss-poor.

That would have been awesome to see that burn out!

twilightfoix · 02-21-2004, 10:40 AM

i saw something like that in a magazine but with a tiburon, both engines put out more than 600hp combined. don't have any pics, wish i did though. saw him do the coolest burnout where he put the front engine in drive and the rear engine in reverse and laid into the gas pedal.

WarWagon · 02-22-2004, 10:15 AM

Multiple engines isn't a new concept. Certain racers in the 60's were running 4 motors for specialty exhibition cars, the guys who do tractor pulls regularly run well in excess of this, with engines making well over 1000hp a piece.

Scorps · 02-23-2004, 10:13 AM

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Originally posted by WarWagon
Multiple engines isn't a new concept. Certain racers in the 60's were running 4 motors for specialty exhibition cars, the guys who do tractor pulls regularly run well in excess of this, with engines making well over 1000hp a piece.

Well the tractor pull guy s run something like 6 to 8 engines but they all power the back wheels

MSD · 02-23-2004, 01:47 PM

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Originally posted by bookerV
or maybe the second engine was a lawnmower engine?

Actually, it was a supercharged Oldsmobile engine.

Scorps · 02-25-2004, 09:13 AM

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Originally posted by MrSelfDestruct
Actually, it was a supercharged Oldsmobile engine.

Not thats some power

02-15-2004, 12:08 AM	#1 (permalink)
Tech Addict Location: Baltimore MD	when one isn't enough... http://www.fast-autos.net/mtm/mtmbimotott.html that's right, 2 engines. one drives the front wheels and one drives the rear. how crazy is that??? (saw a show about it last year too) __________________ -Tim- ~I swear sometimes i feel like i'm married to a child. ~You better watch who you're calling a child, Lois, cause if i'm a child than you know what that makes you? a pedophile. and i'll be damned if i'm going to stand here and be lectured by a pervert.

02-15-2004, 12:18 AM	#2 (permalink)
sadistikdreams lonely rolling star Location: Seattle.	DAMN __________________ "Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials." -Lin Yutang hearts, by d.a.

02-18-2004, 10:55 PM	#6 (permalink)
harris Jeffer Psycho Location: Black Dog Bay, Alaska	too bad it's still an audi __________________ I can't drive 55

02-19-2004, 02:24 AM	#7 (permalink)
madsenj37 Still searching... Location: NorCal For Life	Ive seen this on TV, probably same show. Cool idea. __________________ "Only two things are certain: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not certain about the universe." -- Albert Einstein

02-19-2004, 03:53 AM	#8 (permalink)
orangeaidcow Tilted Location: Durham	There's something wrong with audi? __________________ Killing is not an answer, its a solution.

02-15-2004, 12:36 PM	#3 (permalink)
castex Psycho Location: france	Yes, it's also very, very fast (200++ mph). Still only a TT, mind

02-15-2004, 01:06 PM	#4 (permalink)
wakelagger Insane Location: Toronto	Does one drive the front and the other back axle? Or is it two engines tied into one awd system?

02-15-2004, 01:11 PM	#5 (permalink)
peacy Crazy Location: Reading, UK	I think the idea was first introduced by Citroen in 1960. The Citroen 2CV Sahara had 2 engines. Some more info: 2CV Sahara

02-19-2004, 06:17 AM	#9 (permalink)
bookerV Addict Location: Ontario, Canada	wow thats badass. interesting idea, i would have to think that has taken some sweet engineering to get it to work properly together. keep everything in sync without one lagging too much. very impressive top speed. i'd be embarrassed if i was rippin around in a new lamborghini and this little yellow TT flew by me.... __________________ "That's why you're the judge and I'm the law-talking guy." Lionel Hutz

02-19-2004, 09:32 AM	#11 (permalink)
PoteMatic Registered User	Damn thats cool.

02-19-2004, 03:54 PM	#12 (permalink)
Ilow Junkie Location: Pats country	I'd take one, and I'm not even the biggest Audi fan in the world. They do have great handling usually, but considering the wieight ratio was about 50/50 before, it must be fucked now! __________________ "Religion is the one area of our discourse in which it is considered noble to pretend to be certain about things no human being could possibly be certain about" --Sam Harris

02-19-2004, 10:05 PM	#13 (permalink)
wrongfullyaccuzd Addict Location: NoVA	That's fucking awesome. That won't ever make production...will it? Has it? Insane?

02-19-2004, 10:40 PM	#14 (permalink)
rs8001 Crazy Location: Indiana	Not the first time... Car and Drive did an article titled "Hubba Hubba Honda Honda, on a two engine Honda CRX back in the mid-eighties shortly after the car was introduced. Couldn't find anything on-line about it though.

02-20-2004, 10:33 AM	#17 (permalink)
bookerV Addict Location: Ontario, Canada	or maybe the second engine was a lawnmower engine? __________________ "That's why you're the judge and I'm the law-talking guy." Lionel Hutz

02-20-2004, 06:15 PM	#19 (permalink)
pocon1 Banned	Also, Mosler engineering will build you a two-engined cadillac. They use a 300 hp and 275 hp northstar, and the trannies are different. So the shifts are totally smooth, because one engine is pushing while the other is shifiting. Also, one of the competitors for Sport Compact Car's ultimate street car challenge had a Twin engined Hyundai Tiburon with two turbos on each engine. For the burnout competition, he put one in drive, and one in reverse. They said the car just started to rotate in place for a minute. He killed on the dragstrip, but the handling was piss-poor.

02-21-2004, 10:40 AM	#21 (permalink)
twilightfoix Insane Location: in the clouds ;)	i saw something like that in a magazine but with a tiburon, both engines put out more than 600hp combined. don't have any pics, wish i did though. saw him do the coolest burnout where he put the front engine in drive and the rear engine in reverse and laid into the gas pedal.

02-22-2004, 10:15 AM	#22 (permalink)
WarWagon Loser	Multiple engines isn't a new concept. Certain racers in the 60's were running 4 motors for specialty exhibition cars, the guys who do tractor pulls regularly run well in excess of this, with engines making well over 1000hp a piece.