The WTF? Motor Vehicle Thread - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

bodypainter · 09-16-2004, 04:47 PM

I seem to be collecting a few pictures of cars and motorcycles that just make me go WTF? and need a thread to post them in. Feel free to post your own.

First up, a motorcycle powered by 24 chainsaw engines. WTF?

bodypainter · 09-16-2004, 04:56 PM

Let's see...

M-Power? Check!
Radiator stolen from nuclear power plant? Check!

Ready to race!

phyzix525 · 09-16-2004, 05:24 PM

Is that a radiator or an intercooler? or is that the same thing?

Ilow · 09-16-2004, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by phyzix525

Is that a radiator or an intercooler? or is that the same thing?

I think it's a curb sensor, to tell you when you've pulled too far forward in your parking spot!

DEI37 · 09-16-2004, 06:19 PM

LOL...yeah, but that's an expensive one.

Willravel · 09-16-2004, 06:35 PM

That motorcycle is everything I could evere want in a 24-ruined-chainsaw machine.

shakran · 09-16-2004, 06:44 PM

I always liked this one:

Powered by ABC Stainless, y0.

Then of course there's the BurgerTrike

I believe this one was made for the Sultan of Brunei. He had a weird fetish for ferarris and station wagons:

Nomad · 09-17-2004, 01:30 AM

The MClean V8 Monowheel

V8 Monowheel
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48 cylinder motorcycle engine

48 cylinder motorcycle
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Dane Bramage · 09-17-2004, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by phyzix525

Is that a radiator or an intercooler?

Its an intercooler, and no, they are not the same thing. An intercooler is used to cool the incoming air before it get's compresed by the Turbo (you can see the turbo just to the left of the valve cover).

Scorps · 09-17-2004, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by bodypainter

Let's see...

M-Power? Check!
Radiator stolen from nuclear power plant? Check!

Ready to race!

Now that should keep the engine cool

telekinetic · 09-17-2004, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Dane Bramage

Its an intercooler, and no, they are not the same thing. An intercooler is used to cool the incoming air before it get's compresed by the Turbo (you can see the turbo just to the left of the valve cover).

And I'm sure by 'before' what you really mean is 'after'

Before it gets compressed, it is at ambient temp--running it through an intercooler would just make it, er, more ambient?

Ilow · 09-17-2004, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by twistedmosaic

And I'm sure by 'before' what you really mean is 'after'

Before it gets compressed, it is at ambient temp--running it through an intercooler would just make it, er, more ambient?

We're getting closer. The intercooler does indeed come after the turbo. Although the air going into a turbo is already hot, by virtue of it being heated by the engine and expelled as exhaust, the intercooler is really meant to cool the air prior to going into the intake. As a byproduct of the turbo compressing the air, the air is also heated (I am not a biophysist, but think of a conferance room full of people being forced to squish into an elevator, except on a cellular level). Engines perform better when they take in cooler air (think of race cars looking for "clean air" in which to run) and thus the need for an intercooler. (Now someone will come along and correct me and thus the education begins.)

JusticeForPhat · 09-17-2004, 04:04 PM

no, Ilow , your pretty much dead on. I do bet you that guy bitches about turbo lag all the time. Bigger is not alway better.

09-17-2004, 07:22 PM

barf!

hubie · 09-17-2004, 09:23 PM

Nomad, thanks alot for the links to the monowheels. Very interesting reading, and a design that appears to be worth looking into.

Chingal0 · 09-18-2004, 01:33 AM

8 Turbos... haha.

Linky

Scorps · 09-18-2004, 09:02 AM

WOW! 8 turbos's

Canadian Beer · 09-18-2004, 03:28 PM

8 turbos = so much pressure that engin blows up like a grenade

MSD · 09-18-2004, 08:58 PM

That's what? 15, 20 minutes of turbo lag on that poor BMW?

I'm disappointed about the 8-turbo engine. I was hoping I'd be the first one to do that next summer

(yes, I'm completely serious)

telekinetic · 09-19-2004, 08:33 AM

8 turbos = enormous waste of money. There is no reason that you should need more than two (even three is excessive ) carefully selected turbos to have an even powerband.

bodypainter · 09-20-2004, 02:12 AM

Oops! Someone's not getting their promotion this year.

bodypainter · 09-20-2004, 02:19 AM

This picture was a bit too big to in-line (and I'm too lazy to d/l it, crop it, and upload it to my server), but it gave me a chuckle.

Oops!

R3d · 09-20-2004, 08:29 AM

LOL body painter.. ive seen that before.. it cracks me up everytime..

Scorps · 09-20-2004, 08:54 AM

How did that person get out of there car without falling in the water?

RaDiAn · 09-20-2004, 08:56 AM

Those are all very good, I'm still wondering about the 8 turbos and the car boat thing...

shakran · 09-20-2004, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Canadian Beer

8 turbos = so much pressure that engin blows up like a grenade

Well sort of, until you read his spec sheet. He says he's running 13.5 lbs of boost. 13.5? That's it? I'm getting that outa the single turbo on my Honda! I think he did it for the cool turbo noise

At first I figured he meant 13.5lbs per turbo, until I whipped out my calculator and discovered that would be 108lbs of boost total. Unless his sleeves are the thickness of the engine block, I don't think so

bodypainter · 09-20-2004, 04:22 PM

WTF?

bodypainter · 09-20-2004, 05:02 PM

There are places where this would be legal?

paddyjoe · 09-20-2004, 05:53 PM

Sorry, but everytime I see one of these, I think, poor man's Hummer.

That or, big ass shoebox

bodypainter · 09-21-2004, 04:56 PM

Apologies in advance to anyone who thinks this is cool. It made me say WTF?

shakran · 09-21-2004, 05:34 PM

I do not understand why people think it's cool to make a perfectly good car look like a heap with a collapsed suspension

Scorps · 09-22-2004, 10:58 AM

What was Lamborghini thinking

09-22-2004, 11:42 AM

their NSX to F50 conversion is awesome but this????

WTF??

Confederate · 09-22-2004, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by bodypainter

Apologies in advance to anyone who thinks this is cool. It made me say WTF?

awesome, I've seen that thing in person at Texas Heat Wave.

Scorps · 09-23-2004, 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Confederate

awesome, I've seen that thing in person at Texas Heat Wave.

There is more then one out there, I have seen a Dark Green one in Toronto

Confederate · 09-23-2004, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Pain Train

There is more then one out there, I have seen a Dark Green one in Toronto

I think this one was from xtensive, it's hard to read the banner.
http://hostultra.com/~confederate/THW/DSC02421.JPG

they also brought out their escalade.
http://hostultra.com/~confederate/THW/DSC02422.JPG

MacGuyver · 09-23-2004, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by bodypainter

Apologies in advance to anyone who thinks this is cool. It made me say WTF?

for the person who always wanted an H2, but wasnt tall enough to get in...

Scorps · 09-23-2004, 10:32 AM

Ya its a big picture

Asuka{eve} · 09-23-2004, 11:04 AM

the the top hummer get 3 miles a gallon?

bodypainter · 09-25-2004, 02:54 AM

This one isn't so much a WTF? as an OMG!

09-16-2004, 04:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
bodypainter Psycho Location: Sarasota	The WTF? Motor Vehicle Thread I seem to be collecting a few pictures of cars and motorcycles that just make me go WTF? and need a thread to post them in. Feel free to post your own. First up, a motorcycle powered by 24 chainsaw engines. WTF?

09-16-2004, 05:24 PM	#3 (permalink)
phyzix525 Psycho Location: Broken Arrow, OK	Is that a radiator or an intercooler? or is that the same thing? __________________ It's hard to remember we're alive for the first time It's hard to remember we're alive for the last time It's hard to remember to live before you die It's hard to remember that our lives are such a short time It's hard to remember when it takes such a long time

09-16-2004, 06:19 PM	#5 (permalink)
DEI37 Go faster! Location: Wisconsin	LOL...yeah, but that's an expensive one. __________________ Generally speaking, if you were to get what you really deserve, you might be unpleasantly surprised.

09-17-2004, 01:30 AM	#8 (permalink)
Nomad Heathen Location: California	The MClean V8 Monowheel The MClean V8 Monowheel V8 Monowheel Video -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 48 cylinder motorcycle engine 48 cylinder motorcycle Video

09-18-2004, 01:33 AM	#16 (permalink)
Chingal0 Something like that.. Location: Oreygun.	8 Turbos... haha. Linky __________________ "Eventually I became too sexy for my gym membership fee."

09-16-2004, 04:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
bodypainter Psycho Location: Sarasota	Let's see... M-Power? Check! Radiator stolen from nuclear power plant? Check! Ready to race!

09-16-2004, 06:35 PM	#6 (permalink)
Willravel ... a sort of licensed troubleshooter.	That motorcycle is everything I could evere want in a 24-ruined-chainsaw machine.

09-16-2004, 06:44 PM	#7 (permalink)
shakran Tone.	I always liked this one: Powered by ABC Stainless, y0. Then of course there's the BurgerTrike I believe this one was made for the Sultan of Brunei. He had a weird fetish for ferarris and station wagons:

09-17-2004, 04:04 PM	#13 (permalink)
JusticeForPhat Crazy Location: Philly	no, Ilow , your pretty much dead on. I do bet you that guy bitches about turbo lag all the time. Bigger is not alway better.

09-17-2004, 07:22 PM	#14 (permalink)
Xepidemic Guest	barf!

09-17-2004, 09:23 PM	#15 (permalink)
hubie Upright Location: midwest	Nomad, thanks alot for the links to the monowheels. Very interesting reading, and a design that appears to be worth looking into.

09-18-2004, 09:02 AM	#17 (permalink)
Scorps Lost!! Location: Kingston, Ontario	WOW! 8 turbos's

09-18-2004, 03:28 PM	#18 (permalink)
Canadian Beer Upright Location: Toronto Ontario	8 turbos = so much pressure that engin blows up like a grenade __________________ All we need in life: 1) Money 2) Girls 3) Cars 4) Guns 5) Beer Funny how #1 can get you anything below it.

09-18-2004, 08:58 PM	#19 (permalink)
MSD The sky calls to us ... Super Moderator Location: CT	That's what? 15, 20 minutes of turbo lag on that poor BMW? I'm disappointed about the 8-turbo engine. I was hoping I'd be the first one to do that next summer (yes, I'm completely serious)

09-19-2004, 08:33 AM	#20 (permalink)
telekinetic zomgomgomgomgomgomg Location: Fauxenix, Azerona	8 turbos = enormous waste of money. There is no reason that you should need more than two (even three is excessive ) carefully selected turbos to have an even powerband. __________________ twisted no more

09-20-2004, 02:12 AM	#21 (permalink)
bodypainter Psycho Location: Sarasota	Oops! Someone's not getting their promotion this year.

09-20-2004, 02:19 AM	#22 (permalink)
bodypainter Psycho Location: Sarasota	This picture was a bit too big to in-line (and I'm too lazy to d/l it, crop it, and upload it to my server), but it gave me a chuckle. Oops!

09-20-2004, 08:29 AM	#23 (permalink)
R3d Insane Location: Sask, Canada	LOL body painter.. ive seen that before.. it cracks me up everytime..

09-20-2004, 08:54 AM	#24 (permalink)
Scorps Lost!! Location: Kingston, Ontario	How did that person get out of there car without falling in the water?

09-20-2004, 08:56 AM	#25 (permalink)
RaDiAn Addict	Those are all very good, I'm still wondering about the 8 turbos and the car boat thing...

09-20-2004, 04:22 PM	#27 (permalink)
bodypainter Psycho Location: Sarasota	WTF?

09-20-2004, 05:02 PM	#28 (permalink)
bodypainter Psycho Location: Sarasota	There are places where this would be legal?

09-20-2004, 05:53 PM	#29 (permalink)
paddyjoe through charlatans phone Location: Northcoast	Sorry, but everytime I see one of these, I think, poor man's Hummer. That or, big ass shoebox

09-21-2004, 04:56 PM	#30 (permalink)
bodypainter Psycho Location: Sarasota	Apologies in advance to anyone who thinks this is cool. It made me say WTF?

09-21-2004, 05:34 PM	#31 (permalink)
shakran Tone.	I do not understand why people think it's cool to make a perfectly good car look like a heap with a collapsed suspension

09-22-2004, 10:58 AM	#32 (permalink)
Scorps Lost!! Location: Kingston, Ontario	What was Lamborghini thinking

09-22-2004, 11:42 AM	#33 (permalink)
Xepidemic Guest	their NSX to F50 conversion is awesome but this???? WTF??

09-23-2004, 10:32 AM	#38 (permalink)
Scorps Lost!! Location: Kingston, Ontario	Ya its a big picture

09-23-2004, 11:04 AM	#39 (permalink)
Asuka{eve} Addict Location: Oh God, the rain!	the the top hummer get 3 miles a gallon?

09-25-2004, 02:54 AM	#40 (permalink)
bodypainter Psycho Location: Sarasota	This one isn't so much a WTF? as an OMG!