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The Tank car has turbos.

Another Tank engine


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Along with the builders description:

"Just thought I'd share some before and after pictures of my Ford GAA tank engine. All aluminum 1100 cubic inch V8 used in WWII Sherman Tanks. These were gas burners rated at 500 HP and 1050 Ft. Lbs. of torque for military service, but are capable of much much more using mostly stock parts. They feature a 60 degree vee, 5.4 bore x 6.0 stroke, 180 degree factory billet cranks, pent roof combustion chambers, shaft driven DOHC's, 4 valves per cylinder, and dual mags. They are pretty high tech. engines, especially considering they were built in the early 40's. I've been working on getting one of mine going for the last couple of years, and should be cranking it within a week or so. It's setting in my 70 Mustang right now which I plan on taking on short cruises when finished, 24 gallons of alcohol wont go very far. It is bolted to a heavily modified Powerglide right now. Wilcap ( Pat McGuire ) built the adapter and flexplate for me."


I owahawk has more details.

Leno's car is friggin NUTS!!!!

Does anyone know just how many cars he has? At least one or two warehouses full, right?

That is probably one of the coolest vehicles I've ever seen even before the banks set up. Must be a handfull to drive on boost.
TIA
Justin

“When we needed manuals for the Continental Tank engine we found out that they were still classified, even no military in the world is using that tank anymore, obsolete. So Jay calls up his friend Colin Powell in Washington to see if he could help out. About a month later a set of manuals arrived in the mail. It’s not what you know, it's who you know!” —Bernard Juchli, foreman of Leno’s garage.

That phuckin guy has way more money than taste

tacm wrote:That phuckin guy has way more money than taste

I wouldn't go so far as to say that... Jay has some of the world's most amazing cars, many of them pieces of automotive history. If I had money to burn, you can bet I'd have some wacky ass, eccentric toys also. I mean, I'm sure you reach a point where you run out of "tasteful" cars to buy and advance to a level where a riced-out Honda Civic looks interesting to you - provided it's powered by liquid Hydrogen and turbocharged. We should all be so lucky as to have that type of enthusiasm for all things transportation.