Car Trivia

Post by **Stoneage_Turbo** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 9:29 am

this wont be as easy as checkereds list but it will be smaller , i enjoyed his trivia thing so much i decided to keep one going

This car has 4 wheel independent suspesnion , rear wheel drive , a SHOC inline 6 devolped by singer sewing machine, a weedeater like driveshaft, and a transmission in the rear , and is a domestic

This 736 cid 8 cylander engine has 4 exasust valves per cyalnder , a blower , a turbo and fuel injectior that are contolled via pushrods by the camshaft

This car was the first mass produced turbocharged car

This car is realted to the first one , it was designed by john z delorean and could run the 1/4 mi in 12 seconds stock

This car was the first mass produced car with fuel injection

This car was the first with airbags, abs, fiberoptic taillights ,and the only car to have the record for engine size in a mass produced front wheel drive car or engine size in a mass produced car period excludeing other models of that make

This car has a all alumium 427, 4 wheel indepenent suspension , 4 wheel disc brakes , and is one of the rarest of all of this particalur models 50 year run

what do all these cars have in common ?

Post by **MrFox** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 9:29 am

umm... they are all made by GM? (too simplistic right?)

Post by **Stoneage_Turbo** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 9:29 am

your right there all GM

Post by **Mr1der** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 9:29 am

we need some numbers here, to make it easier to get them answered

first turbo was the corvair and first fuelie was the bel air though

and the '68 ZL-1 Vette

oh, the Deville has the biggest FWD as well as fiberoptic tail lights and what not (cadillac is probably the biggest innovator in automobiles ever, I believe they had a DOHC motor in 1938 or atleast a SOHC)

Post by **Bubba1** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 9:29 am

Before we kneel down and give thanks to GM, this is the same company that gave us the Vega, Citation, and Aztek. Yuk

Post by **Mr1der** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 9:29 am

haha good point

I'd love to have a Baldwin-Motion Vega though...

Post by **Bubba1** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 9:29 am

I know someone that had an old Cosworth Vega. pretty tossable little thing when it ran, which wasn't very often.

Post by **Mr1der** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 9:29 am

same thing with my uncle's 327 powered vega wagon, his wasn't so much the motor as the rest of the car...

Post by **Altiman94** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 9:29 am

I love corvettes so I would thank GM for that atleast.

Post by **MrFox** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 9:29 am

Mr1der wrote:oh, the Deville has the biggest FWD

Now wait... the Deville didn't switch to FWD until the mid 80s, and the biggest engine available was a 4.5 liter. Pretty big for FWD, but not the biggest by a long shot....

1970 Olds Toronado7.4 liters (455ci) 400 hp

Post by **groundhogday1976** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 9:29 am

MrFox wrote:Now wait... the Deville didn't switch to FWD until the mid 80s, and the biggest engine available was a 4.5 liter. Pretty big for FWD, but not the biggest by a long shot....

1970 Olds Toronado7.4 liters (455ci) 400 hp

Can you say "torque steer"?

Checkered-Member · Post by **Checkered-Member** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 9:29 am

Stoneage_Turbo

you stole my idea :slap

Post by **Stoneage_Turbo** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 9:29 am

hey , the caddy eldorado for the early 70s had front wheel drive and 500 cubic inches , its the awnser for #6

the awnser to the first question is the 63 pontiac tempest

2nd question is 8v92tta detroit diesel (wanted to see if there are any diesel heads in here)

3rd is indeed the corvair turbo monza

4th is the GTO

5th mr1der got along with the 7th

Post by **Mr1der** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 9:29 am

dude, I got 3 as well:D

Post by **Stoneage_Turbo** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 9:29 am

yup yup , somehow i figured our super chicken owner would know a few of these ...

you should make a few questions too dude ..

Post by **Mr1der** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 9:29 am

ok, this car was one of the first major factory produced supercharged cars, it was available with either an AOD transmission or a Mazda built 5 speed that had a first and second gear slightly more aggressive than the Tremec T-5 found in the mustang of the same year. This car was originally built to compete with larger touring cars offered by BMW and Mercedes. When it debuted in 1989, many saw the styling as a sign of cars to come.

Performance wise it produces 210 hp at 4400rpm and peak torque of 315 ft. lbs. at a mere 2400rpm. It was capable of pulling .85g's on the lateral skidpad, and a weight balance close to 54/46 give or take a few options. It was also one of the first cars to start running on 16" aluminum wheels. Sadly the quarter mile times of a mid to low 15 sec run.

Some people, while working under the hood of these cars, wonder what the hell the engineers were thinking with placement of certain accessories, and the overall dimesions of the engine bay. Most first timers for changing spark plugs will spend upwards of a few hours fighting with the wires and getting the plugs started.

This car was also the 1989 Motortrend COY.

What is it?:D

Give me time and I'll find something hard...

On a sidenote, Delorean rocks, I hear he's trying to get another company started, a lot of idiots often overlook all the things he did earlier on in his career and focus on the damn stainless gullwing contraption, bet that'd be a nice car to have up north will all that salt though, assuming you can work on it yourself anyway...

EDIT: while looking for info on that beast known as a FWD 500Ci Eldorado, I found this

http://www.buckshaw.com/peter/index2.htm

Figured you might find it amusing Stoney:D

Post by **Stoneage_Turbo** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 9:29 am

thats the super coupe , i know the sprak plug bit too well , spent hours int he driveway trying to get those basturds changed , alomsot as bad as a plug job on my 4.9 caddy

ever read about the areodyne t bird ? it was a 89 that ford used to set speed records

Post by **Stoneage_Turbo** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 9:29 am

btw nice damned caddy in that link!!!!!

Post by **Mr1der** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 9:29 am

was the aerospeed car the one that hit 205mph with the 3.8SC?

tsk tsk and to think, my car was called a piece not long ago, well ok, my actual car isn't in that great a shape right now, but it runs reliably (sporting you standard ford PS pump leak and whine though) it just looks like a thrown up rat from a snake or something. Sure to look even dumber when I get some cheap racing seats in it while I attempt to repair the big ol 6 way powers in it....

ugh, I can only imagine the FWD V8 plug adventure...the biggest hinderance on my car is the IC piping, I'm guessing the whole motor placement on the Caddy is it's biggest problem:D

Post by **Stoneage_Turbo** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 9:29 am

yup , why they have that damned engine in the caddy like that is beyond me

is the body stright on it at least ? if its just paint id just repaint it myself with black primer "stealth bird" , as for the power steering pump , im think the same engineers did work on the 4.9 power steer pump , seems ford never got that pump right

yah the aerobird went 205 , pretty good concidering it started life as a production bird right off the line , no tube frame monster here , bill ellitot drove it to that speed if i remeber correctly

hear about ford killing the bird a second time ? last year for the J.-Mays Retro bird

Post by **Mr1der** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 9:29 am

yeah, they're all like "we'll limit the production number to make it a collector's car" I personally like the styling, but if I was the CEO of Ford, I think I'd have been all like "hey, if we're going for nostalgia, we might as well chase the vette again" which they decided not to do:(

My body is pretty straigh except for the hood (the douche before me ran it under a trailer hitch...) and the stupid parking lot dings

as far as paint goes, it's gonna get reshot in black, but with about 15 coats of clear coat so I can try to blind airplane pilots with the sun's reflection off it. I plan on getting another motor to get crazy with so I don't grenade the #'s matching in hopes of the car actually rising from about 2 grand in value. With a different motor, I'd like to push about 350hp (should give me over 400lbs of torque easy:D) As far as wheels go, I kinda wanna get some newer "bullet" wheels like the mustang GT (I think the charcoal and gray would look neat) whenever they make a knockoff that will fit my lug pattern (ford sucks, there's a 1/4 inch difference between the T-Bird and mustang...) Gonna do susp. mods so I can plant more power as well as chase K Skwerel's S13 around like a Killer Whale chasing a baby seal (he finds it amusing to call it a docile whale:() I gotta find another car too though, I'm thinking about trying to get a 280ZX in need of a harmonic balancer for a daily beater(I'll fix it too though I swear) or if I could afford one in good shape, an older Toyota 4x4 pickup (straight 22r! and turbo that sucker!). Aghhh all that's gonna be exspensive...

I got a question now though! Might be easy, might not depending on your knowledge.

Only one year in this model's 50 (49!) years, name the year and model that you won't ever find in a private collection because the only way you're gonna see this one car is on Chevy property?

I think I need to go knock off a bank now or something...

j/k you damn crazy FBI guys! I know you're watching! uh...reading!

Post by **Stoneage_Turbo** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 9:29 am

83 corvette , it sits over in the front of the corvette museum right now

Post by **Mr1der** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 9:29 am

name the car that Ford hired Carrol Shelby to perfect in order to be a serious threat to Ferraris and Jags?

I want the exact model:D

Post by **Stoneage_Turbo** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 9:29 am

hmm GT-40 mk1 based off of a small brittish mid engine car ....cant remeber the brittish cars name tho

what brittish roadster did shelby work on in 60s besides the cobra? the companys name has to do with what our planets revolove around

Post by **Mr1der** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 9:29 am

Sunbeam Tiger baby!

you got the wrong GT40;) It was the MKIV

The history channel rocks, I watched like 4 hours worth of stuff on Tbirds, Carrol Shelby and some Military vehicles sunday...

YouTube · Post by **EZcheese15** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 9:29 am

Name the only car on the U.S. market to be quad turbocharged from the factory, and name the one and only year it was officially sold in the U.S.

Post by **lessthanjakejohn** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 9:29 am

import or domestic?

Post by **Mr1der** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 9:29 am

Ford GT90 baby! w00t!

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com...m=899

oh yeah, 1995

YouTube · Post by **EZcheese15** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 9:29 am

lessthanjakejohn wrote:import or domestic?

Import

YouTube · Post by **EZcheese15** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 9:29 am

Mr1der wrote:Ford GT90 baby! w00t!

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com...m=899

oh yeah, 1995

The GT90 was never a production car. It was a 1995 prototype.

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