mykers
Well-Known Member
Well I got a bet for you...we’ll sort of. See I was talking to a 92 year old mopar guy. Told me about all the cars he has had and currently own (1970 Dodge Super Bee).
We talked for hours and I listened to him talk about the comparison on the wedge-shaped combustion chambered motors along with the hemispherical. I had a blast.
Anyhow, one of the more interesting talks was a story about two hemi barracudas racing (years not covered) both with hemis. He went on to ask me: how is it possible that two identical hemis born from the same factory can race a 1/4 mile and both achieve the same quarter mile time and both be running at the same temperature before and after the race but with one major difference...one of the hemis did not have a thermostat! He went on to explain that both motors were checked and topped with the same fluid and oil weight; essentially everything the same temps check 31 times and so forth. He bet me 100 dollars that I couldn’t guess the answer.
This may seem unremarkable to most, but I was amazed at how he emphasized how drastic, amazing, irritating, and minute this difference was.
Before I mention the conclusion figured I’d share this to start and see how interested or uninterested this story may or may not be from this blast from the past
We talked for hours and I listened to him talk about the comparison on the wedge-shaped combustion chambered motors along with the hemispherical. I had a blast.
Anyhow, one of the more interesting talks was a story about two hemi barracudas racing (years not covered) both with hemis. He went on to ask me: how is it possible that two identical hemis born from the same factory can race a 1/4 mile and both achieve the same quarter mile time and both be running at the same temperature before and after the race but with one major difference...one of the hemis did not have a thermostat! He went on to explain that both motors were checked and topped with the same fluid and oil weight; essentially everything the same temps check 31 times and so forth. He bet me 100 dollars that I couldn’t guess the answer.
This may seem unremarkable to most, but I was amazed at how he emphasized how drastic, amazing, irritating, and minute this difference was.
Before I mention the conclusion figured I’d share this to start and see how interested or uninterested this story may or may not be from this blast from the past