truck rental?
rasbury
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I have a maybe deal pending in TX on a boat and the vehicle I had lined up to borrow will probably not be available- I looked at the normal national truck rental places and no towing for personal use....have to call Hertz tomorrow as I don't see that req on the their site- I assume it will be a problem, anyone been able to rent like this?One way to Orlando area to boot!
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PC BYC, Holland, MI
If it's a 270 you're towing just know that it's significantly heavier (we weigh in at 10,500 on the trailer fuel n gear) and imho it'd be pushing a 3/4 ton truck to it's limit on such a long haul. I have a 3/4 ton 6ltr gas Suburban with a giant trans cooler for ours and it'd be a gamble to pull ours all day for a number of days at hwy speed w/o breaking something. A 1ton truck should be fine.
Check your insurance coverage carefully too. I think it was Drew who had a good point about claims adjusters aggressively looking for loopholes. Good luck, Mike
Uship could likely do it for no more than $2k, including insurance, fuel, and dockside or curbside delivery.. I'd bid it just to see, and set a $1500 reserve on it.. $1500 is just fuel both directions in diverse p/u.. I get 19~21mpgs empty on highway, and likely 8~12mpgs with ~15k# behind me.. how many miles? Gotta be 1200 or so, huh?
Al, He was shopping a deal on a FV270 in Texas that had a tandem axle trailer under it.
PC BYC, Holland, MI
Ras: make sure your listing requires insurance/bond.. you'll get that thing shipped cheap using uship.
Wow, I can't believe the 350 is going?? I've had 350s in everything! heck, I even have one in my 1937 Ford Pickup!
It'll be interesting to see Merc's small block.
Dream 'Inn III -- 2008 400 Express
i get the modular design allows for more efficient production, but man- if you're building to compete, why in the world won't you truly design an engine instead of carving up what already exists?
the Europeans and Japanese make engines designed for boost, instead of boosting an engine designed for natural aspiration.. we could likely take a cue from them in that one regard.. maybe not a boosted engine, per say, but start fresh with an engine designed to flow air and produce ponies with less effort..
back in the day, tolerances and material kept the makers from doing this and maintaining production (keeping $$$ down).. and they spit out loosy-goosey engines.. then, tolerances and materials improved.. instead of going back to the drawing board, they simply improved existing platforms.. if they would have started fresh instead, we'd have some ridiculously economic (fuel usage) engines capable of producing serious power..
it sucks that we can take a 60's production big block, work it over in our garages, and produce an engine that can match anything in production today.. it would cost us a bit to do so, but it can be done.. something is wrong with that, no?
Ferrari has an engine designed from the ground up for multiple displacement, and true multiple stages.. the camshaft has a motor on the end of it that slides it forward and aft, and the lobes have a compound angle ground in that increases the lift and duration of existing valve train, as well as sliding under and actuating an entirely auxiliary set of push rods/rockers/valves.. it's flippin' brilliant.. it allows a tiny (American standards) displaced engine to move the air equivalent of a tricked out small block, and doesn't require the RPM's to do so.... though, that thing can spin up, too, moving thrice the air as a small block, and providing power that can't be matched w/o boosting it.
I'm interested in direct injection with piezoelectric injectors.. they operate QUICKLY, and can provide up to four injections per stroke.. a gasser, once it compresses the air/fuel mix and fires it could benefit from a smaller, later injection on the down-stroke to keep full pressure on the piston face until the end of the mechanical stroke.. our hauling engines could benefit from the added torque at low RPM's that would give.. with advances in EGR, any lost a:f can be reintroduced to get another burn out of it..
of course, to take advantage of all that, the engine will have to be designed from the grounf up with those intentions.. and that cost $$$ it would take several years in production to re-collect... and stock holders won't take a shine to that.. so, we're kinda stuck..
the viper v10 was built to produce power, and shouldn't be confused with the mopar magnum v10.. it is a power monster, but as with most high performance mills, it ain't gonna last a huge amount of time... there is a reason mopar moved away from it and back to the SRT Hemi.. they can get as much power out of the dressed hemi and gain reliability..