you think you got horse power

[toymudlux]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0NT15P_S8U

[mudlva]

cricky if only i had just a little more room under the bonnet i might be able to fit 1 of those jets in. i think the passanger might get a wee bit hot thou

[brianr70]

it would seem steering those things is a bit of a challenge

[mercutio]

so insane and yet so

[4WDbits]

If it was Mercedes country everyone would be over 100 years old.

Mercedes aside, Tractor Pulling has the most powerful vehicles of any sport.

[xorph]

hmmm, the most powerful tractor puller ive heard of has 30MW (40,000 hp) so id prob agree with that.
That last tractor at the end called dragonfire has been my desktop pic for about a month. still havent seen a single video of it running.
Ive been trying to research it.
Initially i thought it was a lycomming XR 7755 experimental engine (stands for cubic inches) from 1945, but it has the wrong cylinders arangement.
anyone have any idea what engine it is?
european tractor pullers use mainly WW2 aero engines so its probably an experimental 'hyper' engine from this era.
Its interesting that WW2 aero engines still dominate over modern automotive engines in this sport (european classes anyway), because they were the equivelent to NASA technology (and price) of today.

http://www.tractorpulling.de/weseke/Handzettel_2007.pdf

dont speak german, but i think the engine is from das 'torpedoschnellboot'
obviously, and it is 142 litres and 8000hp.

[mercutio]

If it was Mercedes country everyone would be over 100 years old.

Mercedes aside, Tractor Pulling has the most powerful vehicles of any sport.

mercedes did make tractors they sold them off in 1991 though

http://www.tractordata.com/td/mercedesbenz.html

[PR]

I wounder if they have off the shelve engine mounts to fit one of those engines into my Safari