say we get one of these......build a chassis around it. put a seat between the turbos. 16v2000 MTU its not THAT heavy and we could plonk it up to 2500-3000hp.

Then take it down the strip

 

It'll never work. Alternator's too small.

 

 

Need at least 2 more snails on there

 

.....those are things among others that we need to do to make 2500hp with it. I never said OEM was good enough

 

Haha good point, what kind of tranny would you fab up to that thing for 1/4 mile use??

 

you can bolt an allison behind it no problem.

 

What size NOS tank should we get? I wonder what class we would run in?

I do like the way that engine looks, sitting in a rail (dragster) I would if a power glide would take the abuse that our right foot would dish out.

I was talking to my buddy down here in Chicago, he has a friend that has a rail 5.9LIts for sale at $27k. Run 7's

 

hey, i'm working on a shovel right now with twin V-16's with twin turbos like that one and yup, rated at 3000HP each. The shovel is an "8000 Hitachi", and sound badass when they power up.
Cheers!

 

Good plan!! Should be easy to do BUT: The color is just not quite right.

 

Mike that must be benz's rail. They have been trying to sell for awhile now

 

forget custom chassis, Id gladly find a way to stuff it into the bed of my truck if that got donated to me.

 

Kev, I was told that it doesn't have the typical skinny tires on the front, if that helps. I never got the fella name on the rail. My buddy, didn't have too much info besides it was a rail/5.9L engine combo and ran 7's

 

You would need a huge rear ratio.. Somthing about 1800 rpm is pretty hard to get down the track... The torque would be good... I estimate 7300 ft-lbs..

 

3.55's would be fine, just don't install a tranny. Direct drive FTW!