Diesel Engines!

This post is going to be about diesel motors! Yes I know muscle cars have gas engines but how cool would it be to put a diesel in one!

Diesel engines are some of the most rugged and reliable engines produced today. It is no mistake that every tractor, semi tractor, and piece of machinery that is expected to last a long time has a diesel motor under the hood. Diesel motors are very similar to gasoline motors in nearly every way other then the type of fuel and the way the explosion takes place. They are similar because they are both internal combustion engines that are designed to convert fuel into mechanical energy to power something. The most obvious would be the sound of the diesel engine we all know it’s a clunking nasty kind of sound, but that’s only on the surface. What makes a diesel motor different from gasoline is the absence of spark in the diesel engine. The diesel engine combusts its fuel using pressure, where the piston compresses the gasses until they become super heated and when the fuel is injected the combination literally explodes. The only time a diesel engine uses something similar to a spark plug (called a glow plug in diesels) is upon start up. Diesel engines are more reliable because they are built heavier than gasoline engines, gasoline exhaust is more corrosive, and there is no ignition system. All of these add up to diesel engines being more efficient and lasting longer than gasoline engines. The only reason every car doesn't have a diesel engine in it is because they are slower, louder, and require a special fuel in the winter to prevent the fuel from gelling.  Wouldn't it be cool to put a tuned up turbo diesel in a muscle car though? With that amazing amount of torque wheelies would be a definite possibility!

The COPO Camaro

This post will be a review and overview of Chevrolets COPO Camaro.

The COPO Camaro made its debut in 2012 as a factory sold car intended for drag strip use only. There were only 69 COPO’s produced in 2012 and 2013 making the COPO Camaro one of the rarest cars to ever roll off Chevrolets factory floor. The COPO Camaro is a hand built car with impressive specs. The only way for someone to purchase a COPO Camaro today would be to either buy from a previous owner or from Richard Rawlings and Dennis Collins. This duo purchased 20 COPO Camaro rolling chassis with the intention of selling them as one off cars with custom paint and drive train. The cars are being sold on a first come first serve basis for more information visit their website here The COPO Camaro is based of the original 69 COPO Camaro which was introduced to compete in NHRA’s Stock Eliminator and Super Stock classes. These classes run in the 9’s. The top of the line COPO in 2012 is said to have ran an 8.88 quarter mile at 142 mph absolutely unheard of for anything rolling off of any American car company’s factory floors. At this point I’m sure you’re wondering what in the heck the COPO part means, well COPO is an acronym for Central Office Production Order which was a special ordering system used by dealers in the 60’s to build cars that couldn’t be found anywhere else. For more information on the COPO Camaro General Motors website has the most information on the car, as its rare its very hard to find solid information on the vehicle! Thanks for reading. 

2005 Porsche Carrera GT (the vehicle Paul Walker was a passenger in)

Due to the recent death of Paul Walker this post is going to be about the car that Roger Rodas was driving during the car accident the 2005 Porsche Carrera GT.

I chose to do this segment because I feel like it is a rarely discussed part of car accidents in the media. Anyways the Porsche Carrera GT is every bit of a muscle car boasting a 605hp V10 that also produces 435 lb ft of torque. The cars curb weight is 3042 lbs making this little convertible Porsche a rocket ship. With zero to sixty times in the sub 4 second range. Porsche rates it at 3.5 seconds but that’s probably for a professional race car driver none the less that puts this Porsche in the same breath as purpose built race cars, which is exactly what the car is intended to be, a race car that is street legal.  The price tag in the 2005 year was $440xxx and there were only 1300 ever produced that year, meaning this is a very rare car.  The car did the quarter mile in 11.1 seconds at an impressive 133.4 mph and has a top speed of 205 mph.  All this being said it is perfectly understandable how such a tragic even could have happened to Paul Walker and his friend Roger Rodas. The two were virtually driving a race car that could be very dangerous when driven recklessly in the public, as opposed to a race track. R.I.P. Paul Walker and Roger Rodas.

Finally a Chevy Sedan With Rear Wheel Drive!

As I was reading some motortrend articles I came across an article for the all new 2014 Chevrolet SS. Yes that's the cars name is the SS so I am assuming that means there is only on trim level and that would be the SuperSport trim package. The car has not been fully released yet, but as stated in the motor trend magazine one could speculate that the new 2014 SS will have the same general specs as a Pontiac G8 GXP. This is great that Chevrolet is finally introducing a true performance sedan back into the market. To me anything that is built front wheel drive is not fully built with performance in mind. The new car will also serve as Chevrolet's NASCAR body. The car is predicted to have the 6.2l GM Motor that should produce anywhere between 400 and 500 bhp. Personally performance sedans are my favorite kind of car. They are versatile while at the same time being able to smoke any old guy in a Mustang GT is always fun. Dont get me wrong the Mustang is my favorite car it just seems to be the most popular "fast" car on the road in America. Anyways applause to GM for coming out with the all new 2014 SS cant wait to see it!

Visit My Cafe Press Store! onlinemusclecarmuseum!

Hello readers in this blog I am going to show you a few of my cafepress products! Click HERE for more!

On these products, which range from a T-Shirt to a zip, are two pictures one of a windmill and clouds, the other two cute doggies. Yes I understand this does not pertain to muscle cars, but these are still pretty cool pictures. The picture of the windmill was taken in the Bloomington Normal area of a giant wind turbine on a cloudy day with a storm rolling in. The picture of the dogs are actually my dogs. Trixie is black white and fawn, while Babs is white, fawn and black.  They are both Rat Terriers that are the most fun loving dogs in the house and fierce hunters outside of it. Some product examples below!

Wheeler Dealers Review

Another TV series review!

In this post I will review the TV show Wheeler Dealers on Velocity. Wheeler Dealers is a British television show where Mike Brewer and Edd China purchase old beat up cars and fix them up the right way to sell them for a profit. Mike Brewer is the sales man who seeks out the vehicles they will work on and tries to get the best deals he can find. While Edd China is the mechanic of the operation and always does a seemingly beautiful job on the cars. The show is great for learning as Edd comes off as a natural teacher. He is always teaching the viewer easy cheap ways to fix up a car, but the best part is he does it the right way. Yes, cheap usually isn’t quality, but he explains how he saves money, for example something as easy as the prepping the car himself for paint to save a few hundred dollars. In the mean time while Edd is repairing the cars Mike is typically on a mission to find the best part deals he can. In the end the Wheeler Dealers always churn out quality vehicles that are done the right way. My only critique of the show would be the selection of cars they choose to overhaul. They typically pick some boring British car that Americans don’t even recognize or have ever heard of, other than that thought the show is highly recommended for cars guys that are looking to learn something the easy way, watching some TV!

Reading Recommendations!

In this post I am going to recommend that all my readers also visit my website http://onlinemusclecarmuseum.webs.com/. It has a few random articles that relate to cars and of course muscle cars. I explain in one of the articles the basics of audio installation. In another post I include ways of making a car that’s old and boring and spicing it up a bit with basic modifications as opposed to buying a new car. The last article pertains to oil changes and the importance of them, as well as basic information on the role of oil in the internal combustion engine. The website is just getting started but it is something you should go check out! Also I have a second website that links to some of my blog post which is http://onlinemusclecarmuseum2.webs.com/ which I also recommend my readers to visit. All content deals with cars in some way so please take a look! Lastly to conclude this post I wanted to open a line for discussion and that is Formula One Racing vs NASCAR racing. I personally like both forms of racing, but the real question is which car requires the most skill to drive? The highly engineered F1 car that does virtually everything the driver asks of it, but has to race road courses? On the other hand is the NASCAR which is also highly engineered but in the end it is not as good at handling or accelerating as the F1 car. This is a hot topic for debate among fans usually so I was just looking for some reader input!

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