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.