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Mitsubishi says "Starion" is a contraction of "Star of Arion" — and refers to both a star and the mythical horse, Arion.The cover of the original Japanese Starion sales brochure, published by Mitsubishi (May 1982) carried the text: "the name STARION — derived from the combination of star and Arion, Hercules' horse in Greek mythology, symbolizes a sense of the universe, and of power and ...
Rear view of a V8-engined Kelmark GT. The next model iteration after the Kelmark II GT. The Kelmark GT was featured in the magazine Car and Driver in 1977 [4] and 1979. [5] The final body design of the Kelmark GT, as well as the Kelmark II, was 5 inches wider than an original Ferrari-built Dino 246 GTS in order to allow it to fit over a VW chassis.
The previous Windsor family of Ford V8s used a single cam-in-block with pushrods. The Ford modular family of V8 and V10 engines shared many of the same components, and all used an overhead cam for better high-RPM breathing, making this engine wider and taller than previous Ford variants. The 4.6L V8 was the most common version. Ford Coyote engine
A Red Rose conversion was made available that increased output to 440 bhp (330 kW; 450 PS) when using fuel with a minimum octane rating of 97 RON. The Red Rose upgrade included reshaped intake and exhaust ports, higher compression, and an ECU that can be switched between two sets of fueling and ignition maps (for 95 RON and 97 RON fuel ...
This unit taken from car #1046 for V8 conversion. Suspension designs, especially the front suspension, had to be changed throughout development. Rather than steel springs, Tucker used an elastomeric (rubber) 4-wheel independent [ 15 ] suspension similar to what was used on the race cars he developed with Harry Miller at the Indianapolis 500 .
The Hartley V8 engine is a series of a four-stroke naturally-aspirated DOHC V8 engines, designed, developed and built by American John Hartley and Hartley Enterprises, [4] which has been produced since 2004. It was famously used in the well-known Ariel Atom 500 V8 sports car model. [5] [6] [7] [8]
The engine was considered unreliable, [5] but unreliable is a relative term: aviation engine technology had not fully matured at the end of World War I. Certainly the JN4 with the OX-5 was underpowered, but the OX-5 proved a much better engine than the Hall Scott A7A that was the Achilles heel of the Standard J-1, the substitute primary trainer.
The Jensen S-V8 is the most recent car carrying the name Jensen.After a £10 million investment, including Liverpool City Council and the Department of Trade and Industry, the two-seater convertible was launched at the 1998 British International Motor Show, with an initial production run of 300 deposit paid vehicles planned at a selling price of £40,000 each, but by October 1999 it was ...