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[3] [11] [13] One source that says the Mirage had an LT-1 goes on to say that it had a Quadrajet carburetor, a compression ratio of 8.5:1, and an output of about 300 hp. [9] This may indicate that at least one of the prototype's engines was in fact the ZQ3 model that was the Corvette's base engine, as suggested by another source.
Replica of the original 1951 Weber kettle grill. Weber-Stephen was originally incorporated on May 8, 1893, as Weber Bros. Metal Works. [3]In 1951, the original round charcoal kettle grill was built by George Stephen Sr., a then part-owner of the sheet metal shop in Chicago who sought to improve on the brazier he had been using to cook with at home. [4]
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Stephen, a welder, worked for Weber Brothers Metal Works, a metal fabrication shop primarily concerned with welding steel spheres together to make buoys. Stephen was tired of the wind blowing ash onto his food when he grilled so he took the lower half of a buoy, welded three steel legs onto it, and fabricated a shallower hemisphere for use as a ...
The engine was an evolution of Maserati's own all-aluminium, quad overhead cam V8, fed by four Weber carburetors. [24] The automatic transmission used was a three-speed Chrysler A727 "Torqueflite" gearbox. [17] The manual gearboxes are ZF S5 five speed units.
An all-alloy design utilizing a dry sump and six 38DCN Weber carburetors, it produced approximately 300 PS (296 bhp; 221 kW) at 7500 rpm and 294 N⋅m; 217 lbf⋅ft (30 kg⋅m) at 5500 rpm of torque. The gearbox was a new 5-speed unit with Porsche-type synchromesh. [5]
The V12 used six side-draft Weber 38 DCOE 59/60 carburetors and produced 340 PS (250 kW) at 6200 rpm. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The gearbox was a five-speed, all-synchromesh manual with a single-plate clutch . Five-spoke alloy wheels were mounted on Rudge knock-off hubs ; Borrani wire wheels were still offered at extra cost.
In 1983, Victory Games, a branch of Avalon Hill, published the James Bond 007 role-playing game based on Ian Fleming's spy novels and the popular movies. Q Manual, designed by Greg Gorden, with equipment illustrations by Stuart Leuthner and other artwork by James Talbot, was published the same year to provide further detail for the game.