Re: build a powerful siren

Feb 16, 2011 1 Replies


>The Chrysler Air Raid Siren used a 180 hp V-8 Hemi engine


>>to drive the siren and weighed 5543 lb"
>>

Phil Hobbs wrote:



Wow, that's one seriously detuned Hemi.
>The good ones made more like 500 HP.
>

You're assuming that they were all 426s. They made them as small as 241cid.

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I looked it up, and you're right, it was a 331. Still, it was OHV, you'd think they could get more than that out of it.

On the other hand, this was 1951.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

"Missing my V8"

Dr Philip C D Hobbs Principal ElectroOptical Innovations 55 Orchard Rd Briarcliff Manor NY 10510 845-480-2058 email: hobbs (atsign) electrooptical (period) net http://electrooptical.net

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