Spec/Fact-based Car Quiz

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So is it my turn? Well, here, it'll be easy:

What was the first car company to create a mass-production, gasoline burning, turbocharged and supercharged engine for passenger cars?
 
It was V-Dub, representing Deutschland! I knew that would be easy, even though I've never heard of that engine until today. Did I miss that issue of Motor Trend, Car and Driver, Road&Track, and/or Automobile? Hmmm....
They called it the "Twincharger", I call it getting sucked and blown at the same time.:lol:
 
How 'bout the Chevy Vega? If I get it right someone else can have the question, it's time for me to go to schleepy.:)
 
The Chevy Corvette featured one particular engine for one year only,
What was the engine (displacement)? And what else is significant about that particular year for the Corvette?

Probably easy for 'Vette freaks.
 
Would that be the 427 cid ZL1 engine, that was sold in 2 RPO Vettes in '69? I know it was an aluminum engine, put in there as a homolgation special, but I don't know what elese was special about the car itself....(other than it could do high 10s easy :))
 
Was it the Aerovette that had a wankel? Wait.... the 1953-4 vettes had the 194? c.i. "blue flame" six cylinder, and they're special because they were the only 6 cylinder 'vettes.

And, 1953 was the year the vette was introduced.
 
Skip and High Test, Your thinking is good.

High test, while your answer is good. The 53 and 54 both had the 235 6-cyl. The engine I'm thinking of is from a different decade, and was offered for only one year in the Vette.
But, went on to be one of the "staple" high performance engines for Chevy. It was offered in 2 different decades.

But I was thinking "production" engines. The ZL-1 was more of a specialty motor. And was way rarer than the motor I'm thinking of. And the Wankel, while cool, never made it into a production Vette.

Hint:If you start thinking of cars after the "Mako" years, you're wrong.
 
Did the vette ever come with a 305 or 307?

whoops. Read the fine print.


The C3 year that had Tri-Power?

1967 L88 that was 427 C.I.?
 
You're getting closer.
Think of an engine that you'd never think came in a Vette.

Last hint, The Year was 1965.
This feature, and this engine appeared that year. The Feature lives on to this day, The engine was a one year wonder. But only in the Vette.
 
Not the Cross-fire injection.
Actually, this particular car was carbuerated, and not a tri-power.
It also made more than 1 HP/Cubic Inch.
 
I'm going to go with two guesses.
1. The 454. I forget which year ('69 or '70...'70 I think), but I believe it was only offered for one year.
What else was significant.... Last year for a big-block 'Vette?

2. Some sort of smaller engine (350 or less) in the early 80's. If I remember correctly, they stuffed a 305 in for some reason in the early 80's. As for the other fact, I'm going to guess it was styling of some sort

Edit - I'm dumb. I didn't read the above posts.

Um.... Mabye a 283? It's gotta be a small-block of some sort, and the 327 and 350 came in multiple years. And was it the first year for the convertible?
 
High test has the engine part. It was the 396. Offered as a mid-year option in 1965 only.
The feature that is still with the Vette and was first offered in 1965 was the four-wheel disc brakes.

High test, you're up:D
 
My buddy thought of this one:

In a 1969 Pontiac LeMans, what was the maximum rear tire width that could be installed on the stock axle without cutting into the trunk?


(If that seems too debateable, then I'll post a different one.)
 
*Off topic, for a second* Did you know that Chevrolet continued to advertise the 396 as a 396 after they had bored it out to a 402? I don't know why, espically with the horsepower and cubic-inch races going on back then, but I guess 396 will always sound better than 402...
 
he gave me the answer in inches... can you convert it and then I'll tell you if you're right?
 
Not that it matters now, but VW is not the first manafacturer to sell a mass-produced car with both a turbocharger and supercharger. Nissan did it 17 years ago with the March Super Turbo.
 
YSSMAN
*Off topic, for a second* Did you know that Chevrolet continued to advertise the 396 as a 396 after they had bored it out to a 402? I don't know why, espically with the horsepower and cubic-inch races going on back then, but I guess 396 will always sound better than 402...
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Actually, I didn't.
I had a buddy with a 79 T/A with a 402 in it. Labled as a 402.
I had another buddy with a schweet 1972-73 Monte Carlo with a 402 and he explained to me that it was basically a 396 with an attitude.
 
According to my friend, (who owns a 1969 Pontiac LeMans and has read all he can about them) 11 inches is way off. Think a little smaller than 9.5 inches.
 

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