[DeTomaso] NPC cross-ram manifold engine in "Transformers" Camero

[Donny Williams]

I ahve not seen the movie, but by your description it sounds like old school 
mechanical Fuel Injection.  And yes they look bitchin with the stacks.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Green" <kenn_green at yahoo.com>
To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2007 10:05 AM
Subject: [DeTomaso] NPC cross-ram manifold engine in "Transformers" Camero


> We took my wife's grand daughter to see Transformers last night.  Early in 
> the movie they open the hood on the rusty old Camaro rat rod the kid star 
> is driving, and there is the really beautiful motor, and a quick glimpse 
> of what I think were 4 Webers on a cross ram manifold, very nice.  The 
> girl he's after starts describing the engine as having a double pumper 
> etc. and she explains the her dad was a mechanic and she knows all about 
> engines.
>
>  Did anyone spot the cross-ram or am I just hallucinating?  If I saw it 
> correctly, I wonder what moron wrote the script?  It appeared that someone 
> went to a lot of trouble to build that beautiful engine, and they couldn't 
> even describe it right.
>
>  Ken
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