ʻO Blastolene Special: 25 ʻIkepili e pili ana i ka lua wai o Jay Leno
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ʻO Blastolene Special: 25 ʻIkepili e pili ana i ka lua wai o Jay Leno

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Ua kaulana loa ʻo Jay Leno ma ke ʻano he mea hana keaka a he mea hoʻomakeʻaka, ʻike ʻia paha ʻo ia e ka hapa nui o ka poʻe ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻokipa kaulana o The Tonight Show. Loaʻa ka kaulana me kekahi mau pōmaikaʻi, e like me ka uku i hiki iā ia ke lilo i hoʻokahi o nā ʻohi kaʻa kaulana loa ma ka honua.

Me ka hōʻiliʻili kupanaha o kahi 300-400 mau kaʻa me ka waiwai i manaʻo ʻia he ʻoi aku ma mua o $ 50 miliona (koe ka waiwai o nā kaʻa e hiki mai ana i kēia manawa e hoʻihoʻi hou ʻia nei), pono e ʻōlelo ʻia he mau kaʻa kūʻokoʻa maoli. paka ia ma kona hale kaa ma kahi kokoke i ke kahua mokulele Burbank.

I loko o nā makahiki, ua lilo ʻo Leno i mea makemake nui i ke kaʻa me ka ʻike hohonu o nā kaʻa kahiko a me nā kaʻa hou i loaʻa iā ia kāna kolamu Popular Mechanics a me Sunday Times, a me kāna hōʻike kaʻa kaʻa ʻo Jay Leno's Garage ma CNBC. - Ma hea ʻo ia i hōʻike ai i ka ʻāpana lehulehu o kāna hōʻiliʻili kupaianaha.

ʻO nā kaʻa a pau i koho maikaʻi ʻia, hoʻihoʻi maikaʻi ʻia e hana i kāna hōʻiliʻili maikaʻi ʻia, aia nā kaʻa i kū maoli i ke ʻano kūikawā maoli. ʻO ka mea kūʻokoʻa loa o kēia mau mea ʻo ia ka hana lima lima o Blastolene Special. ʻOiai mamao loa ia mai ke kaʻa pipiʻi loa o kāna hōʻiliʻili, ʻoiaʻiʻo nō kekahi o nā kaʻa nani loa. ʻO kahi kaʻa e hoʻokele i ka nui a me ka ikaika, a i ka manawa like me ka maʻalahi, ʻo ia paha ke kaʻa maikaʻi loa no ka mea makemake maoli.

25 Aia i kēia manawa he $350,000.

Hiki ke ʻōlelo ʻia ua loaʻa iā Jay Leno ka makana maoli i kona kūʻai ʻana i ka Blastolene Special no $125,000 wale nō ma 2003. ʻOi loa i kona ʻike ʻana i ke kumukūʻai i manaʻo ʻia i kēia lā.

Eia naʻe, ua hoʻolilo ʻo ia i kahi kālā liʻiliʻi no ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ke kaʻa. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke koho i ka nui o ke kālā i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko.

He aha ke kumu kūʻai maoli ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻōlelo ʻia. He kaʻa kūʻokoʻa loa ia, hoʻokahi-o-a-ʻano, no laila hiki ke hele i ka waiwai i koho ʻia, ʻoi aku paha, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi. E hilinaʻi nā mea a pau ma ka mākeke i kēlā manawa.

24 ʻAʻole lākou i kapa ʻia he lua wai no ka nele.

ʻOiai ke manaʻo nei kekahi poʻe ʻo kona inoa kapakapa ʻo "Tank Truck" ma muli o kona nui nui, ʻo kāna mīkini nui ke kumu o kona inoa kapakapa. ʻO ka AV-1790-5B he ʻenekini 1792 cubic iniha i hoʻohana mua ʻia i loko o kahi pahu, ʻo ka pahu pahu 1950 tons M51 Patton o nā 47s.

Ua kaumaha ʻo Patton 92,883 101,775 paona - nele. He 233 paona ke kaumaha o ka pahu pahu piha. Me 80 galani wahie ma luna o ka moku, hiki i ka Patton ke uhi ma kahi o 6 mau mile ma ka honua. Ma kahi o hoʻokahi hapakolu o ka mpg, ʻo ia ka mea e hoʻohālikelike ai i ka XNUMX mau mile o Blastolene no ke galani. ʻO ia hoʻi, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ke kaumaha o ka puʻupuʻu ma lalo o ka puʻu.

23 Nui loa

ʻO ke kaumaha o ke kaʻa he 9,500 paona, ʻo ia ka 2500 paona mai ka ʻenekini—kokoke ke kaumaha holoʻokoʻa o ka hatchback liʻiliʻi. Eia naʻe, ʻo ke kaumaha holoʻokoʻa o ke kaʻa he 1/11 wale nō o ke kaumaha o ka pahu mua i hoʻohana ʻia ai ka mīkini, no laila, manaʻo wau ʻo ia ka Lotus Elise o ka honua o nā pahu?

ʻO ka Blastolene Special kekahi he 190-inch wheelbase me 3/4 o ke kaʻa i mua o ka mea hoʻokele. Loaʻa paha iā ia ka puʻupuʻu lōʻihi o nā kaʻa i hana ʻia, akā ʻaʻole naʻe i hiki i ke axle mua. Ma muli paha kēia i ka manaʻo o kahi kaʻa haʻuki me ka huila ma kēlā me kēia kihi, akā no ke kaʻa o kēia nui, pono ia e lawelawe i nā mea āpau.

22 Ua hoʻoulu ʻia e nā kaʻa hoʻopaʻa wikiwiki ʻāina

Ua kūkulu maoli ʻia ka Blastolene Special e like me ka Bonneville Land Speed ​​​​record kaʻa o nā makahiki 1930. ʻOiai ʻaʻohe o kēia mau kaʻa i loaʻa ka mana e like me kēia, ua emi ke kaumaha o ka lawe ʻana. Ua emi loa ke kaumaha.

No laila, ʻoiai e hiki mai ana ka hoʻoikaika ʻana no ka Blastolene Special mai nā kaʻa hoʻopaʻa moʻolelo wikiwiki o ka ʻāina, ʻaʻole ia ma kahi kokoke i ka wikiwiki e like me nā kaʻa wikiwiki loa o kēlā mau kaʻa, ʻoiai me kona ikaika lio kiʻekiʻe.

Eia hou, ʻaʻole paha ʻo ka wikiwiki ka mea e hopohopo nui ai i ka wā i hana ʻia ai, a he mea hoʻohanohano maikaʻi loa ia i nā kaʻao wikiwiki o Bonneville.

21 Ua ʻaihue ʻia nā ʻāpana mai kekahi mau mea hana

Lawe ʻia ka ʻenekini Chrysler mai kahi pahu Patton a ʻo ka pahu pahu mua mai kahi pahi Greyhound. Ua hoʻololi ʻo Jay Leno i ka hoʻoili ʻana me kahi Allison HD4060 6-wikiwiki.

Hoʻohana ia i kahi ʻōnaehana Ki-Gas e hoʻokomo i ka wahie maka a hoʻokahe i ke koko ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana. Aia ka pahu hau Rockwell 3.78:1 ma hope a ʻo ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i hope he loulou kaʻa like ʻole. ʻO ka mua e hōʻike ana i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o nā loulou like ʻole me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā pūnāwai lau ellipse 1/4 a me kahi axle make mai ka Ford semi trailer. A ʻoiaʻiʻo hoʻi, ua hui pū ʻia me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka ea ma nā mea hoʻoheheʻe ʻo Koni no nā kaʻa nui. Ke kani nei ke pipiʻi.

20 alumini kino

ʻO ka ʻokoʻa kūʻokoʻa, kahiko, retro style alumini sheet cabinet i hana lima ʻia a kau ʻia ma luna o ke ʻano alapiʻi kila.

Ua poni ʻia ka alumini no ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi hiʻohiʻona chrome, e hoʻomālamalama ana i ka Blastolene Special mai kēlā me kēia kihi.

ʻIke ʻia nā rivets i hoʻohana ʻia e hoʻopaʻa i nā panela i loko o ka hale, a aia nā puka ma ka ʻaoʻao e hōʻike i ka mīkini hoʻoluʻu ea a kōkua pū i ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻalili i ke kaʻa ʻana.

ʻO nā paipu hoʻopau o ke anawaena nui e kū mai ma lalo o ka puʻu lōʻihi ma mua o ka ʻike ʻana ma ka ʻaoʻao o ke kaʻa. Loaʻa i ka puʻupuʻu nā papa no ka hoʻoluʻu ʻana, a inā ʻaʻole lawa ia, pono i kahi grille i hana maikaʻi ʻia e kōkua i ka hanu maikaʻi ʻana o Blastolene.

19 ʻO nā ʻāpana hoʻokuʻu i uhi ʻia i ka nickel plate

Ua uhi ʻia nā ʻāpana hoʻokuʻu a pau i ka nickel-plated e mālama i ke koena o ke kaʻa me ka ʻālohilohi. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Jay i loko o kahi ninaninau ʻoi aku ʻo ia ma mua o ka chrome a maʻalahi ke ʻike i ke kumu. Hoʻohui maikaʻi ʻia me ke kino alumini i poni ʻia me ka ʻālohilohi loa.

ʻO nā mea e like me kēia ka mea e kū maoli ai ke kaʻa mai ka lehulehu, ʻaʻole ʻo ia ke kū ʻole me ka ʻole ... nui loa! Akā, i ka wā e nānā ʻia ai nā kikoʻī liʻiliʻi a pau, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kaʻa ke hoʻi ʻoe i hope a waiho i nā mea āpau i loko.

18 Ua hāpai ʻia, hoʻolālā ʻia a kūkulu ʻia i hoʻokahi makahiki

ʻAe, he ʻoiaʻiʻo. Ua hele kēia hana kupaianaha mai kahi manaʻo ma ke poʻo o kekahi a i kahi kaʻa i hoʻopau ʻia ma lalo o 365 mau lā. Naʻu iho i kūkulu i nā kaʻa hōʻikeʻike kahi i hoʻomaka ai mākou me kahi kaʻa e kū nei a pono wau e ʻōlelo he mea kupanaha.

E kau i nā mea i ke kuanaʻike; pono lākou e hana i ka manaʻo, kahakiʻi i nā kiʻi kiʻi, kūkulu i ka papa hana, a loaʻa nā kikoʻī pono āpau. A laila pono lākou e noʻonoʻo pehea e hana like ai nā mea a pau, a me ka hana alumini hana lima lima a me loko ... ua hana ʻia kēia mau mea ma mua o ka hala ʻana o hoʻokahi makahiki. He mea hiki ʻole ke nīnau mai iaʻu.

17 Ua hoʻololi nui ʻo Leno iā ia

I ka wā i kūʻai mua ai ʻo Jay Leno i ka Blastolene Special, ʻaʻohe ona kaʻa hope, ʻaʻohe kukui, ʻaʻohe hōʻailona huli, a mamao loa mai ke kūlana alanui kānāwai. Ua hoʻololi ʻia i kahi kūlana ala, akā ʻaʻole ʻo ia wale nō ...

Ma hope o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i hoʻopau ʻia me ka ninini ʻana o ke kaʻa i ka ʻaila a pau ma ke ala ākea, pono ʻia kahi ʻenekini hou. A ua hoʻoholo e hoʻohui i nā turbocharger. Aneane papalua ka mana mai aneane 900 horsepower a hiki i 1,600 horsepower.

ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻo ia ka mea e pono e hoʻonui ʻia ke kiʻi a he nui nā mea ʻē aʻe e hoʻonui ʻia e mālama i ka piʻi nui o ka mana.

16 Ua hoʻolei ʻo ia i 17 galani ʻaila ma ke ala ākea.

Ma hope koke iho o ka mākaukau ʻana o ka Blastolene Special a me ke kānāwai alanui, lawe ʻo Jay i ke kaʻa no ka hoʻāʻo ʻana. I ka iho ʻana i ke ala kaʻa no ka manawa mua, ua hana ʻo ia i ka mea a mākou e hana ai: kaomi ʻo ia i ka pedal kinoea i ka papahele. ʻO ka pilikia, ua manaʻo kekahi he manaʻo maikaʻi e hoʻohana i ka hose radiator ma ke ʻano he laina aila.

PAU! ʻOi aku ka nui o ke kaomi aila 90 psi no kēlā paipu radiator, a i loko o 10 kekona, ua kuha ʻo ia i kēlā me kēia kulu hope o kēlā 70 lita o ka aila ma ke alanui. ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, ua hauʻoli ka hopena o ka moʻolelo i kēia manawa e pono ke kūkulu hou ʻia ... a hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia.

15 Ua lawe mai ʻo Jay Leno iā Jiffy Lube

ʻAe, heluhelu pololei ʻoe. Ua lawe mai ʻo ia i kahi kaʻa i Jiffy Lube e pono ai he 70 lita o ka aila. Manaʻo wau ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hoʻolaha hoʻolaha ma mua o ka mea e pono ai, ʻoiai ʻo Leno nā lako a me nā limahana e mālama pono ai i ka hana.

ʻO PR stunt a ʻaʻole ʻole, akā he moʻolelo maikaʻi loa ia, a ʻo ka poʻe i hana i ia mea e loaʻa i kahi mea e haʻi aku ai. A he ʻoi aku ka naʻauao o ka lawe ʻana i ke kaʻa i laila no ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka aila ma mua o ka hoʻolei wale ʻana i nā galani aila he 17 ma ke alanui.

I ka wā i kūʻai mua ai ʻo Leno i ke kaʻa a haʻi aku iā Jay Leno's Garage builder Bernard Joukley e hoʻohuli i ka Blastolene i kahi kaʻa kūpono i ke alanui, ua nānā ʻo ia iā ia a pane aku; "E pana wale iaʻu i kēia manawa!"

Ua kūkulu ʻo Bernard i nā kaʻa lanakila he nui a ua hana ʻo ia ma nā papahana lehulehu i nā makahiki, no laila e hōʻike ana kāna pane i ka nui o ka hana i hana ʻia i ka wehe ʻana i ka Blastolene Special a mākaukau e hoʻokele ma ke kānāwai ma nā alanui Kaleponi. ʻIke ʻia, ua hiki iā ia ke hana i kēia, ʻoiai ua ʻike mau ʻia ʻo Jay a me ke kaʻa ma nā alanui ākea.

13 Holo mau ʻo Leno ma ke alanui

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Nui nā hōʻike e pili ana i ka ʻike ʻana iā Leno a me kāna Blastolene Special i ko lākou wahi kūlohelohe, ma nā alanui ma Kaleponi. Ke noʻonoʻo nei ʻo Leno i ka hoʻohana ʻana i kāna mau kaʻa āpau, ʻaʻohe kumu e lilo ai ʻo Tank Truck i mea ʻē aʻe. Ma waho aʻe, ʻo wai ka makemake ʻole e hoʻomalu i kēia holoholona? Um, inā hiki iā ʻoe ke uku no ka wahie a pau. ʻo ia.

Inā ʻoe e hele ana i kahi hōʻike kaʻa a i ʻole hālāwai, e like me kekahi o nā hui kaʻa a me ke kofe, ma ka ʻāina ʻo Greater Los Angeles, e makaʻala i kēia monster kālā nui e like me ka mea e hōʻike pinepine ʻia no ka lehulehu e ʻike. kokoke aku.

12 Ua lilo ia i MPG weliweli (akā ʻelua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua)

I ka manawa i hoʻokomo ʻia ai nā turbos, hele ʻo Blastolene i ʻelua mau mile no ke galani e like me ka mīkini kahiko. He mea kupanaha paha kēia, akā ʻaʻole.

Mahalo i kona kaumaha nui a me ka mīkini nui me nā tona o ka mana, hiki iā ia ke kiʻi i ka 5-6 mpg, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka 3 mpg i hiki iā ia ma mua.

Pono ʻoe i kahi waiwai liʻiliʻi ma ka panakō no ka uku ʻana i ka wahie inā e lawe ʻoe i kēia wahi liʻiliʻi no kahi huakaʻi maikaʻi o ka hopena pule. Eia hou, ʻike ʻo wai ka mea nona, ua hoʻokaʻawale paha ʻo ia i ke kālā no kēlā.

11 Ua lawa ka torque e hoʻohuli ai i nā huila i ke kolu ʻekolu

Wahi a Jay Leno pono'ī, ʻo ia wale nō ka kaʻa i loaʻa iā ia me kahi ʻenekini ikaika e lanakila ai i nā kaʻa. I ka wā e kaomi ikaika ai kona wāwae i ka pedal kaʻa, e huki mau ana ke kaʻa ke hehi ʻoe i ke kinoea.

ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, he nui loa ka torque i hoʻoikaika nui ʻia ke kiʻi e hoʻōki iā ia mai ka wili a me ka wili ʻana me he mea lā i hana ʻia me ka pahu pahu. No ka mālama ʻana i kēlā torque āpau, ua hoʻokomo ʻia kahi pahu pahu Rockwell 3.78:1 ma hope, ʻo ke ʻano like i hoʻohana ʻia ma kēlā mau kaʻa kaʻa nui. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Jay ua hana ʻia ia mai ka "billium unbreakable" - a me kahi hōʻailona kumukūʻai $4,200, kani maoli kēlā.

10 Ua haʻi ʻia ʻo Arnold he kaʻa Terminator

I ka manawa i hoʻokipa ai ʻo Jay Leno i ka The Tonight Show, ua lawe mai ʻo ia i ke kaʻa a hoʻolauna iā ia ʻo "Terminator Car" i kāna malihini, ʻo Arnold ponoʻī. Aia kekahi mau mea like ma waena o kēia kaʻa a me ke kaʻa a Arnold i hōʻike ai i kēia mau kiʻiʻoniʻoni. ʻO lāua ka nui a me ka ʻiʻo, a ʻālohilohi maoli ka T-800 i ka wā e komo ʻole ai i ka "ʻili lole."

ʻIke ʻia, makemake ʻo Arnie iā ia, ʻaʻohe mea ʻē aʻe i ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa o ka wahie no ke galani o kēia monster - ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā kaʻa a Arnold i makemake ai ma nā kahua kaiapuni. Manaʻo wau ʻaʻole ʻo ia i haʻi ʻia e pili ana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wahie, a i ʻole ua haʻi ʻo Leno iā ia e holo ana ʻo ia ma nā minoʻaka a me nā anuenue?

9 Hāʻawi ia i ke ʻano hou i ka huaʻōlelo "wela" kaʻa.

ʻOiai ua maopopo iaʻu e ʻae nā mea a pau i ka Blastolene Special kahi ʻāpana maka o ke kaʻa, ʻaʻole ʻo ka hoʻolālā wale nō ka mea kaulana ma ʻaneʻi.

Me ka mīkini hoʻoheheʻe ʻia e ka ea nui, nā fins nui a me nā mea hoʻokele cam-driven, hiki ke wehewehe maikaʻi ʻia ka hoʻokele ʻana i kahi Blastolene Special e like me ke kaʻa ʻana me kahi mea maloʻo lauoho nui.

ʻOiai i nā lā hoʻoilo anuanu, hiki iā Leno ke leʻaleʻa i ke kaʻa i loko o kahi pālule ma muli o ka makani 100-degere ma kona alo mai ka mīkini. Ua like ia me ke kaʻa huakaʻi maikaʻi loa i ke anuanu ma waho, inā ʻoe e nīnau mai iaʻu. ʻOiai ʻaʻole maopopo iaʻu inā e holo ana au ma waena o ke kauwela.

8 ʻAʻole wikiwiki, akā ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki ma mua o ka manaʻo o ka hapa nui.

ʻOiai ʻaʻole hoʻokokoke ka Blastolene Special i ka holo wikiwiki ʻana e like me nā kaʻa i hoʻoulu ʻia e ia, ʻaʻole ia he naʻaupō. Ke nānā nei i kahi kaʻa nui, paʻakikī ke manaʻoʻiʻo hiki ke holo wikiwiki kēia kaʻa ma mua o ke kaʻa maʻamau, akā hiki ke hoʻopunipuni ka nānā.

ʻO kēia 2,900-lita māhoe-turbocharged V30 engine, e paʻi i ka māka ʻulaʻula ma 12 rpm, e hoʻopuka ma kahi o 1,600 horsepower a me kahi 3,000 lb/ft o ka torque. Hiki i kēia mea mana ke hoʻoikaika i ke kaʻa mai 0 a 60 i ka 6.2 kekona wale nō a hiki i ka wikiwiki kiʻekiʻe ma luna o 140 mph, ʻoiai e uhi ana i ka hapaha mile ma 14.7 kekona ma 93 mph.

7 Piʻi nui nā turbines.

ʻO nā turbine ʻelua i hoʻohana ʻia ma ka Blastolene Special ʻaʻole ia ke ʻano maʻamau o nā turbine hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai wale mai i kekahi hale kūʻai hana. E like me nā mea a pau i loko o ke kaʻa, he mea kūikawā lākou, aʻu i manaʻo ai he kūpono loa ia, akā ʻokoʻa inā hoʻohana ʻia ka mea hiki ke loaʻa.

Ua hoʻokumu pololei ʻia nā turbos mai Honeywell/Garrett Turbo Technologies, a ʻo ka mea e hoʻokaʻawale ai lākou ʻo ia nā ʻāpana magnesium-hulled i hoʻolālā mua ʻia a hoʻohana ʻia no ka hana Toyota CART. ʻAʻole kūʻai kūʻai ʻia lākou, akā inā ʻo ia, pono ʻoe e uku ma kahi o $10,000 no kēlā me kēia ʻāpana.

Ua hiki i nā poʻe o ka Polyphony Digital ka holomua ʻo Gran Turismo kaʻa i ka holo kaʻa ma Jay Leno's Blastolene Special mai ka wā i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ai ka pāʻani ʻehā GT.

Ua hoʻopau ke kaʻa i Gran Turismo 4 "hōʻino". Ua kipa ka hui hoʻomohala o ka pāʻani i ka hale kaʻa o Jay no ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka walaʻau ʻenekini, a i ka ʻike ʻana i ke kaʻa, ua kāhāhā nui lākou i ka hoʻohana ʻana iā ia i ka pāʻani.

No laila inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi kope o Gran Turismo a makemake ʻoe e hoʻāʻo iā ʻoe iho, ua kapa ʻia ʻo Jay Leno's Tank Truck. 900 horsepower.

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