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Originally Posted by WPOZZZ

Wtf are they eating? Whole chicken fried steak?

Yeah, I think that's chicken fried steak. There are places that make huge chicken fried steak. My parents used to make it when I was growing up. I ate it, but never understood it. I don't think I've had it since the last time that I had it at home which is probably 35+ years ago.

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

I love that kind of stuff!

1907 Christie 20L V4 FWD







https://crankhandleblog.com/articles/the-brutal-american-20-litre-v-4-front-wheel-drive-christie-racing-car-of-1907/

Forget the Beast of Turin! This brutal Chistie front wheel drive racer is much more EXTREME! It is possibly the most exciting and elusive racing car ever. It not only is front wheel drive, but also has a huge and extraordinary transverse V-4 engine of almost 20 litres! It is as if it comes from another world, with its four large pots, riveted crankcase and big and short exhaust pipes, almost blowing their flames in the face of the driver.

The most spectacular and brutal car Christie ever built was definitely the V-4 racer of 1907. It had an engine that housed an astonishing 20 liters (1,214 cubic inches), mounted transversely, the crankshaft taking the place of the front axle!

It was a completely new design, specially built for the 1907 racing season and using no parts from previous racers. The immense engine had a bore and stroke of 184 x 184 mm (7 1/4 inch square) and 8 atmospheric inlet valves per cylinder and just one mechanically opened overhead exhaust valve. The transverse mounted engine employed crankshaft mounted spur gears and telescopic U-joints on each end to drive the front wheels, originally through a transmission arrangement that featured dangerously exposed gears. Later this was changed, to make it better suited for high-speed racing.

After two poor performances at the Vanderbilt Cup races with earlier models Christie was determined to do better this season and he entered this car for the French Grand Prix of that year at Dieppe. The car did make it to the starting line in France, but unfortunately engine and/or clutch problems forced him out of the race on lap 4. Walter Christie claimed to have reached a top speed of 120 MPH with this brutal machine. Despite its monstrous dimensions the Christie racer weighed only 1,800 pounds, which was not bad at all. Competing cars struggled to stay under the regulatory 2,200 pound weight limit.