# 1000 HP gas powered tricycycle - ode to excess **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 30, 2013, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1000-hp-gas-powered-tricycycle-ode-to-excess/669985 "2013-09-30T05:29:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1000-hp-gas-powered-tricycycle-ode-to-excess/669985/1 "2013-09-30T05:29:21Z")
[Here](http://www.fasterandfaster.net/2010/12/rocket-ii-supercharged-1000bhp-hemi-v8.html) > [@](#): > > Everything about the Rocket II is quite over the top, but we’ll start with the engine. It’s a 7.0-litre Hemi V8, with a BDS 8-71 supercharger bolted on for good measure, which boosts power output to 1,000 horsepower. Then there’s that hub-centre steering setup at the front, machined-from-billet front wheel, and a front swingarm that’s fabricated from ¼-inch steel plate and which features fully adjustable rosejoints that allow easy adjustment of wheel castor and camber. > > The 1,000bhp Hemi V8 drives the Rocket II’s rear wheels via a three-speed automatic transmission. It’s an unapologetically loud and fast trike that can hit triple-digit speeds in seconds and get up to a top speed of more than 260km/h. With a rider on board, the Rocket II weighs in excess of 1,200 kilos and fuel economy is less than stellar – a stunning 1.2km/l. Then again, you wouldn’t build a 1,000-horsepower supercharged V8-engined trike for fuel economy. You’d build one as an ode to sheer excess. And as such, the Rocket II is just brilliant. We love it ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1000-hp-gas-powered-tricycycle-ode-to-excess/669985/2 "2013-09-30T05:43:57Z")
Interesting as an engineering or design exercise, I guess, but ultimately I’m not terribly impressed. And a question. Can anyone tell me where the exhausts are? The manifolds coming out of each side of the engine look like they end at the rear wheels (which seems a bad idea in itself), but there are two pipes at the rear, as well. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1000-hp-gas-powered-tricycycle-ode-to-excess/669985/3 "2013-09-30T05:57:24Z")
Looks like visibility to the front is terrible. And no wind protection for the head at full speed. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1000-hp-gas-powered-tricycycle-ode-to-excess/669985/4 "2013-09-30T08:44:49Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Interesting as an engineering or design exercise, I guess, but ultimately I’m not terribly impressed. > > And a question. Can anyone tell me where the exhausts are? The manifolds coming out of each side of the engine look like they end at the rear wheels (which seems a bad idea in itself), but there are two pipes at the rear, as well. Presumably the pipes from the engine make an S bend under the chassis and out the back. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1000-hp-gas-powered-tricycycle-ode-to-excess/669985/5 "2013-09-30T14:48:40Z")
Was anyone else hoping the chick would fall off the back? ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1000-hp-gas-powered-tricycycle-ode-to-excess/669985/6 "2013-09-30T21:15:35Z")
Looking at this, my first reaction is the same as when I saw the guy ride up to a car show on a water cooled, V8, stick shift 2 wheeler - anyone who would ride on the street has a death wish! ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1000-hp-gas-powered-tricycycle-ode-to-excess/669985/7 "2013-10-01T01:14:32Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > Looking at this, my first reaction is the same as when I saw the guy ride up to a car show on a water cooled, V8, stick shift 2 wheeler - anyone who would ride on the street has a death wish! [Like this ?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc4N5PLIVfU) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1000-hp-gas-powered-tricycycle-ode-to-excess/669985/8 "2013-10-02T19:44:25Z")
Wild Bill Gelbke would not be impressed. Too sissy.