VIDEO: Chrysler Turbo Encabulator piques our engineering interest
Chrysler Turbo Encabulator – Click above to watch video after the jump
Back on January 16 of 1994, our 1985 Pontiac Parisienne Safari decided to blow a hole its radiator at the corner of Roscoe and De Soto in the San Fernando Valley. We remember noticing the temp gauge peg itself all the way to the right just as steamy white smoke began erupting out of the hood, and rolled into a local Shell station right there on the corner. The mechanic on duty was so used to repairing GM B-body cooling issues that he did it while we waited. We bet he could have done this particular repair blindfolded. Then he started talking.
"They've known how to make a water engine for years," He explained between pulls from his cigarette and dunking the Pontiac's radiator into a water bath. "My friend I went to school with, he invented a car that gets 160 mpg twenty years ago. But he was working for GM and they hold the patent." Doing our bestest not to roll our eyes too terribly much, we asked why not just release the motor anyhow, and surely the money his friend makes will more than make up for the money he'd have to pay GM. "You don't get it," the mechanic said to me. "They'll kill him."
A little less than twelve hours later, at 4:31 am, the Northridge Earthquake struck. Epicenter? Blocks from the Shell station where not only did our Pontiac's radiator get patched but a certain Iranian mechanic almost spilled the beans about GM's super high-tech secret stuff. Could this been a warning from General Motors to the loose-lipped mechanic? Probably. And if you think General Motors has some advanced engineering they're cruelly keeping under wraps, just check out Chrysler's Turbo Encabulator. Modial interaction of magnito reluctance anyone? Full video after the jump. Thanks bunches for the tip, Justin!
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jerjozwik 3:03PM (10/15/2009)
hilarious!
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vkchu 4:47PM (10/15/2009)
the encabulator runs on brawndo thirst mutilator
adrian 7:20AM (10/16/2009)
2.23. Moxy Interruptor: Classic.
nrb 11:51AM (10/16/2009)
Reminds me of this guy:
http://tinyurl.com/yh8arlk
mapoftazifosho 3:04PM (10/15/2009)
I wanted to criticize this article, but I lol'd.
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RandyMarsh980 3:08PM (10/15/2009)
soooooooooooo old =P
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RITmusic2k 3:10PM (10/15/2009)
I'm not trying to jump in like an idiot and start yelling "OLD", but I think I first saw this a couple years ago, on Autoblog...
That said, it's an excellent bit that's worth the watch every time!
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Edsel 4:44PM (10/15/2009)
The second guy sounds like the service manager at our BMW dealer.
Erik 3:11PM (10/15/2009)
a series of tasks that serve no other function than to increase the billable service hours... hahahaha
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Danny 3:15PM (10/15/2009)
I love how they comment that 'so and so' company holds the patent, which is why we don't know about the amazing technology or see it in use...
In reality, once the patent is filed, it becomes public knowledge...so even if a company holds the patent, everyone is free to see and analyze said product.
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Marreroj 3:16PM (10/15/2009)
my cousin just told me her bmw has one,omg lol bbq
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turbo-quattro 3:16PM (10/15/2009)
at first i was thinking how none of what he said made any sense and he was just making up words....then i realized this was a joke. then i lol'd.
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two4zerosx 3:20PM (10/15/2009)
LMAO. One of my physics professors told us that we were going to watch a video and take a quiz on the video for a part of our final exam...
This was the video we watched.... The first few minutes we were all looking around at each other like WTF? Half way through the video i look around people are taking notes like their life depended on it. He gave us the quiz and it had real specific questions....
We passed it in all sweating. Went home....
Next day in class he told us we all failed the quiz... and that it was all BS. LOL. He was a funny bastard.
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Nick Martin 7:16AM (10/16/2009)
Wow, that's awesome. This video does remind me of some lectures that I had in college. Sometimes I would wonder if the professor was serious or if he was just messing with us.
Phil Perman 3:21PM (10/15/2009)
I was watching that video a few days ago, strange that it would suddenly appear on autoblog. I first saw it a couple years ago, but that was in the form of the Retro Encabulator from Rockwell Automation
And people saying its old, its 63 years old to be exact
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FThorn 3:22PM (10/15/2009)
Using other terms, I feel this is how the financial industry has been operating the past decade.
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btyler227 3:26PM (10/15/2009)
wait.... what did he say?!
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My_SS_RX8 3:29PM (10/15/2009)
it reminded me of tech school videos we had in the Navy for servicing radar guided interceptor missiles and Sidewinders, that was in the first week. the second week got confusing.
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Paco 3:36PM (10/15/2009)
wow, must be a painfully slow news day to drag this gem up from last millenuim...
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dukeisduke 3:41PM (10/15/2009)
LOL! I wonder who originally made this video, and I wonder how mad the guys at ASE got when they saw their logo in it. Hilarious!
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