The 10 cars behind the scene of the Fast and Furious 6 (Part-2)

Line of cars in Fast and Furious 6 is not to be missed to be listened to. They are "players" that support and plays an important role in establishing the film's plot. In the previous five films, which always presents some success with the coolest cars of all kinds of models.

The Fast and Furious 6 movie newly screened in cinemas throughout the world which is attracted many spectators to watch. The emergence of various types of sports and premium cars was also attract a lot of audiences attention. For those who are curious about the kind of the cars that became a star in the Fast and Furious 6 movie, here are the 2nd part of review.

5. Custom-Built Ramp Car
After all, it's not built to race; it's built to perform in the fantasy world of a movie. So forget exotic materials like carbon fiber or a power plant that spins up to some five-digit number. The ramp car is built around a ladder frame made from 3-by-6-inch rectangular steel tubing with a lattice of welded steel tubes above that. The front suspension comes from a 3/4-ton mid-'80s GM pickup truck with air springs replacing the original coils. In back there's a Dana 60 solid rear axle held up on another pair of airbags and located by three links.

Custom-Built Ramp Car. (Picture from: http://www.edmunds.com/)

The steering is hydraulic both front and rear, with the front operated by a conventional steering wheel and the rear by a lever similar to that used on a monster truck. There are three separated passenger pods on the ramp car, but only the center one has driving controls. The other two pods were supposed to be used by supplemental bad guys in another chase scene that was eventually cut from the script and wasn't filmed.

4. 1971 Jensen Interceptor

Built by the Jensen Motors in England between 1966 and 1976, the Interceptor is a big, rear-drive personal luxury machine in the vein of the Jaguar XJ-S or a Bristol. But instead of a temperamental, Euro-weenie six or high-strung V12 under its hood, the Interceptor was powered by pure American muscle: either 383 cubic inches (6.3 liters) or 440 cubic inches (7.2 liters) of old-school, carbureted, V8 American muscle. And that made it kind of super cool back when you could use phrases like "super cool" without irony.

1971 Jensen Interceptor. (Picture from: http://www.edmunds.com/)

The Interceptor's hipster vibe has carried into the 21st century intact. There's even a micro-industry that's developed around restoring and updating Interceptors. All that is because, even 47 years after it entered production, the Interceptor is still a great and contemporary-looking machine. The body was designed in Italy by Carrozzeria Touring with exceptionally clean surfaces and a long nose that balances the weight of the huge, wraparound rear window.

3. 1970 Ford Escort RS1600

A simple little car shoved full of the best engine Ford and Cosworth could devise. It's England's half-pint muscle car, but it's not that muscular. Introduced in 1968, the Escort was Ford's European small car. Back before front-drive orthodoxy crushed the life out of all things, it was a rear-driver built around a few pieces of bent metal pretending to be a unibody chassis, a pair of MacPherson struts up front and a solid rear axle on leaf springs in back. Most of them came with microscopic four-cylinder, overhead-valve engines of 1.1- or 1.3-liter displacement.

1970 Ford Escort RS1600. (Picture from: http://www.edmunds.com/)

In the 1970 Ford Escort RS1600 that power comes from the Cosworth-designed, 1.6-liter twincam 16-valve BDA four-cylinder engine. Released in 1969 and based on Ford's iron "Kent" block, the BDA featured Ford's first four-valve combustion chambers and transformed the sleepy 1970 Escort into a robust athlete prepped to take on rallying. Even with its dual side-draft Weber carbs, the BDA only made about 113 horsepower. But the Escort weighed less than 1,800 pounds, and that gave it a power-to-weight ratio similar to that of the era's nominally more powerful sports cars.

2. 1970 Plymouth Hemi 'Cuda

Built by Dave Salvaggio of Salvaggio Automotive Design in Port Washington, Wisconsin, this 'Cuda is overstuffed with virtually every trick known to Mopar man. But those tricks are all subtle. Like the instrumentation that is set into a carbon-fiber panel and uses white faces, but retains the original font and design of each gauge. And then there's the pistol-grip shifter atop the Tremec six-speed manual transmission that has been remade in carbon fiber — as if it were for a much better gun.

1970 Plymouth Hemi 'Cuda. (Picture from: http://www.edmunds.com/)

That's an Arruzza-built, aluminum-headed elephant engine capped by twin four-barrel carburetors. It incorporates a beautifully machined and polished aluminum plate on the front that uses a single serpentine belt to drive the alternator, A/C compressor and power steering pump. And the entire engine bay is so heartbreakingly beautiful it makes you want to rip off the car's hood.

1. 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona

Built in response to Ford's long-nose Torino Talladega fastback, the Daytona was immediately successful on the track. And with Buddy Baker behind the wheel of Chrysler Engineering's number 88 car, on March 24, 1970 at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama, the Charger Daytona became the first NASCAR racecar to run a lap beyond 200 mph. 

The car that used in the film is not the original car but only Dodge Daytona replica. It seen from the front car's snout shape which is looks higher than the original. So Toretto's Daytona, like several other vehicles in the film, is powered by GM's 6.2-liter LS3 V8 rated at 430 horsepower. 

1969 Dodge Charger Daytona. (Picture from: http://www.kapanlagi.com/)

Behind that on most of the Daytonas is a GM Turbo 400 three-speed automatic transmission. The power finally leads to a Ford 9-inch solid-axle rear end. Different gear ratios were installed in different Daytonas depending upon what each was going to do during filming. (Back to Part-1 or see Furious 7) *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | EDMUND.COM | KAPANLAGI.COM]

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