So I was looking at the picture of the Wraith engine from the add...the one with the red valvecover. Anyways, I noticed something odd, and it also proved that engine was nothing more than a mock-up. There was no intermediate shaft, no seal, no seal retainer...nothing! There was just a hole! Now, I snapped this picture while at SDAC18:
Now, as can be easily seen they have a block-off plate with two lines going to it. Obviously they HAD to do something for the intermediate shaft bearing oil holes, otherwise it would loose oil pressure an die a very quick death.
So my question is what did they do, and what are those lines for/going to. I also notice what looks like an oil line that was tapped in to an oil gally just above that. I'm thinking they used some of this to feed oil to the head, but I'm curious as to what does what! LOL
I also noticed the oil pan looking a heck of a lot like a non-CB! I'm wondering if they used a non-CB or if they used a MP Performance block with the 4-bolt mains, or some other special one-off thing?
Just interesting curiosities.
I also wonder if there were two of these cars? The one in the movie "appeared" all black, or at least a VERY dark color(I'm talking about the real one at the very end of the movie). It also has "DODGE" on the rear window. I'm sure they didn't repaint the car just for the movie, so I'm wondering if it was lighting tricks or another car all together? SOMETHING happened to that mock-up engine that looked really nice! I'm just wondering if it ended up in another car!?