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Apparently someone did or it wouldnāt have been in the script. I think youāre just being sexist.
Itās one of my favorite movie scenes of all time. And no - Iād imagine that the actor Marissa Tomei wouldnāt have known. But Iām sure that her character - Ms. Mona Lisa Vito did know.
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Notice: āNo one wouldā.
My favorite scene was Vito stating "The defense is wrong!"
and her explaining the burning rubber tire marks.
The writers found someone that new itā¦
Jessi Combs (RIP) probably knew it, she was the fastest woman on 4 wheels, passed away doing about 520 MPH when a front wheel failedā¦ She was a true fabricator and master techā¦ Many women in the hot rod and racing world that might know that stuffā¦ Alex Taylor (Alex Taylor Racing) is another young drag racer and has had her street driven, trailer towing 1955 Chevy in the high 6ās at over 210 MPH in the 1/4 mile during drag and drive & sick week eventsā¦ She also builds transmissions, engines, whatever and even complete race cars with her dadā¦
And any Chevy fan will know what year the legendary 327 came out, and it was not available in the Chevy in question, cause it wasnāt invented yet for productionā¦ they will also know the HP, bore and stroke, what cylinders heads were offered on it and when etc etc etc ā¦
Sorry, but just because you donāt know crap about these things doesnāt mean real car guys donātā¦ I have known lots of people that can name every small/big block chevy ever made and their bore and strokes and most of the timing specs for themā¦
Hell, 30 years ago, I new every LA 273, 318, 340, 360, B 383, 400, RB 426 and 440 specs, I am still pretty good on the LA 318 and up enginesā¦
I bet a few on this forum would easily be able to answer that same questionā¦
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I much preffered the 318 polyhead to the LA. and I particularly liked the 330 Desoto Hemi also or the 1957, 354 , two 4 barrel carb D-500-1 Dodge I got for $50 because it was rusty and the used car dealer I bought it from had no idea what it was. It was actually the same engine as the 56 Chrysler 300
Yeah, Iāve known a few people who had this kind of deep knowledge, especially if they were diehard Chevy fans for example- pick any make.
I found some parts of the movie really insightful. The part where he rips her for the distant photo image and later it becomes critical to him recognizing their car could never make those tire marks.
Vinny Gambini: Are we to believe that boiling water soaks into a grit faster in your kitchen than on any place on the face of the earth? Mr. Tipton: I donāt know. Vinny Gambini: Well, perhaps the laws of physics cease to exist on your stove
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If someone made their living doing tune ups in the ā60s, they could know that stuff.
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And as to āno one wouldā, im very well versed in GM"s senior compacts of 1961-1963 and i damn sure wouldāve known that.
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Could be answered differentlyā¦ Chevy only installed a 265 ci V8 in 1955. That engine did not have a mounting boss for an oil filter either.
She didnāt have to focus on the 327!
As for thisā¦
There is so much incorrect (BS) information in movies these days it drives me nuts to watch some of themā¦
Ford vs Ferrariā¦ a scene when Ken Miles is side by side with the Ferrari on the Mulsanne Straight in the '66 Le Mans 24 race and DOWNshifts to 3rd at high speed to pull awayā¦ My brain immediately thought BOOM since the engine would over-rev and push a rod out the block.
For those that might not realize whyā¦ If the car is turning close to redline at high speed, 3rd gear would over-rev the engine causing it to fail. If the car isnāt going fast enough to over-rev, then Ken Miles would be in 3rd gear already, not 4th.
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Heck, I knew they didnāt have a 327 in '55, and I used to remember things like firing order, point gap, dwell, and such for some common cars when I worked at a service station and did tune ups in the '70s. Just donāt ask me now!
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Shifting (one way or the other) is the āgo-toā action during car chases. Like the driver was just coasting along before thatā¦
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Thats the firing order for the 215 cubic inch aluminum olds-buick v8 in the f85, cutlass, and jetfire and the Buick special and Skylark in 1962. I didnt need to look it up, just comes from memory.
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My favorite thing to hate is still squealing tire sound effects on dirt/gravelā¦
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Oh YES!
There are also lots of action movies (Missā¦ Impossā¦ cough, cough) that display a complete lack of knowledge about physicsā¦ Looks cool but is impossible without CGI!
+1
Letās not forget about locked-up brakes and screaming tiresā¦ on cars that were obviously equipped with ABS.
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Although it out HPāed the LA, it was also 75 pounds heavier than the LA is, and only 70 pounds lighter than the 440 (roughly), the head design was great, sharded valve location of the Hemi with a but was costly to makeā¦ They both share the same bore and stroke of 3.91" X 3.31"ā¦ You can through a 4" stroker crank and bore it 0.090 over for 402ci of funā¦ You can use a LA timing cover, oil pump and distributer on the Aā¦
But you can also stroke a LA and make a ton of power with better headsā¦ lighter weight = faster ETāsā¦
Iāll still stick with my LAās thoughā¦
Yupā¦
True of many modern (late 60ās and up, OE cammed) Mopar and GM engines with distributors, Ford had to be differentā¦ lol
LAās CW and B/RBās CCWā¦
That starts with putting the #1, or lead piston, on the passengerās side instead of the driverās side like GM and Chysler. 
Makes more space for power steering pumps maybe?
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Also, donāt (some) Ford V8s number the cylinders on one bank, then the other? George, another industry standardization for you!
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Yeah, Ford just had to be different, love em or hate emā¦ lol
How about 2 different firing orders on the 302 vs 302 HO engines?? 
302 vs 351W, different deck heights, 351C vs 351W, ci only mainlyā¦ itās like they had 10 different engine designers that never new or talked to each other, all designing engines around the same timeā¦
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