nuhkschuitykaht said:
I agree with the part about diesel but i shall list the pros and cons of all feel free to add onto it and remember the final decision is up to hell jumper
electric- pros- doesnt polute, free (kinda, well at least cheap), no emisions, smell or catch on fire(not often)
cons- electric motors are expensive and not that strong, hard to find one that big
gas- pros- engines are everywhere, gas is going down in price
, powerful
cons- engine can be expensive, combustible, still expensive even if it is declining, smelly
diesel pros- can get many miles to gallon, very powerful
cons- more expensive than typical gas but more fuel efficient (i think), very smelly, combustible
Shoulda read before i posted last...
Dude, one thing about the electric motors vs. combustion engines.
In today's time, with oil being so expensive, electric vehicle technology has evolved to a level that almost knocks anything else out of the water. If you watch Discovery at all, they had a special on green options for everything from housing and power, to food and the road. Apparently, Jeep is coming out with a completly electric vehicle(perks being less costly to run and environment friendly, low impact). Also, the US military is working on a version of a Hummer that has a Diesel engine that powers electric motors in the wheels, and stealth being an issue for a scout vehicle, the engine can cut off and the vehicle can run on just battery power for somewhere on the order of 40 miles, assuming battery technology would catch up.
With electric motors, assuming you can pull off such a feat, if you can get the motors in the wheels, that drops the center of gravity very very low, making for the possiblity of rock climbing and such. However, in order to power the motors, you do need a source of energy. You could go the eco-friendly way and slap some AA's into that sucker and drive around like a hippie, or you could slam a big engine into it and have it run a generator powering the motors. Both options increase the center of gravity a bit more, but at least with the engine and a set of good exhaust pipes, you get the whole sound effect, thus increasing coolness, and thus increasing popularity, blah blah blah.
Now, if you go the much easier, cheaper, and non-hippie way of doing it, just put a straight-6 cylinder engine with an offroad drive train, huge lift, shocks, dampeners, all the good stuff, and call it a wrap. And just to set it off, if you can find out a place that will do it for you, get some custom mud tires cut for you, and put the halo3 symbol or UNSC symbol in between the studs, that way when your playing paintball in your halo costume and driving the warthog, if you run someone over, you will leave an ammusing trail of blood behind...
Finally, I would assume that if your building a warthog by yourself(or with help), then you know about everything I've just said, and I've just made an ass out of myself. Peace!