But an even more commanding installation came in 1999, when Serra's retrospective surrounded "Snake" with eight works from the artist's series of massive steel "Torqued Ellipses".
Freakishly flexible ligaments allow him to apply a massive amount of torque, so he gets the same awkward drift and loop as the best legspinners.
Key to these are the smooth-shifting, six-speed, double-clutch gearbox, individual controls for engine and gearbox responsiveness, steering weighting and suspension tautness, and the fact that the engine produces a massive 502lb/ft of torque all the way from 1,500 to 5,750rpm.
Bentley has also done unique work on the W-12 to get (dare we drive home the point?) massive low-end torque, a signature of all the best Bentleys.
Despite the massive horsepower and torque, the big car suffers from a bit of turbo lag when you really make the pedal meet the metal.
When Larry Gagosian, a famous dealer, showed a series of Richard Serra's massive steel sculptures, "Torqued Toruses", in one of his galleries in London in 2008, he presented each one on its own in a white-walled room.
Try a massive 516 foot-pounds of torque.
Not only does the Duramax deliver a massive 520 foot-pounds of torque, it does so at a barely churning 1800 rpm.
Its massive 490 foot-pounds of torque cut 0 to 60 times down to a very competitive 8.2 seconds, but the motor's greater bulk only made handling matters worse.
Of all the mechanical features on exhibit in the Tonka, Ford's 6.0-liter V-8 diesel engine with 350-horsepower and a massive 600 foot-pounds of torque (good for 20,000 pounds of towing capacity) is the most feasible and logical item to see production.
