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  1. 9th September 2010, 09:33 PM #1
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    FABRICATED ENGINE FOR 1910 REPLICA

    A friend has started a project to build a replica of a 1910 Fiat Land Speed Record car. Photo attached. He is fabricating an engine from steel plate and tube. The internals such as crankshaft, rods, pistons, etc are from an early D8 Caterpillar. Four cylinders and 16 litres.

    He is a very handy fellow with multiple interests. Some photos are attached of the engine at various stages. The one with the four cylinders mounted is being turned over by a belt drive from a farm tractor. you can see the belt over the flywheel. This is to bed in the bearings. The beam and chains are holding the valves open.
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  2. 9th September 2010, 09:41 PM #2
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    Wow clever guy thats pretty good. Thanks for sharing.
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    That's cool. 4L pots - that would be a lumpy idle!

    I know a guy in the brisbane bayside area who built a plane under his house. He also built an entire aero engine from billet to his own design. In the end he wasn't happy with the power output so he bought one instead.

    EDIT - the original was 28L and 300HP! or 10.5 HP/L
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    is this the bloke at dalby?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sprint View Post
    is this the bloke at dalby?
    Yes
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  6. 10th September 2010, 10:00 AM #6
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    Here is a photo of the crankcase. It is made from a length of bore casing slit into two halves on a milling machine. The other half is the oil pan. Flanges have been welded to the two halves to bolt them together. The engine is dry sumped. This photo was taken before the cylinder bore holes were cut in the top of the crankcase and a heavy plate cylinder deck welded on.
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    We have determined that FIAT made two of these cars for sure, with the possibility of a third. Not yet able to verify the third car. The exhaust systems (on the left side) were quite different. The first car had two large rectangular stubs sticking a short distance out of the bonnet side, and the second car had two round drain pipes headed down to a large round "muffler" and a short tail pipe turned 90 degrees to the left. This second system was described by the chronicler as the street muffler.

    Apparently the first car did not have brakes other than a hand brake to bring it to a halt from low speed and for parking. The car was purpose built as a record breaker for use only on long straight roads The compression braking of 28 litres was all the braking available. I imagine the brakes of the day would have been little use at the planned 130 mph plus speeds. Can't find a reference to brakes on the second car.
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    Chain driven road wheels at 208km/h
    Well if they can pull that off in 1910 why has someone not manufactured a chain driven output from central gearbox to four independently suspended long arms!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by roverrescue View Post
    why has someone not manufactured a chain driven output from central gearbox to four independently suspended long arms!!!!
    They have - now were's that video of that contraption from a few months back........
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    Here are a few more photos from early in the job. The camshaft, camshaft housing and cam followers, and the four cylinders with the fixed heads and valves about to be installed.
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