Thread: The BEAST OF TURIN

hmm 116MPH (186km/h) in that jalopy would make the Wright brothers first flight just seven years prior look like a kindergarten little lunch game!

chain driven balls of titanium

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Woooooooooh.
Holy Moley!

Will

Follow the Sapper.

[ame=http://vimeo.com/113158655]The Beast of Turin trailer on Vimeo[/ame]

Thats a bit like a mate of my Dad's that put a 14ltr WWI fighter engine in a french veteran racer but it put out 1000hp.

28.5-litre Fiat S76 runs for first time in over 100 years!

Dec 1, 2014 Author: Andrew Craig Section: Historic
It has taken a few more months than originally intended, but Duncan Pittaway (who I interviewed at the Festival of Speed) has finally realised the incredible achievement of firing-up the monstrous 104-year old Fiat S76 for the first time in more than a century.
Video: Watch it attempt a Land Speed Record in period ? click here

Despite its vintage, the motor boasts four valve-per-cylinder, multi-spark, overhead cam technology to go with its Spitfire-eclipsing displacement of 28.5 litres. There's no doubt huge plaudits are due to Duncan and his team who have put in a massive effort, having suffered many setbacks along the way.
Although the car was intended to start for the first time at FoS this year, it finally ran for the first time at the weekend.
Frankly it looks scary. With no exhaust as such we're treated to the sight of the aftermath of internal combustion shooting straight out of the exhaust ports while the whole car shakes violently. Bear in mind that in its day the S76 was reputed to be putting out around 300bhp and that all that power was transmitted to the axle by way of chains ?
All that remains now is to get Duncan's fabulous car back to Goodwood for that first run up the hill!
With thanks to Stefan Marjoram, a keen supporter of the project and who shot the clip as part of a full documentary on the S76.

ever seen a automobile crank that big??
What a 28.5-liter LSR engine sounds like firing up for the first time in 100 years - Autoblog

Fiat Beast of Turin fires up, vows to kill all in its path of destruction

That is hilarious! What a weapon