PA. Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 Just came across these videos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PA. Posted May 7, 2016 Author Share Posted May 7, 2016 Radial engine in a car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gandalph Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 !!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Sometimes you just gotta ask WHY? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gandalph Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Sometimes you just gotta ask WHY? I think the answer to that questions would have to be "Because he could". Try making that in Australia. The Nannies would have fits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Koreelah Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Reminds me of another aircraft engine shoehorned into a car. Although not a fan of excess, I loved the stories about Maseratis and Porsches being overtaken at high speed by a mystery Rolls Royce... http://www.supercars.net/blog/1931-rolls-royce-phantom-ii-merlin/ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2226932/Classic-Bentley-fitted-27-litre-SPITFIRE-engine-goes-sale-500-000-Top-Gear-stars-wince-fuel-bills.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yenn Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Not a Merlin as he admits at the end. The unsupercharged version is the Meteor. We used to use 4 gals per mile in the Centurion tank, which weighed 52 tons. Great fun to punt around on rough country. I had an accident in one once. An officer came round to where I was and told me he had just run into me with a truck. I never felt a thing. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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