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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: STEMO on 02 March 2023, 14:57:46

Title: Fancy something a wee bit different?
Post by: STEMO on 02 March 2023, 14:57:46: Have a pop at this:
https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-11811241/The-Beast-1972-one-car-27-LITRE-plane-engine-sale.html

Then buy your own petrol station, and off you jolly well go :)
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Post by: ronnyd on 02 March 2023, 17:20:12: Will they do an electric version? :D
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Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 02 March 2023, 17:44:50: Spitfire lump.....and I don't mean the nancy boy two seater by Triumph.
Title: Re: Fancy something a wee bit different?
Post by: YZ250 on 02 March 2023, 18:41:58: I remember The Beast being on display at Milton Keynes shopping centre many many years ago. It had the Rolls Royce grill on it then.
Title: Re: Fancy something a wee bit different?
Post by: Nick W on 03 March 2023, 08:10:49: Quote from: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 02 March 2023, 17:44:50
Spitfire lump.....and I don't mean the nancy boy two seater by Triumph.

It's a Meteor out of a tank, not a Merlin. They're much easier to adapt to car use, lacking the gearbox for the propeller and drive from the 'right' end.

The car is particularly impressive as it whines, rattles and smokes past you on the motorway :y
Title: Re: Fancy something a wee bit different?
Post by: STEMO on 03 March 2023, 08:26:00: Quote from: Nick W on 03 March 2023, 08:10:49
Quote from: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 02 March 2023, 17:44:50
Spitfire lump.....and I don't mean the nancy boy two seater by Triumph.

It's a Meteor out of a tank, not a Merlin. They're much easier to adapt to car use, lacking the gearbox for the propeller and drive from the 'right' end.

The car is particularly impressive as it whines, rattles and smokes past you on the motorway :y
The original tank engine was destroyed in a fire, it now has a Merlin V12
Title: Re: Fancy something a wee bit different?
Post by: YZ250 on 03 March 2023, 08:28:21: Quote from: Nick W on 03 March 2023, 08:10:49
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It's a Meteor out of a tank, not a Merlin. They're much easier to adapt to car use, lacking the gearbox for the propeller and drive from the 'right' end.

It started life with a Meteor engine but after an engine fire it was changed to a Merlin. It definitely had a Merlin in it when it was displayed at Milton Keynes. :y
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Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 03 March 2023, 18:52:31: I thought the Meteor and Spitfire shared the same lump apart from the Spitfire being Supercharged and the Meteor being NA.

I could well be wrong though.
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Post by: Kevin Wood on 03 March 2023, 19:04:24: Quote from: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 03 March 2023, 18:52:31
I thought the Meteor and Spitfire shared the same lump apart from the Spitfire being Supercharged and the Meteor being NA.

I could well be wrong though.

That was the main difference. I think they used up "B" grade parts not suitable for aviation use and bits recovered from crashed aircraft since the engine was subject to much less abuse in a tank (and had half the power anyway since the supercharger was deleted).
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Post by: countrywoman on 03 March 2023, 19:54:29: V12, just stick 2 Omega v6s together!!!
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Post by: Doctor Gollum on 03 March 2023, 20:04:04: Quote from: countrywoman on 03 March 2023, 19:54:29
V12, just stick 2 Omega v6s together!!!
If it's good enough for the Mundeo Coupe :D