Biggest " TRADITIONAL " car engine ever?

Mods, if this is not HAMB worthy, please delete, but only after reading the whole deal, thanks. In 1912 FIAT had what was known as " the beast ". I had my calculator out earlier, and did some converting for you folks, hope you enjoy- THIS IS NOT MADE UP. The "BEAST" was 28 Litres and had 4 cylinders. In C.C.'s thats 28,353 cubic centimeters. 7088 c.c. per cylinder. A new Harley is 1450 c.c. for 2 cylinders. O.K., now with my calculator, that means- a 1,730 cubic inch- 4 cylinder. If your still with me that's 432.54 c.i. per cylinder. Bore size is 190 m.m., and the stroke was 250 m.m. For those metrically challenged- thats a bore of 7.48" and a stroke of 9.84". To give you an idea, a 302 Ford is 4.000" bore and a 3.000" stroke and of course 8 cylinders. Stay with me now, a 572 B.B.C. engine is 4.500" bore and a 4.500" stroke and 8 cylinders. If you took 3- 572 inch B.B.C.'s and hooked them all together you would still only have 1716 cubic inches. And of course 24 cylinders. This was a real car, and a real engine, that was raced in Europe around 1912. There are pictures out there, but I don't know how to bring them over to the HAMB, if the mods are O.K. with this post, maybe someone can share a picture of the worlds biggest car engine ever. BDM

 

Is a 1912 FIAT really a "TRADITIONAL" engine? More realistically, I'd have to go with a 409 Chevy or a 421 Pontiac, TRADITIONALLY. DD

 

Here is the car.

 

Here's the "Beast of Turin"

 

big? yes

traditional? no

 

Thanks BIGCHUCK, { you noticed I put a ? after the ***le for the part about traditional }

 

Not really traditional...but pretty "frickin" cool....probably belongs on "Vintage Shots of Days Gone By"....

 

ditto.

 

Maybe traditional in Italy. Found some not so great engine pics.

 

Traditional or not, it still qualifies for awesome.

 

And still qualifies as Hot Rod with a capital H.

 

Cadillac had a 500 cubic inch in 1970

 

There is no replacement for displacement!! cool car!

 

Locomotive roadster with tires

 

1970 caddy is defently not traditional.

 

That FIAT engine was made for an Airship. Like a Blimp. It was kind of the Big Al of it's day.

 

Completely overpowered for the suspension,wheels,brakes..................bet it was a BLAST to drive! peace

 

It looks like a pregnant skateboard with headers...I like it!

 

Great piece of history....but it looks like roadkill after 2 days of sun.

 

Look at the front end, with the size of the car, I would say that he hit a train and just kept on going. Didn't even stop to trade insurance.

 

28 liters and 300 hp...That works out to less than 11 hp per liter. We've come a long way, baby.

 

430 Lincoln

 

here's a cadillac V16 - 432

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac_V16_engine

 

love the exhaust - what the hell did that sound like?

with the amount of torque that must have been produced it's a wonder it didn't just flip itself over!


Biggest part of the car is the motor, therefore, we have a genuine Hot Rod here!

 

or here..............


http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=380814



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Nice photo, and all 16 cylinders equal exactly the displacement of ONE cylinder in the BEAST , beautiful car, thanks for sharing!!

 

A 10 inch stroke....

just like me.


Rich

 

Rich, that's way too much information.....................

 

those prosthetics work wonders . . .

 

There were Rolls -Royces that had R-R Merlin engines swapped into them, as well as some custom jobs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Merlin_alternative_uses