Yeah-1700 cubic inches is the way to go. Love the view into the exhaust. When it blows up, will they put in a small block chevy?
Other current threads on this topic: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/...isplacement-how-about-28-5-litre-fiat.953937/ http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/1911-fiat-s76-runs-for-1st-time-in-over-100-years.953673/
...and...stuart in mn delivers a swift kick to the nutsack...340HilbornDuster is down!...wait...he's getting back up...the thread recovers!
I'd say this is 3rd strike for this thread. In only a couple of days. Don't you guys pay attention in class?
Sorry Guys, I'll check next time..... ........But it was just so fricken cool! The pictures by Stefan Marjoram in this post is awesome! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/1911-fiat-s76-runs-for-1st-time-in-over-100-years.953673/
Did you guys notice that they don't start it with the crank? They use the crank to turn it over enough to draw some combustible mixture into the cylinders. If you watch closely, a guy on the right side of the engine reaches in and does something and the engine starts. What he is doing is moving the manual spark advance, which causes a spark to generated which fires the cylinder. If you know how much to turn the crank, and where to leave it, the engine will pretty much start every time. When I was a kid, I had a friend with a stock model "A" that did this all the time. He would get in, give the spark lever a quick pull and sometimes the engine would start. As to cranking an engine of this size to start it, I believe it would be impossible. I have a '48 Seagrave pumper with a 468" Pierce Arrow sourced V12. After I got it, one of the ignition systems didn't work. I went through both systems (two dual coil distributors and 24 spark plugs) and rebuilt the carburetors and got it running very well. Surprisingly, this vehicle came with a crank. We would take it to car shows and bet beers that we could start it with the crank. I was 6' 220 and could get it started some of the time. My partner on the truck was in his early thirties at the time, 6' 3" and 255 and quite strong. He could get it going just about every time. We won quite a few beers over a few years doing that. It was a tough pull however. I don't even want to think about trying it with a four cylinder engine almost 4 times as big. A pull of the crank will give you, say 135 degrees of crankshaft rotation. Since a 4 cylinder, 4 cycle engine fires every 180 degrees, everything has to work right to get even one firing impulse per crank pull. A 12 cylinder, on the other hand fires every 60 degrees of crankshaft revolution, meaning. that you would get at least 2 firing impulses every crank pull. Having all those cylinders actually made it easier to start. I have a 4 cylinder, 2 cycle Yamaha snowmobile that is much easier to start than any smaller twin I ever had.
I saw this running at the Cholmondley Pageant of Power last year and at Retromobile Paris in February. Pictures don't do it justice. It is huge - nearly 6 feet high at the scuttle and, though it looks like a single seater at first glance, it has a seat for a riding mechanic.
Made back in the day when, sometimes, there was little difference between an auto and a small locomotive. Gunga Din. Gary
Nope they'll put 4 SBCs in there or 5. I have seen the vid before, it is cool to hear that beast run, I'll bet the neighbors in the next town don't like it though. "Good gawd Matilda, I think there is an earthquake."
Seen it many times... Yes, it is so fricken cool...My daughter watched it with me this time, figures we should get one, but mommy wont like it...yes, it was fun seeing it again! See the whole car lurch in the opposite direction to the crank rotation when the first cylinder fires?
Daaang!! https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=585480068301165 These Guys are Nuckin' Futz!...It's only worth a couple a Million...Drive it like you stole it!
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