Duncan Pittaway made history today by firing up one of the largest-engined 4 cylinder cars ever built which was constructed by Fiat for a Land Speed Record attempt in 1911.This was the first time anyone has heard or seen this monster in action in over 100 years ! The heroic project has been a challenge of monumental proportions and the success is a huge credit to Duncan and his team who have triumphed over a multitude of difficulties during the last twelve years.
The stories of the original LSR attempts over 100 years ago are legendary and reported elsewhere but here is a brief specification of the car:
28.4 litres, 4 cylinder Land Speed Record car. 1911. 290 b.h.p. at 1,100 rpm.
Torque 1,384 lbs/ft . 1,876 Nm.
Bore: 190 mm. Stroke: 250 mm. 28,353 cc.
Wheelbase 2.75 m. (9ft 1/4"). Weight 1,900 kg.
Double chain drive.
2 cars produced
The engine has no starter motor, thus each 7 litre cylinder has to be hand-aspirated with fuel mixture and then detonated on the correct piston, after it has begun its downward stroke, by a small battery-operated trembler coil which produces a shower of high voltage sparks. The man on the crank handle needs to stand well clear at that point !
It is reported that compressed air was used in another method in contemporary days.
Małe auta są dobre do miasta, bo wszędzie wjadą, wszędzie zaparkują. Tylko gorzej, gdy trzeba wyjechać, wtedy zaczynają się problemy, ale nie z takimi sobie człowiek radzi.
ACURA
America Can Use Real Automobiles
Asia’s Curse Upon Rural America
AMC
All Mistakes Combined
AUDI
All Unnecessary Devices Installed
BMW
Bavarian Money Waster
Break My Windshield
Buy More Women
Bought Me Wife
BUICK
Big Ugly Imitation Chrome King
CADILLAC
Crazy And Demented Idiots Like Large American Cars
Crazy Aunt Drives It Like A Lunatic Across the Country
CHEVROLET
Cheap, Hardly Efficient, Virtually Runs On Luck Every Time
Constantly Having Every Vehicle Recalled Over Lousy
Engineering Techniques
CHRYSLER
Company Has Recommended You Start Learning Engine Repair
CITROEN
Car Is Thoroughly Rotten, Overhaul Every Night
DAEWOO
Damn Asian Engineering Works Only Occasionally
DODGE
Damn Old Dudes Go Everywhere
Dead On Date Guarantee Expired
FERRARI
Fast, Exciting, Racy, Red, And Really Impractical
FIAT
Failure In Italian Automotive Technology
Found In A Trashcan
Fix It Another Time
FORD
First On Rust and Deterioration
Frequently Overhauled, Rarely Driven
Frequent Opinion: Really Disappointed
Fabricated Of Refried Dung
Fault Of R&D
GM
Generally Malfunctions
GMC
Got A Mechanic Coming?
Garage Man's Companion
HONDA
Helping Out Nips Destroy America
Honda Options: No Deal Available!
HUMMER
Huge Ugly Mother, Mostly Eats Resources
HYUNDAI
Hope You Understand: Nothing.s Drivable And Inexpensive
INFINITI
It Never Found Its Niche: It.s Truly Inconsequential
JAGUAR
Just A Guess U Are Rich
KIA
Korean Industrial Accident
LAMBORGHINI
Loser Always Maintains Big Old Rotten Gunk; Hardly Inflates Nobody’s Image
LOTUS
Loads Of Trouble Usually Serious
MASERATI
Must Also Suggest Extra Rope And Towing Implements
MERCEDES
Money Envy Reliably Causes Every Derogatory Expletive to Surface
Many Expensive Repairs Can Eventually Discourage Extra Sales
Most Eccentric Rich Capitalists Enjoy Driving Expensive Sedans
MINI
Moron Inside Notably Insane
NISSAN
Nine Idiots Standing, Saying Absolutely Nothing More
OLDSMOBILE
Overpriced, Leisurely Driven Sedan Made Of Buick`s Irregular Leftover Equipment
Old Ladies Driving Slowly Make Others Behind Infuriatingly Late Everyday
PONTIAC
Poor Old Nitwit Thinks Its A Cadillac
PORSCHE
Proof Of Rich Spoiled Children Having Everything
RENAULT
Retarded Engine, No Acceleration, Ugly Lump of Trash
SALEEN
Some Aristocrats Love Every Expensive Novelty
SATURN
Same American Trash Under Revised Name
TOYOTA
Too Often Yankees Overprice This Auto
TRIUMPH
This Really Is Unreliable Man, Please Help!
VOLVO
Vehicles Of Low Velocity Owners
Very Odd Looking Vehicular Object
VOLKSWAGEN
Very Obsolete, Losers Knowingly Suffer With All German Engineered Nonsense
Virtually Worthless
V-tec Wins!!
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