Just make it bigger.

Jonny69 · 14 Dec 2010 at 13:27

This tickled my engineering fancy. In 1911 the enormous Benz 'Blitzen' held both the flying kilometre and flying mile records. Back then, if a manufacturer wanted to go faster they built a bigger engine and the Blitzen engine was 21 litres. Fiat decided to attack them with the S76. This car had a capacity of a staggering 28.4 litres, with only four cylinders!

Nicked that info from the net. Here are some pictures:

I love that exhaust SO much. I bet it would blow your trousers off if you stood anywhere near it.

This last one is a picture of a conrod. Its the S76 crank and a rod with an A7 rod sat on top.

Some cool info here: http://www.bristolpegasus.com/index.php?section=298

kinger88 · 14 Dec 2010 at 13:42

Cool Find, really do like over the top engineering projects! Bigger is better!

volospian · 14 Dec 2010 at 13:44

Now THAT is a beast! about zero forward visability, an exhaust pipe you can stick your entire arm up and chain driven! :eek:

Rilot · 14 Dec 2010 at 16:06

I would love to hear that run at full chat.

Lashout_UK · 14 Dec 2010 at 16:11

Probably something like this:

Although that's a 47 litre V12

Jonny69 · 14 Dec 2010 at 17:33

Rilot said:
I would love to hear that run at full chat.

300hp at 1900rpm. I reckon you'd be on full throttle and start accelerating at about 500rpm or maybe less. With 27 litres I reckon the whole continent shakes when you nail it :eek:

Dogbreath · 14 Dec 2010 at 17:54

Jonny69 said:
This last one is a picture of a conrod. Its the S76 crank and a rod with an A7 rod sat on top.

That is one spindly looking crank! I guess maximum RPM must have been very limited.

Lashout_UK · 14 Dec 2010 at 18:13

Probably topped out between 1500-2000rpm

iaind · 14 Dec 2010 at 18:20

Lashout_UK said:
Probably something like this:

Although that's a 47 litre V12

I don't care what anyone says, im getting one of those as my next car.

Might need an LPG conversion to make fuel less silly though

sigma · 14 Dec 2010 at 18:27

That sounds savage! None of this pesky bean can on a civic business!

Lopéz · 14 Dec 2010 at 18:40

Right up my street.

If you like that you'll like Parry Thomas and BABS

Or my favourite, Count Louis Zborowski's "Chitty Bang Bang"

Jonny69 · 14 Dec 2010 at 20:20

I say, no photographs. Put that contraption away, immediately

iaind · 14 Dec 2010 at 20:39

Thats not an exhaust, that's a chimney!

arknor · 14 Dec 2010 at 21:09

must have been fun to be rich in those days...

could get a fat ass engine on wheels custom made for peanuts compared to what it would cost in relative terms today

Lopéz · 14 Dec 2010 at 21:11

iaind said:
Thats not an exhaust, that's a chimney!

Zborowski and his men were an eccentric bunch.

I first found out about them on a school trip to Pendine when I was about 8 or 9 years old and have been fascinated by that era of racing ever since.

Good little potted history here

volospian · 14 Dec 2010 at 21:53

I lived for many years just around the corner from Pendine, in the small village of Saundersfoot.

lordrobs · 15 Dec 2010 at 10:11

Lopéz said:
Right up my street.

If you like that you'll like Parry Thomas and BABS

Babs used exposed chains to connect the engine to the drive wheels, while the high engine cover required him to drive with his head tilted to one side – the right. During a later record attempt at Pendine Sands, Wales on 3 March 1927, the right-hand drive chain broke at a speed of 170 mph, partially decapitating him. Babs was buried where it landed, on the beach at Pendine.

Jeeez!

mrk · 15 Dec 2010 at 10:22

lordrobs said:
Jeeez!

Yeah, Clarkson commented about that in an episode not long ago on that very beach!

I want some framed posters of those monster machines

--Mike-- · 15 Dec 2010 at 11:08

Been to Pendine and saw Babs. She's a beast of a machine. I can only imagine the sound these engines must make.

Just make it bigger.

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