"Driveshaft tunnel"
The victim
The carnage!
That is ridiculous
Its a V12 Rolls Royce engine built for tanks stuffed into what used to be, I think, a Rover V8. WOW.
5-10 Grand Master
So you've got an extra Rolls Royce 27L V12 laying around huh?
"Driveshaft tunnel"
The victim
The carnage!
That is ridiculous
Its a V12 Rolls Royce engine built for tanks stuffed into what used to be, I think, a Rover V8. WOW.
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Two words: Keeee Riiiiist. Is that a nitrous bottle too?
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4 Grand Master
27L???!!! Where does that go in? Are you sure it is not 7.2 L like typical Rolls?
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It's a tank engine, which is a detuned aircraft merlin. The tank is so it can run on LPG (natural gas). There's a video of it running floating around the web somewhere. The person who's building it is actually part of the staff of a magazine. The link for it is here : http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...49944477077608
The link for the car itself is here : http://www.ppcmag.co.uk/staffcardetail.asp?id=8
4 Grand Master
I thought it was an airplane engine... now why would they want explosive gas inside the tank? That is why we use diesel... in case of any fire... no possibility to blow up except for the arsenal.
5-10 Grand Master
Originally Posted by Tiger
Yeah but the thing is, with airplanes you need horsepower, not torque. A 27 liter diesel engine would weigh 8 tons and make 250 hp - true, it'd make 32,000 ft lb of torque, but we're not trying to move islands...
This is the reason a lot of early aviation motors were supercharged.
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http://www.rodshop.com.au/project55p2.htm
Oh those Aussies!
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The scary thing about this Aussie chev...
Its road registered!!!
Gone but NEVER forgotten. :'(
And then...
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Not forgetting, of course, the rather ugly concept called "enemy fire". I was doing some work for the Army last year and had a look at some armour test results - if you get penetration of the armour, it don't matter much whether it blows up or not - you're dead if you are inside.now why would they want explosive gas inside the tank? That is why we use diesel... in case of any fire... no possibility to blow up except for the arsenal.
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So is the Rover. Fully road legal and taxed. It was originally a 2.6 liter Rover SD1, not any more.
For more info follow the link: http://www.ppcmag.co.uk/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=15
The guy who built it (Charlie) is very self affacing about his abilities but the guys at PPC magazine keep getting him to write about it.
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