Burna Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 After something a bit different? Sell the family and buy this! http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chevrolet-HOT-ROD-1955-CHEVROLET-BEL-AIR-HOT-ROD_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6173QQitemZ4582238267QQrdZ1 I wonder if CW will be able to drop a Merlin engine in my Supra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguin Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 3000hp WTF?!! what will the 1/4 mile be in that!! ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboldham Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 holy crap, that's quite a project. I'd love to hear it running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 OMG!!!!!!!!!!111!!11! That's fantastic. I'm speechless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Peace Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 Thats just way too funny... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 OK I didn't know that the P51 americas glory of WW2 actually had a british spitfire engine in it They aren't that hard to source I've personally seen about 5 of them all on engine stands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 nice! Very nice! Love the paint job. .....allthough, I'd rather see the engine in a Spifire or P51 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 There was a guy by the name of John Dodd many moons ago (late 70's) who put a 27 litre merlin engine is a "one off" car. Got hauled over the coals by Rolls Royce because he put the RR Flying Lady and grill on the front of it, so he just upped and left to the canary islands or somewhere. The car still exists somewhere I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 In the 1960s John Dodd of Kent, England put a Merlin engine (some say it actually was a Rover Meteor tank engine, but then this is a Merlin minus superchargers) in a car called "The Beast". Originally it had a grille from a Rolls Royce, but after complaints from them he had to change it. According to himself he once drove by a Porsche driver on the autobahn and this person then called Rolls Royce asking about their "new model". The Beast was once listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's most powerful road car. The engine came from a Boulton Paul Balliol training aircraft and gave 1262 bhp (941 kW) at 8500 feet (2,600 m). In the car the supercharger was removed so it "only" gave about 850 bhp (630 kW). The chassis was custom made with a fibreglass body and used a gearbox from a GM 400. The car was later restored by John Dodd's son Paul Dodd and he also has a 2050 bhp (1530 kW) twin-supercharged Rolls-Royce Griffon 37 litre engine from a late-model Spitfire he is willing to put in a car if somebody would be interested in buying it. some info I found, sorry no pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supradibbs Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 Bry iam sure the later p-51s had the merlin largley due to the sucsess of the spitfire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 Bry iam sure the later p-51s had the merlin largley due to the sucsess of the spitfire They changed to the merlin after it was proved that the allison engine they were originally fitted with were pants at altitude. Interesting point: the P-51 was designed in britain by a british engineer for the americans, the only reason the allison engine was chosen to begin with was due to the vast quantities of them being made over there, turns out (after the engine change) that the only thing about the P-51 that wasn't british was the factories they were built in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 holy crap, that's quite a project. I'd love to hear it running. Indeed, incredible paint job too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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