I bet you could feel it in your chest. Did you see the size of the piston sat on the seat in one of the shots. Apparently this is a World Land Speed
record car.
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posted on 1/12/14 at 04:10 PM
I seem to recall reading somewhere that this vehicle had been fitted with an airship engine. Which makes all those sparks flying from the exhaust look
as though it might have been a touch dangerous, in its original installation.
Work-in-Progress: Changed to Zetec + T9. Still trying!!
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 litres, 4 cylinder Land Speed Record car. 1911. 290 b.h.p. at 1,100 rpm.
Torque 1,384 lbs/ft !
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.
posted on 1/12/14 at 02:38 PM
Weight 1,900 kg. 
