And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
27 Liters? Holy cow. They must have used a Meteor plane engine in it or some V-12, if there are six exhaust pipes on the passenger side. Pretty impressive power for sure. Bet its a dandy to tune all those carbs.
A Meteor is a Rolls-Royce Merlin Mk II without the supercharger. Meteors powered many British tanks including the Centurion and were produced for over 20 years. It could produce up to1,500 foot/lbs of torque and between 550-810hp depending on the variant and fuel quality. Here's Jay Leno and his Bentley. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-I3Cl1RICg Al_in_Ottawa
Nope. A litre is 61.02 cubic inches. The Merlins that Packard built under licence were called the V-1650-x because they displaced 1,650 cubic inches. Al_in_Ottawa
27 Liters? Holy cow. They must have used a Meteor plane engine in it or some V-12, if there are six exhaust pipes on the passenger side. Pretty impressive power for sure. Bet its a dandy to tune all those carbs.
ReplyDeleteA Meteor is a Rolls-Royce Merlin Mk II without the supercharger. Meteors powered many British tanks including the Centurion and were produced for over 20 years. It could produce up to1,500 foot/lbs of torque and between 550-810hp depending on the variant and fuel quality. Here's Jay Leno and his Bentley.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-I3Cl1RICg
Al_in_Ottawa
Lot of diesel tank engines have trouble making that kind of hp. And they use turbos most of them now.
DeleteVery cool...
ReplyDeleteA cu leter translates into a 556 cu in engine. Am I correct?
ReplyDeleteNope. A litre is 61.02 cubic inches. The Merlins that Packard built under licence were called the V-1650-x because they displaced 1,650 cubic inches.
DeleteAl_in_Ottawa
1642 and change.
DeleteLooked it up. My 5.7 L Tundra was a 350. 27 L works out to 1013 ci.
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