scooby_simon Posted July 30, 2007 Report Share Posted July 30, 2007 and they don't know how fast it will go ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sayerbloke Posted July 30, 2007 Report Share Posted July 30, 2007 Probably about as fast as any other wardrobe with 1500bhp would go... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omi Posted July 30, 2007 Report Share Posted July 30, 2007 The Practical Performance Car Rover SD1 with the same engine should give you a good impression. Roughly as aerodynamic! Think they worked out a theoretical top speed in excess of 200mph. That was probably quite a lot in 1928... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustynuts Posted July 30, 2007 Report Share Posted July 30, 2007 If it was built in 1928, how did they manage to fit a 1950s gearbox in it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bangle Posted July 31, 2007 Report Share Posted July 31, 2007 Doesn't say it has 1500bhp - it says the clutch can handle that although it would most likely shake itself to bits and along with any driver! However, I reckon it would handle the bends better than any Yank tank, where's the Stig when you need him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkrzys Posted July 31, 2007 Report Share Posted July 31, 2007 [ QUOTE ] If it was built in 1928, how did they manage to fit a 1950s gearbox in it? [/ QUOTE ] that, and the spitfire engine wasn't used until the mid 1930's ... i think they need to take a look at their phrasing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger_Irrelevant Posted July 31, 2007 Report Share Posted July 31, 2007 'Haynes international motor museum' eh? Hopefully not the same Haynes who does the manuals, or I'll never get my bloody car back together... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zharca Posted July 31, 2007 Report Share Posted July 31, 2007 Hi, when you read the caption, it says "Meteor". That's a tank engine built by ROVER and is a low-compression, non-supercharged version of the Merlin. From memory, it develops about 500bhp, but I can look that up tonight. A Meteor with Merlin superchargers and induction would just blow itself up at 1,000hp because it doesn't have the same exotic materials like the nitrided crank etc. The Meteor was the result of a wartime over-lunch deal between Spencer Wilks and Lord Hives where Hives swopped the tank line, which was taking RR resources when they should have been building aircraft engines, for Rover's Barnoldswick facility where the ministry had given them the contract to develop the Whittle engine, which Rover were making a terrible mess of. Rover engineers remained sour about the swop for the next couple of decades, which is why they were still p***ing about with gas turbine cars in the 1960's. blah blah bl..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanG Posted July 31, 2007 Report Share Posted July 31, 2007 The Scout gear box would also be geared for moving an armoured car, not top speed either, so that would slow it down more than a little, particulalry as the Merlin take off engine speed (and peak hp generated) was 3,000rpm. On the Merlin, re worked examples in a P51 Mustang currently being used in the US air race circuit produce 2,500hp, although an out of the box version would 'only' produce 1,565hp, which is superb! Mind you 27 litres with carbs would get you in the higher road tax bracket! Very nice sound though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRobin Posted July 31, 2007 Report Share Posted July 31, 2007 Looks like a vintage truck with passenger seats! . I wonder what the brakes are like!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zharca Posted August 1, 2007 Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 But, as I said, it's NOT a Merlin, and bears about as much resemblance to a "real" one as as the 1275 A-series did to the Cooper S. Most parts are the same shape, but they're not made of the same stuff, to the same tolerances or have the same surface/heat treatments. It's not a good starting point for a powerful engine. In fact, it shares most of its internals with the "Meteorite", a V8 engine used in tank transporters, heavy recovery vehicles and generators. Depending on the Mark, it's max revs are 2,000 or 2250. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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