List,
the Fiat S76 was the answer to the Blitzen Benz invasion - there was 4
different running - they set different records on different venues over a
decade - the first was in 1909 Hemery - he set the first official record faster
than 200 km/h - and the record was pushed higher and higher - in 1914 Hornsted
set the first two way average record (this record was slower than Hemery's one
way record) and this record stayed for years in the name of Blitzen Benz.
During this time, drivers was faster, using the Blitzen Benz, but never
official.
Burman runs 228 km/h in 1911, Tetzlaff 229 km/h at the Salt Flats - but only
over the 1/2 mile in 1914.
The Fiat was not so lucky - this car never set a record. He runs under Bordino
and Duray in 1911 and 1913 over 200 km/h, but never certified.
The Mephistoles was the Eldrigde car, he set a official record of 235 km/h in
1924.
Before the Blitzen Benz record was first time official broken in 1922 -
Guinness (from KLG spark plugs fame) went 215 km/h in the 350 hp Sunbeam. So
the Blitzen Benz (or better one the cars) hold the record from 1909 to 1922 -
also effect to the WWI.
Before this record, in America at the Daytona Beach, de Palma and Milton went
242 and 251, but not certified.
Hope this helps.
Think fast....always
Pork Pie
<jthorn65@sbcglobal.net> schrieb:
> On 8 Nov 2005 at 22:05, Pile,Chris wrote:
>
> > List -
> >
> > Per Wester Potter's reference to a Fiat with a HUGE motor - perhaps you
> > meant the 5 foot tall behemoth known as "Mephistoles" and also as "Beast of
> > Turin".
> >
> > The 4 cylinder displaced 28.353 liters, which comes out to around 1,730
> > cubic inches - a very healthy size. How many among us would like to leadfoot
> > that kind of power?
> >
> > - Chris Pile aka aircap
>
>
> The reference I have to that vehicle is that it was a Fiat S.76 300 HP Record
>car. It had a displacement of
> 28,338cc with a bore and stroke of 190 x 250mm.
> Not a huge displacement discrepency, only 15cc, but I wonder if we are
>referring to different vehicles or if
> one of our source materials is incorrect?
> It was a larger motor than the Benz which was "only" 21,500cc. I recall in
>made "only" 290 HP in spite of it's
> 300 HP moniker.
>
> John Thornton
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