James wrote:
> Has anyone considered taking out a spit 1500 engin and placing in
> a Spitfire merlin type engin. With 2 speed supper charger ect.
> I had a look at the car, and I'm thinking, you could run the engin from
> the
> fule tank to the end of the radeator OK. That through where the gearbox
> goes
> between the driver and the pasanger. You would need to sort out the
> problems
> of suspension gearbox(remote controle), and big cluch but it mite work.
> I
> saw them on TV sunday Channel 4? The cylinder head when stood upwright
> was as tall as an average bloke. Supose the other option is the
> huricane
> engin.
>
James,
I did in fact consider that possibility, but after checking availability, I
found that most of the Rolls Merlin and Griffin engines were gobbled up by
Hydroplane owners in the 60's, 70's and 80's. They became so difficult to
get that the Unlimited class was (forced) to abandon those piston engines
in favor of Helicopter sourced Turbine engines. Recently only a few boats
are still running the old V-12's and they are no longer competitive.
But it was good while it lasted!
Joe Curry '63 Spit
P.S. My dreams of having an engine bigger than my car settled down to
having a 1500 engine built up to increased performance. (Still sort of
original)
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