The Beast of Turin

Boink · Apr 1, 2015

Would love to be at this year's Festival of Speed (at Goodwood)... because THIS thing is being run!!!

https://autoweek.com/article/classi...er&utm_content=body&utm_campaign=awdailydrive

28.5 liter 4 cylinder (yes, 4) engine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NutmegCT · Apr 1, 2015

Not your average run of the mill beast, either!

Guest · Apr 1, 2015

Didn't the Stones write a song about that? :jester:

waltesefalcon · Apr 1, 2015

It's great that that beast is on the road again. I'd love to see it drive in person.

SaxMan · Apr 1, 2015

Wonder what the compression is on the engine? At 28.5 liters for a four-banger, those pistons must be the size of paint cans. Even the vaunted Merlin V-12 from World War II was "only" 26 liters.

Banjo · Apr 1, 2015

I did the calculations a while back. Each cylinder was just shy of 435 cubic inches. MOOAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I love that car!

Boink · Apr 1, 2015

Yep... 7.1 liters per cylinder. Imagine a 2 liter Coke bottle times well over 3!!!
In the second video (thanks for that) I swear you're looking right into the camber tops!

Guest · Apr 1, 2015

SaxMan said:
Wonder what the compression is on the engine?

During that period most were pretty low.

SaxMan · Apr 1, 2015

kellysguy said:
During that period most were pretty low.

That's what I figured. IIRC a 4:1 compression engine was considered "high compression" in the early days...so you needed a LOT of cubic inches to get something to move fast.

JPSmit · Apr 2, 2015

I had seen the earlier video - I just love that these cars are being driven and not just displayed!

aeronca65t · Apr 2, 2015

Wonderful!

I love all the old "specials" like this. :encouragement:

Bayless · Apr 2, 2015

Beast is something of an understatement.

Boink · Apr 2, 2015

Even when they hit about 60mph on that private road on the Goodwood Estate, you could nearly count the exhaust puffs!
All that energy through a chain drive to relatively small wheels... wouldn't want to be wearing a scarf (ala Isadora Duncan)!!!

layful:

catfood · Apr 2, 2015

Love to see those exhausts at night....

SD Bugeye · Apr 3, 2015

Awesome just awesome

aeronca65t · Apr 3, 2015

catfood said:
Love to see those exhausts at night....

Agree. I no longer run the old Summit Point 4-Hour night enduro, but I would see stuff ~LIKE THIS~ all the time. Always cool!

Also, you would see everyone's brake rotors glowing.

This very fuzzy night shot is of my car at that event almost 10 years ago. At the end of the main straight all the cars would be spitting fire from the exhaust.

ghosteh · Apr 11, 2015

I absolutely LOVE that car, and what great videos they made to feature it! What an amazing machine!

Here's our beast. It's no Fiat, but it's still a handful.

NutmegCT · Apr 11, 2015

Hey - your beast looks interesting too!

Details?

Banjo · Apr 11, 2015

Agreed! we need more!!! Maybe a post dedicated to it!!

Sherlock · Apr 12, 2015

The good old days... Definitely some neat machinery in this thread, nothing I'll ever see in person, sadly...

The Beast of Turin

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