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I think I enjoyed that more than most of his offerings, probably because of the WW1 links and facts and also they seemed to make an effort to prove the honesty of what they were going through (with the engines first fire up and the Lincolnshire Council thing) as many programs have fake jeopardy these days. Ok so it could have been the second or third time it was fired up and GM might be a really wonderful bloke in real life, but yeah, it made good TV; 9/10.
Fast and Spurious said:
227bhp said:
1200hp in a modern tank, that's got to be about 2000 lb/ft of torque 
More than 3400lbft!Enjoyed that! Some CAD, some welding, cups of tea, a bit of messing around, nice backfires out of the carb of a classic 6 cyl petrol engine, some interesting characters and history thrown in too! Well worth a trip next year to the tank museum to see it i think!
(and 10/10 to JCB for supporting this sort of thing !)
(and 10/10 to JCB for supporting this sort of thing !)
Wait Here Until Green Light Shows said:
Brilliant program. I must say the thought of that beast clanking down a people lined high street is a tad sketchy to say the least! I think on balance they made the right decision.
A diffficult one and I am inclined to agree. They had terrible visability, and Guy martin in the tank would have created large crowds, difficult to police. You'd need a lot of high viz walking alongside it with (due to the noise) no radio comms. On balance, the right decision. Shame, but there you go. 227bhp said:
Do you think so? I was being conservative with a rough 1990s rule of thumb (double the BHP and take a bit off) and also that's pulling 60T of weight (double that of the original), did they quote the output of the original?
Sorry, not sure about Challenger 2 engine torque, I quoted 4700NM from the Leopard 2 which is 1500PS. In both instances we are talking large turbocharged diesels, so it's all about the torque.louiechevy said:
When I was at school in the I suppose you would call it the mechanics club they had a Rolls Royce engine from a Scorpion that I spent a summer of lunch breaks and more stripping cleaning reassembling and painting it's what got me into car mechanics
Jaguar in a Scorpion though... (4.2 litre straight six) 
Leyland L60 in a Chieftain.
Rolls Royce K60 'multi fuel' (diesel in practice) engine in an FV 432 APC, and I think Ferrets had Rolls Royce engines too. Oh, and the Rolls Royce Meteor in the Centurion and it's predecessors at the tail end of WW2.
williamp said:
Wait Here Until Green Light Shows said:
Brilliant program. I must say the thought of that beast clanking down a people lined high street is a tad sketchy to say the least! I think on balance they made the right decision.
A diffficult one and I am inclined to agree. They had terrible visability, and Guy martin in the tank would have created large crowds, difficult to police. You'd need a lot of high viz walking alongside it with (due to the noise) no radio comms. On balance, the right decision. Shame, but there you go. Pathetic from the Police.
williamp said:
Wait Here Until Green Light Shows said:
Brilliant program. I must say the thought of that beast clanking down a people lined high street is a tad sketchy to say the least! I think on balance they made the right decision.
A diffficult one and I am inclined to agree. They had terrible visability, and Guy martin in the tank would have created large crowds, difficult to police. You'd need a lot of high viz walking alongside it with (due to the noise) no radio comms. On balance, the right decision. Shame, but there you go. I think it was the right decision given they barely had any control over the tank at all in the end. When they measured out the route it barely fitted, I could envisage it tearing up that pedestrianised area a treat.
I thought I'd misheard the quote about being the busiest Christmas shopping day of the year too, that can't be true. I enjoyed the program overall and what they built was fantastic in the time they had. I really hope this tank is still being refined to a state that maybe it can take part in a remembrance parade in the future.
I thought I'd misheard the quote about being the busiest Christmas shopping day of the year too, that can't be true. I enjoyed the program overall and what they built was fantastic in the time they had. I really hope this tank is still being refined to a state that maybe it can take part in a remembrance parade in the future.
yellowjack said:
Jaguar in a Scorpion though... (4.2 litre straight six)
Leyland L60 in a Chieftain.
Rolls Royce K60 'multi fuel' (diesel in practice) engine in an FV 432 APC, and I think Ferrets had Rolls Royce engines too. Oh, and the Rolls Royce Meteor in the Centurion and it's predecessors at the tail end of WW2.
Whoops yes it was a jag engine! I'm getting old that's my excuse. The school was opposite the armoured vehicle supply depot at Ludgershall so we had all sorts of bits and bobs donated. And of course the reason I ended up there was because my grandad who came from up north was posted there and my grandmother who came from Cornwall was something to to with the army cooking and they just stayed in the area.Leyland L60 in a Chieftain.
Rolls Royce K60 'multi fuel' (diesel in practice) engine in an FV 432 APC, and I think Ferrets had Rolls Royce engines too. Oh, and the Rolls Royce Meteor in the Centurion and it's predecessors at the tail end of WW2.
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