14 litre V16? Step this way...

[biggbn]

Cadillac made a gorgeous v16 back in the, what, '20s?

[Krikkit]

14 said:

RSTurboPaul said:

Didn't Rowan Atkinson say Rolls made a V16 for one of the Jonny English films he was in?

Not quite. He said Rolls Royce had made a V16 that they intended to put in the Phantom, but at the last minute decided to use BMW’s V12. They built a handful of V16 and he managed to persuade Rolls Royce to put one in one of the film cars.

Which is a shame, as the V16 is even smoother apparently (being 4 pots each of 4 strokes at the same time).

Cadillac also built one for their mooted mega car, inventively named the "Sixteen". A car with a humidor sounds rather good.

[Jimmy Recard]

biggbn said:

Cadillac made a gorgeous v16 back in the, what, '20s?

1930s. As you say, it was a fantastic car

[toastyhamster]

Wombat3 said:

PushedDover said:

lornemalvo said:

For those who've never heard a V16 , listen to this BRM on the track https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZMPDCNyQxE

I’m not one for fawning over the variants of different engine configs and the ‘best’ but that does sound rather brutal and something else !

Heard it a few years ago up close - its an unbelievable noise (yet only 1.5 litre)

I think my Dad has a 7" single of the GP car going round a circuit back when they were trying to raise funds to keep the team going, he still remembers dropping some change into a bucket to help the cause.

[AlexiusG55]

14 said:

Not quite. He said Rolls Royce had made a V16 that they intended to put in the Phantom, but at the last minute decided to use BMW’s V12. They built a handful of V16 and he managed to persuade Rolls Royce to put one in one of the film cars.

BMW made a 6.7L V16 for the E32 7-series- the 767i "Goldfisch"- but it never went into series production. It also didn't quite fit in the engine bay, so the radiators had to be moved to the back of the car.

[RSTurboPaul]

AlexiusG55 said:

14 said:

Not quite. He said Rolls Royce had made a V16 that they intended to put in the Phantom, but at the last minute decided to use BMW’s V12. They built a handful of V16 and he managed to persuade Rolls Royce to put one in one of the film cars.

BMW made a 6.7L V16 for the E32 7-series- the 767i "Goldfisch"- but it never went into series production. It also didn't quite fit in the engine bay, so the radiators had to be moved to the back of the car.

Really?! That is madness and a shame they couldn't get it signed off.

[RSTurboPaul]

14 said:

RSTurboPaul said:

Didn't Rowan Atkinson say Rolls made a V16 for one of the Jonny English films he was in?

Not quite. He said Rolls Royce had made a V16 that they intended to put in the Phantom, but at the last minute decided to use BMW’s V12. They built a handful of V16 and he managed to persuade Rolls Royce to put one in one of the film cars.

Ah yes, that was it, thank you!

I wonder if it still exists.

[poo at Paul's]

irocfan said:

https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2020/01/07/this-ls-b...

Filters look a bit on small side!!!

[ae2006]

RSTurboPaul said:

Really?! That is madness and a shame they couldn't get it signed off.

Source: https://www.bmwblog.com/2019/11/01/who-remembers-t...#

The engine didn't exactly fit, but still very interesting. Would love to have a test drive in one.

Edited by ae2006 on Tuesday 21st January 09:18

[RSTurboPaul]

ae2006 said:

RSTurboPaul said:

Really?! That is madness and a shame they couldn't get it signed off.

Source: https://www.bmwblog.com/2019/11/01/who-remembers-t...#

The engine didn't exactly fit, but still very interesting. Would love to have a test drive in one.

Edited by ae2006 on Tuesday 21st January 09:18

No wonder it didn't get signed off! Where would the executive golf clubs go? lol

[BlueMR2]

RSTurboPaul said:

No wonder it didn't get signed off! Where would the executive golf clubs go? lol

You could just about fis a briefcase in the boot.

[A1VDY]

lornemalvo said:

For those who've never heard a V16 , listen to this BRM on the track https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZMPDCNyQxE

Even better sounding is the 3 litre H16 BRM as used in the Lotus 43..