Now THAT is a Bentley! 27 litres, 2 MPG! HEH

[johnfm]

A bespoke Bentley with a 27 litre naturally aspirated Merlin engine.

600 HP

2 mpg

An engineering masterpiece.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/classiccars/88...

[DanielC4GP]

Would love to hear it and see them starting it up.

[BuzzLightyear]

Not ususally a great fan of classic cars but willing to make an exception in this case.

1600lb ft of torque...

...with THOSE tyres!










Can I have a go please, mister?

[GreigM]

The guys a PPC mag have put the same meteor engine into an old Rover SD1 - some time back now....you can hear it starting on various youtube clips:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-aC5B348rA

[Gizmo!]

Fabulous.

Just fabulous.

Like Leno's tank car, but brutally British.

Incidentally, what happened to the Meteor-engined SD1?

[rhinochopig]

Can anyone remember the article on PH about the meteor engined landrover project a few years back? What happened to it?

An update please PH.

[Caulkhead]

Mr Gear isn't going to like it.

[Liquid Knight]

She's off the road at the moment after being converted to fuel injection and LPG. Charlie had issues with the ECU being lost in the post and sold on eBay a week later by retailandtradeoutlet (formally known as longlivethehoff). The car is currently having gearbox issues and if Will' (editor of PPC) leaves Charley alone long enough he'll get it sorted.

http://www.ppcmag.co.uk/ppc-cars.html

Hopefully the Rover will be ready in time for the PPC RWYB day at Santa Pod on March 31st. You're more than welcome along pick up a copy of PPC or have a look on the website for more details.

[NiceCupOfTea]

[guru_1071]

bentley?

rolls royce chassis & rolls royce engine = rolls royce surely?

[Balmoral Green]

johnfm said:

Now THAT is a Bentley Rolls Royce!

Fixed that for you OP

It's a fantastic replica of a Vanden Plas bodied Blower Bentley, but it's no Bentley, and the chassis/engine have no connection to Bentley at all.

If someone took a Vintage Bentley chassis and put a WO Bentley aero engine in it, you wouldn't say "Now THAT is a Rolls Royce" even if it did have a very well done replica Barker body and Rolls Royce rad on it

[/Pedant mode]

[Tommy Saxondale]

Reminds me of the Beast!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxMxFE37Sxw&fea...

[Tango13]

There was a mad Australian who chopped a V12 Merlin into a V twin, spent a couple of hundred hours balancing it and when it was running right he dropped it into a motorbike. I'll post some pics when I get home.

Edited by Tango13 on Thursday 24th November 13:47

[DanDC5]

GreigM said:

The guys a PPC mag have put the same meteor engine into an old Rover SD1 - some time back now....you can hear it starting on various youtube clips:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-aC5B348rA

Cool project and well engineered but doesn't do anywhere near the performance it's claimed to do.

[Morningside]

Tommy Saxondale said:

Reminds me of the Beast!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxMxFE37Sxw&fea...

Did not realise that there was a Facebook page. Interesting.

The classic one that I always remember as a child.

Although I do love the Rover SD1 version.

[johnpeat]

Not an entirely new idea

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIZ_LeaTCDw

Caution: contains footage of engine running with zero exhaust/silencers - may cause fumblings...

[RDMcG]

The side view is impressive

[Morningside]

johnpeat said:

Not an entirely new idea

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIZ_LeaTCDw

Caution: contains footage of engine running with zero exhaust/silencers - may cause fumblings...

I want one.

[mybrainhurts]

Seem to recall a Merlin engine consuming £500 worth of oil for an oil change, several years ago. Gulp..

Is that right..?

[Balmoral Green]

This looks very nicely done...