Just stumbled across this photo on another website:

1911 Oldsmobile Limited 707 cu in engine.

 

The car is equally as impressive..

 

ive seen bigger...

 

I have a friend that has a Packard-Merlin out of a P-51 from WWII. It is fully functional and runs on a stand. It comes in at 1750 cu in V-12. It is the most impressive engine I have heard.

 

I bet Jay Leno is going to buy that.

 

The car is as big as a bus.

 

Most of us have seen bigger, just not in a factory production line Olds... Apples to apples....

 

ah...i see

but i like oranges

 

Melons?

- Eric

 

boy this went south fast..sorry

 

Oh, it could go further south...

... after lingering a bit longer where it is, anyway.

- Eric

 

i know.....i know....

 

He actually owns one. If you have ever seen the show "Jay Leno's Garage", he has a 1930 Bentley with that P-51 (27 liter v-12) mustang engine. He says that it does not turn very well, but that it eats sports cars for breakfast from the line.


http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1...-bentley-video

 

I'd like to see how the transmission is connected.

- Eric

 

remember all the hydroplanes from the 60's and seventies all ran Merlins, packards etc, close to 200 MPH on water talk about brass ones, then helicopter engines took over... here is an interesting site if your interested
http://www.missthriftway.com/


anyway I digress as usual LOL

 

now this is an engine....and the plane it went in wasn't so shabby either

 

Seeing as how we are digressing as well as the conversation going south, I've always been thoroughly impressed with the accomplishments of Australia's Ken Warby's self funded, self built and piloted, world record water speed holding boats. His first was constructed under a tarp in his back yard. Truly inspiring..

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Warby

 

Hey. give us a break. We're old, with short attention spans...OH LOOK, A SQUIRREL!


What was I saying again?

 

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