In the spirit of CI's Friday Fun Posts

[dandrews]

An engine from ca 1949 where each cylinder has 10% smaller displacement than a 102 seagull and produces over 30hp per cylinder.

The Reawakening
[YouTube]https://youtu.be/BHNiIovzUG8[/YouTube]

Chrysalis
[YouTube]https://youtu.be/lZLvskcYgN8[/YouTube]

Soundtrack (play loud)
[YouTube]https://youtu.be/rRNoRlLlsD8[/YouTube]


Have a good weekend.

[Charles uk]

So your talking figures of around 330 hp a litre in 1949?

[dandrews]

So your talking figures of around 330 hp a litre in 1949?

Indeed, or higher - 1500cc, supercharged v16, claimed as high as 600hp and 12000rpm. An astonishing piece of engineering. They are now remanufacturing a few from the original drawings.
But it is the sound of the thing that thrills me.

[Collector Inspector]

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[dandrews]

So your talking figures of around 330 hp a litre in 1949?

And I think that is about 5 times the specific output of the contemporary Rolls Royce Merlin. But the BRM v16 had a huge amount of supercharger boost (70-80psi).
And I guess the Merlin was designed to last a bit longer in flight than an F1 engine on the track.

The more one googles it, the more one's jaw drops.