2,500 cu.in. Packard PT-boat engine in Brooklands Bentley = win

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - 2,500 cu.in. Packard PT-boat engine in Brooklands Bentley = win

Posted: 2/8/2011 3:05:48 PM EDT

Interesting conversion by some British nutter –– puts a 1,500 horsepower V12 into a pre-war single-seat Bentley racer.

The guy driving it in the video is obviously frightened and doesn't push it very hard.
I want one, just so I can pull up beside a Honda Insight or a Prius at a traffic light, and make the driver cry.

Packard V12 in Bentley single-seat racer

Posted: 2/8/2011 3:12:43 PM EDT

[#1]

Sounds like something Leno would have.

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Posted: 2/8/2011 3:14:09 PM EDT

[#2]

Fuck.

YES!

Posted: 2/8/2011 3:15:24 PM EDT

[#3]

Looks like a prototype Batmobile. I really like the torpedoes on the sides.

Posted: 2/8/2011 3:16:47 PM EDT

[#4]

Was on car crazy on SPEED channel the other day and they were cooking brats or whatever in the exhaust.

Guy is a total car nut and his museum was out of this world.

Posted: 2/8/2011 3:21:32 PM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:

Fuck.

YES!

I watched the vid. Read the article. Yup.

Posted: 2/8/2011 3:22:27 PM EDT

[#6]

I approve.

Posted: 2/8/2011 3:23:23 PM EDT

[#7]

Nothing exceeds as well as excess....bitchin'.

Posted: 2/8/2011 3:24:14 PM EDT

[#8]

Looks cool but seems completely useless from the video.

Posted: 2/8/2011 3:25:10 PM EDT

[#9]

I saw a show with 55 chevy with a Merlin v12 from a P51.

Posted: 2/8/2011 3:26:37 PM EDT

[#10]

I drive a Prius and if that pulled up next to me, I'd give him the thumbs up!

Too bad he couldn't open that bitch up. They need to take that fucker to the Bonneville Salt Flats and see how fast it will go!

Posted: 2/8/2011 3:27:46 PM EDT

[#11]

New meaning to "Big" block V8

Posted: 2/8/2011 3:31:42 PM EDT

[#12]

Too bad they covered up the engine sound with that crappy music.

Posted: 2/8/2011 3:33:53 PM EDT

[#13]

Jay Leno will find a way of buying that...that's so in his wheelhouse.

Posted: 2/8/2011 3:37:17 PM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:

Too bad they covered up the engine sound with that crappy music.

How about this clip?

Posted: 2/8/2011 3:43:31 PM EDT

[#15]

2000 ft lbs of torque will is enough to pull a house at expressway speeds.

Posted: 2/8/2011 3:46:50 PM EDT

[#16]

.

Posted: 2/8/2011 3:57:47 PM EDT

[#17]

My granddad was a PT Boat CO in WWII, and he raved about those engines (imagine 3 of them in a 100 ft boat).

If you look at the design of the boat, there are a set of valves on the stern that would stay closed when boat was idling and would direct the exhaust sounds under water. When they hit the throttle those would open, and bam, straight exhaust out the back.

Posted: 2/8/2011 4:10:21 PM EDT

[#18]

MAGNIFICENT!! I just loved when simply idling the engine set off the car alarm of the vehicle in front of this one.
300 RPM, 4th gear doing about 40-50 mph. Does that truly mean that 600 RPM equals 100 mph, and 900 RPM equals 150mph?
If the max rpm was quoted at 2500 rpm, that would be a lot faster than I would want to drive it...but I would dearly love giving it a go.

I imagine how it could snap your head back if you put on too much throttle.

Posted: 2/8/2011 4:21:01 PM EDT

[#19]

I bet that guy buys new clutches in bulk.

Posted: 2/8/2011 4:22:00 PM EDT

[#20]

Quoted:

MAGNIFICENT!! I just loved when simply idling the engine set off the car alarm of the vehicle in front of this one.

300 RPM, 4th gear doing about 40-50 mph. Does that truly mean that 600 RPM equals 100 mph, and 900 RPM equals 150mph?

If the max rpm was quoted at 2500 rpm, that would be a lot faster than I would want to drive it...but I would dearly love giving it a go.

I imagine how it could snap your head back if you put on too much throttle.

I was just kind of thinking that... is this thing capable of 300+ mph?

Posted: 2/8/2011 4:32:10 PM EDT

[#21]

I read TFA. It says 160+ mph as a top speed. It seems to be barely controllable at lower speeds - difficult to stop and very difficult to turn. I imagine the real icing on the cake would be to take it to the salt flats and let it all hang out. It eats four gallons per minute idling. At a show, it melted the sneaker laces of people standing too close.

I want one.

Posted: 2/8/2011 4:44:58 PM EDT

[#22]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Too bad they covered up the engine sound with that crappy music.

How about this clip?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blpXIrvn4Ms

Much better.

Posted: 2/8/2011 4:51:29 PM EDT

[#23]

Sweet Mother Of God...

Posted: 2/8/2011 4:54:02 PM EDT

[#24]

Other than the novelty factor, it's retarded.

There are a lot of faster cars out there that can perform amazing tricks - like stopping, turning a corner, offering a wee bit of protection to their driver, not crashing like a racing hydrofoil at any speed over 60 MPH, .....

Posted: 2/8/2011 4:54:43 PM EDT

[#25]

Posted: 2/8/2011 4:55:58 PM EDT

[#26]

Why is there no drag race video? The fuck?

Posted: 2/8/2011 4:56:18 PM EDT

[#27]

That's a beast!

Posted: 2/8/2011 4:58:39 PM EDT

[#28]

Quoted:
Other than the novelty factor, it's retarded.

There are a lot of faster cars out there that can perform amazing tricks - like stopping, turning a corner, offering a wee bit of protection to their driver, not crashing like a racing hydrofoil at any speed over 60 MPH, .....

It's a thing of beauty. If you don't get it, that's fine. Your loss.

Posted: 2/8/2011 5:00:36 PM EDT

[#29]

hell, yeah!

Posted: 2/8/2011 5:02:20 PM EDT

[#30]

Posted: 2/8/2011 5:06:32 PM EDT

[#31]

Quoted:
Other than the novelty factor, it's retarded.

There are a lot of faster cars out there that can perform amazing tricks - like stopping, turning a corner, offering a wee bit of protection to their driver, not crashing like a racing hydrofoil at any speed over 60 MPH, .....

If I have to explain it to you, you'll never understand.

Posted: 2/8/2011 5:14:46 PM EDT

[#32]

Quoted:

Other than the novelty factor, it's retarded.

There are a lot of faster cars out there that can perform amazing tricks - like stopping, turning a corner, offering a wee bit of protection to their driver, not crashing like a racing hydrofoil at any speed over 60 MPH, .....

He does it because he can, that's all that's needed.

Posted: 2/8/2011 5:22:41 PM EDT

[#33]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Other than the novelty factor, it's retarded.

There are a lot of faster cars out there that can perform amazing tricks - like stopping, turning a corner, offering a wee bit of protection to their driver, not crashing like a racing hydrofoil at any speed over 60 MPH, .....

If I have to explain it to you, you'll never understand.

Well said.

Posted: 2/8/2011 5:23:26 PM EDT

[#34]

Posted: 2/8/2011 5:38:45 PM EDT

[#35]

"POWER!!!"

Posted: 2/8/2011 5:45:58 PM EDT

[#36]

Quoted:
I bet that guy buys new clutches in bulk.

What kind of transmission does it have?

Posted: 2/8/2011 5:54:14 PM EDT

[#37]

Quoted:

"POWER!!!"

Oh yeah, they need to let Clarkson have a go at it.

Posted: 2/9/2011 2:51:51 AM EDT

[#38]

And I shall call thee.... Chitty-chitty HOLY SHIT!

Posted: 2/9/2011 3:05:20 AM EDT

[#39]

This thread makes Al Gore start his period

AWESOMENESS ON 4 WHEELS!!!

Posted: 2/9/2011 3:21:03 AM EDT

[#40]

I'd like to see the Stig drive it.

Posted: 2/9/2011 3:26:57 AM EDT

[#41]

Quoted:
My granddad was a PT Boat CO in WWII, and he raved about those engines (imagine 3 of them in a 100 ft boat).

If you look at the design of the boat, there are a set of valves on the stern that would stay closed when boat was idling and would direct the exhaust sounds under water. When they hit the throttle those would open, and bam, straight exhaust out the back.

Imagine three of them in a 78 or 80 foot boat.

Jane

Posted: 2/9/2011 4:25:09 AM EDT

[#42]

Quoted:

Quoted:
My granddad was a PT Boat CO in WWII, and he raved about those engines (imagine 3 of them in a 100 ft boat).

If you look at the design of the boat, there are a set of valves on the stern that would stay closed when boat was idling and would direct the exhaust sounds under water. When they hit the throttle those would open, and bam, straight exhaust out the back.

Imagine three of them in a 78 or 80 foot boat.

Jane

4 would be better.

Posted: 2/9/2011 4:31:03 AM EDT

[#43]

Wait until hes required to do an emissions test.... lol

Posted: 2/9/2011 4:51:41 AM EDT

[#44]

I thought I saw the tail of Air Force one in the background when he made the turn.

Wonder how loud it would be if he had gotten on it, Probably make the Harley guys cry

Posted: 2/9/2011 5:54:07 AM EDT

[#45]

"My starter has more horsepower than your truck".

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