The beast of Turin.

[Bob Purton]

Someone sent me this great trailer to a programme for Feb 2015.
If the programme is as good as the trailer we are in for a treat.

http://vimeo.com/113158655

[marcus]

I for one will be glued to the box! Looks (from the trailer) like it will be a PROPER programme, not a quick-fire "bodge-over and paint job" TV restoration! Many thanks for letting us know.

I will never forget the time I was driving through Hyde Park in my Trojan and saw a collection of cars preparing to leave for the Paris-Peking Rally, with the 1904 Itala which won it. I quickly pulled into the car park area for a photo op, and was warmly greeted by all the drivers and co-drivers. The Itala was stunning and I think I posted photos here somewhere.

[AndyL]

Over seven litres per pot, must have pistons like dustbins!

Wonder what the redline is? 

[marcus]

My guess that, like similar aero engines, it will probably be about 2,000 rpm or less!

[AndyL]

I found a spec online, which doesn't mean it's accurate, but it says 1900RPM. Which means the torque figure is about 830 foot pounds assuming the claimed 300bhp is a truthful figure. Must have a pretty strong clutch!

[AndrewG]

A somewhat scary starting procedure - I don't want to think about kickback on that engine!  It looks like they fired it from a single cylinder combustion.