MatchFuzee Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 I hope that you will be impressed with this (for the sound alone). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 That must have awaken the neighbours... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatchFuzee Posted December 4, 2014 Author Share Posted December 4, 2014 Some info on the Beast:- http://classics.honestjohn.co.uk/news/general-news/2014-12/the-beast-of-turin-lives-again/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Interesting startup - I thought the guy had given up. Then it just started running…... What you might call a 'long stroke' engine :shocked: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Interesting startup - I thought the guy had given up. Then it just started running…... What you might call a 'long stroke' engine :shocked: I think he turns it over to fill the cylinders with mixture and then switches the trembler coil on, you see another chap do that. The older cars did this by flicking the advance / retard lever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Trembler coils - I've heard of, but don't know anything about, them. So once they are energised, it fires whichever cylinder is in the right position with some compression in, effectively firing from a standing start? I thought his knee was in a vulnerable position if it did happen to strike up!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_bish Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Ive seen that before in Classic Car magazines, a beauty!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Trembler coils - I've heard of, but don't know anything about, them. So once they are energised, it fires whichever cylinder is in the right position with some compression in, effectively firing from a standing start? I thought his knee was in a vulnerable position if it did happen to strike up!!! Tony, If you have charged cylinders and get the engine just over compression, when you turn on the trembler coil it will shower sparks and away she goes. At 28 litre, I would not want to swing it with ignition on, it would throw you into the next county. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsmoke7 Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Bloody hell that's nuts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZITIM Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Very impressive. I love the bit where the crowd in the shed clap when it starts. Who doesnt love that moment when you bring an engine back to life. Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Some footage from 1913: https://grrc.goodwood.com/race/historic/video-28-5-litre-fiat-s76-attempting-land-speed-record Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 After this recent road run on the Goodwood Estate there are unlikely to be any pheasants around for the Autumn season…… VIDEO: FIAT S76 DRIVEN FOR FIRST TIME IN 100 YEARS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Grundy Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Wow..........watched it twice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon_M Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Never seen anything quite like that one ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Would be cool to drive it in our village on a lazy Sunday afternoon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Suslowicz Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 After this recent road run on the Goodwood Estate there are unlikely to be any pheasants around for the Autumn season…… VIDEO: FIAT S76 DRIVEN FOR FIRST TIME IN 100 YEARS Now that's a lunatic piece of equipment! :wow::clap: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_bish Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 good lord, thats a beast!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redherring Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 A very impressive machine. Love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11th Armoured Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Just keep anything precious WELL away from that exposed drive chain... :shocked: Mad as a box of frogs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Some more stuff about this beast and engine internals in this thread: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/attachments/1911-fiat-s76-connecting-rod-jpg.2776114/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Comber Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Thanks for all the posts on this ,has created a grin factor whilst reading superb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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