https://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/listen-to-the-sound-of-a-28-5-liter-land-speed-record-car-fire-up-for-the-first-time-in-100-years-194558342.html

yeah i know compared to today the hp isnt special but i cant even imagine in 1911 when this thing fired up it mustve been scary as hell.

certified 116mph run but did hit 137mph

jesus how could tell if it was running correctly or not?!?!

sounded like a war zone and shook that car hard lol

being from that time i would guess that there wasnt a whole lot of tuning lol. that crank looked like a bitch but was pretty awesome when he jumped back and that thing started spitting fire.

you seen the top gear with the brutus car?

That truly is a beast.....idc if it's only roughly 10hp per liter....seeing that fucker spit out flames and roar like that makes me wetter than any guh guh guh v8 they got on the track these days.

Right??

Good find; thanks for sharing.

Interesting

What we lookin at tho 1/2 mpg?

Not even



I love how no matter the level of sophistication the first start up of a project can never wait until the exhaust is on hahaha.

Yeah I was thinking that was on the high end of a legitimate guess
They should make a new one and see how much tq they can get out of it just cause can

28.5L N/A would be an easy 2800hp and 2400tq with modern tech. If you start talking diesel stuff that big is in use right now making obscene power.