Listers -
A few years ago, Jay Leno showed up at Santa Monica Airport for British Wings
and Wheels, with a RR Phantom III with a Merlin (from a Mosquito bomber, he
said) installed. It drove a cross-shaft through a 3-speed trans. The
cross-shaft ran sprockets for a chain final drive. Jay said that he normally
only used third gear once the beast got rolling. Also, he claimed that the
body, a boat-tailed speedster, was from a RR-engined speedboat from the
'20's.
Clay L.
'67 Sprite.
---------- Original Message ----------
From: "Dean Hedin" <dlh2001@comcast.net>
To: "'Spridget'" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Another British Engine
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:33:16 -0400
What would be really neat is to make a 1/3 scale Merlin and put it in the
Sprite.
Let's see, the original made around 1200 hp. A third of that would be about
400hp. I could live with that. Heck even 1/4 scale would be fine.
Also, I seem to remember a Road and Track issue from the 70's where they put
a real Merlin in a Jag XJ.
-----Original Message-----
From: rrengineer @dslextreme.com
Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2010 2:16 PM
To: Spridget
Subject: [Spridgets] Another British Engine
Next time you think how complicated the 1275 is, check out this scale
British engine.
http://www.enginehistory.org/merlin_xx.htm
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