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Offline Bird

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The beast of turin
« on: December 02, 2014, 10:37:23 AM »
And now, something truly instane, the Fiat S76  a 28.5L 300HP monster from over 100 years ago, restored...you need to listen to the noise !



The article:
http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-videos/the-beast-of-turin-revs-again


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Re: The beast of turin
« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2014, 12:16:51 PM »
I cant help but think of the 50 different ways you could get sliced up in an accident, starting with the steel seats  :o

Looks like it runs on timber the way it's shooting sparks out the exhaust ports....

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Re: The beast of turin
« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2014, 12:23:39 PM »
When cars were cars
and men were stupid!

Man that is scary! Imagine the stump pulling torque that thing had...
Nice find Bird.

Need to get the_meco to mod it for AC! haha
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Re: The beast of turin
« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2014, 12:29:50 PM »
I am going to set this as my alarm on my phone......
Caution, it's LOUD!!!!!!!
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Re: The beast of turin
« Reply #4 on: December 02, 2014, 12:55:57 PM »
When cars were cars
and men were stupid!

Man that is scary! Imagine the stump pulling torque that thing had...
Nice find Bird.

Need to get the_meco to mod it for AC! haha

Here's an other article mentioning torque...
http://classics.honestjohn.co.uk/news/general-news/2014-12/the-beast-of-turin-lives-again/

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Re: The beast of turin
« Reply #5 on: December 02, 2014, 02:26:27 PM »
 I could not believe the sound it made!!!!
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Re: The beast of turin
« Reply #6 on: December 05, 2014, 09:48:55 AM »
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