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> Top Secret 914 Project!, Incredible Horsepower!
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post Apr 1 2020, 02:03 AM
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You read it here first! In a Classified, Top Secret build project done by aerospace engineers for a wealthy benefactor, a Merlin V12 race motor was removed from a P-51 race plane and then fitted into the rear of a specially designed and stretched 914 body. The supercharged race engine used in this project had previously been modified to produce over 3000 horse power! This is the same type of engine that powers many of the race planes at the annual Reno Unlimited Airplane Races. Almost every mechanical component in the powerful donor Merlin engine was modified from it's original air race flight configuration. These modifications were needed to allow the huge V12 motor to barely fit into the uniquely prepared, strengthened and lengthened 914 body. Here's a Top Secret, never seen before side picture/diagram of the car:
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When the 914/Merlin hybrid was finally completed, the car was transported for initial testing, using an enclosed trailer, from it's top secret build location to the Bonneville Salt Flats. The first test runs of the car were to be done at night. Initial night testing was planned so as to reduce the chance of unwanted outsiders catching a glimpse of this revolutionary 914/Merlin monster car before it was ready for public viewing.
There was one small, unanticipated technical problem, however, discovered during the very first test run. Since the mass of the huge engine was greater than the weight of the entire 914 body, when the driver punched the throttle on the initial run, the tremendous torque put out by the massive V12 caused the Merlin engine to stay still, and the lightweight 914's body to rotate around it! The engineers are desperately trying to find a fix...... cheer.gif
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post Apr 1 2020, 02:37 AM
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This is what you do when money is no object, love the idea, but WOW
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post Apr 1 2020, 02:51 AM
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If this was posted on any other day than April 1st...………….
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post Apr 1 2020, 06:48 AM
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I think it's Jeffrey's car. He said he made one small modification from stock.
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post Apr 1 2020, 07:44 AM
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Oh my god that's ugly. April 1st it is.
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post Apr 1 2020, 08:30 AM
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I see additional wheel lugs.
what trans? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Apr 1 2020, 08:39 AM
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I can beat that.. I just need a bigger turbo... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Nice April 1 joke. I was just watching some bits on The Beast (Merlin powered). Interesting car with a more interesting owner!
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post Apr 1 2020, 08:41 AM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) this is the best thing all week!
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post Apr 1 2020, 08:46 AM
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QUOTE(rgalla9146 @ Apr 1 2020, 10:30 AM) *

I see additional wheel lugs.
what trans? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Stock 914.... or was it beetle auto stick??
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post Apr 1 2020, 09:09 AM
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You read it here first!

Nice try but the butchered shadow under the car is a dead giveaway.

I'm gonna call her "Photoshop" ...
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post Apr 1 2020, 09:14 AM
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QUOTE(rgalla9146 @ Apr 1 2020, 10:30 AM) *

I see additional wheel lugs.
what trans? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)


There isn't a trans that can withstand that power/torque, so I heard it's direct drive, sprint car style! Makes those traffic light situations a real biatch!
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post Apr 1 2020, 09:29 AM
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It looks pretty good with the 911 targa roll over bar.
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post Apr 1 2020, 10:12 AM
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Got me I was still operating in March midset (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)
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post Apr 1 2020, 10:43 AM
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QUOTE(Andyrew @ Apr 1 2020, 07:39 AM) *

I was just watching some bits on The Beast (Merlin powered). Interesting car with a more interesting owner!


I actually saw that car at Epsom Downs (horse) Race Course when i was a kid - simply astonishing
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post Apr 1 2020, 11:30 AM
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If this was posted on any other day than April 1st...………….

Then Jay Leno would be calling to buy it, I bet it will "fly!" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif)
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post Apr 1 2020, 11:33 AM
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Missed the exhaust ports out the rear quarter panels (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)
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post Apr 1 2020, 11:37 AM
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QUOTE(oakdalecurtis @ Apr 1 2020, 12:03 AM) *

There was one small, unanticipated technical problem, however, discovered during the very first test run. Since the mass of the huge engine was greater than the weight of the entire 914 body, when the driver punched the throttle on the initial run, the tremendous torque put out by the massive V12 caused the Merlin engine to stay still, and the lightweight 914's body to rotate around it!

A fellow I worked for used the V12 engines (Merlin & Packard) in hydrofoil racing some 40 years ago. Flipping the boat was one problem when cracking the throttle too fast. The other outcome was to spin the prop into a ball since the shaft could rotate faster than the tips of the prop. He had a lot of stories to tell about the use of these engines. Warming them up slowly was necessary to keep oil pressure from blowing out weak sections of the case. These engines were not really designed for rebuilding since the expected service life of the engine greatly exceeded the expected life of the airframe; wartime naturally.
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post Apr 1 2020, 03:54 PM
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“ I actually saw that car at Epsom Downs (horse) Race Course when i was a kid - simply astonishing”
That’s a pretty neat trick since the whole story is a FOMI....
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post Apr 1 2020, 04:12 PM
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But I want to BEEEELIEEEEVE! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/first.gif)
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post Apr 1 2020, 04:28 PM
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"The engineers are desperately trying to find a fix."

Very heavy driver or passenger. Either that or add exhaust powered thrusters to prevent body rotation.

Multiple kegs of beer on the passenger side where beer weight is opposite to crankshaft rotational torque vector.
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