Leno knows Merlins

Kinja'd!!! "RacinBob" (racinbob)
09/14/2017 at 20:07 • Filed to: None

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He’s no poser. He owns three, and I bet he can repeat the rod bolt torque specs from memory...... By the way, the machinery work on the engine is artwork.


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Kinja'd!!! jimz > RacinBob
09/14/2017 at 20:27

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well, the machine work was artwork after Packard came in. They took out a license from Rolls-Royce to build the Merlin (as the V-1650) since the Allison V-1710 wasn’t ready. They complained to Rolls that they couldn’t build the engine to Rolls’s tolerances because they were far, far too loose. Rolls-Royce was still making them as virtual one-offs, every engine needed a tremendous amount of hand-fitting. Packard actually pretty much re-designed much of the engine so it could be mass-produced.


Kinja'd!!! f86sabre > RacinBob
09/14/2017 at 21:51

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Very nice.


Kinja'd!!! dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter > RacinBob
09/14/2017 at 23:43

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So weird how much we take for granted in a modern car engine. Oh, here’s the 27 step process to start the engine.