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"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse) 07/30/2020 at 18:30 • Filed to: Mercedes, Straight eight

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The Merc 300SLR of the 1950s and the related W196 were amongst the last cars to use a straight eight.

Merc got over the twisty crankshaft issue by taking power from the middle. Also, the fuel injection system was derived from one in use only ten years before on Merc’s aircraft engines, but that wasn’t mentioned in polite company.

bison78 > Cé hé sin 07/30/2020 at 18:40

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Merc got over the twisty crankshaft issue by takin g power from the middle.

So it’s a T-drive, but inline?

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Cé hé sin 07/30/2020 at 18:42

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That mech FI had more parts than a lot of engines at the time.

Also had desmodromuc valves 

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > bison78 07/30/2020 at 18:56

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T-drive was inline but transverse... oddly.

onlytwowheels > Cé hé sin 07/30/2020 at 19:04

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Check out the active aero.....

Noodles > Cé hé sin 07/30/2020 at 19:29

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I bet you have to wind it every couple weeks like a watch. That sounds like a pain in the ass. 

fintail > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 07/30/2020 at 20:36

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Direct injection too, I think.

My fintail has MFI, lots of plumbing, but generally very reliable.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Cé hé sin 07/30/2020 at 20:45

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The 300/196 is such a cool car. I even got my pinewood model signed by stirling moss. 

Thomas Donohue > onlytwowheels 07/30/2020 at 21:52

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Is it me or were some of them using the air brake on the straights?

onlytwowheels > Thomas Donohue 07/30/2020 at 22:04

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Seems they were d eployed well ahead of turns . Must have been a significant advantage late in the race.

Cé hé sin > bison78 07/31/2020 at 12:25

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Well, a T Drive without the T I suppose!