This Meteor Engine Seems Like a Deal

"Party-vi" (party-vi) 08/24/2016 at 09:41 • Filed to: tankity tank, displacement

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Considering someone on eBay wants $9k for a GMC 702 V12. I’d rather spend about half and get a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Amazingly the seller has more than one.

jimz > Party-vi 08/24/2016 at 09:47

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it’s closely related to the Rolls-Royce Merlin, drop it into a hydroplane and go racing.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Party-vi 08/24/2016 at 09:49

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That’s a mighty big engine putting out not alot of power.

jimz > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 08/24/2016 at 09:51

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it’s from WWII, what do you want? besides, it’s a modified fighter airplane engine, and airplanes of the era ran their engines at more or less a fixed speed since propellers lose efficiency once the tips of the blades approach the speed of sound. The Merlin, Griffon, and Allison V-1710 were basically designed to run at 2200 rpm all day.

Krieger (@FSKrieger22) > Party-vi 08/24/2016 at 09:52

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Does it run?

Well, certainly beats a Leyland L60, those accursed things were perpetually breaking down...

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Party-vi 08/24/2016 at 09:59

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I think if I were buying a tank engine I’d probably go with the flat eight from last week.

shop-teacher > Party-vi 08/24/2016 at 10:05

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I like it!

PS9 > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 08/24/2016 at 10:07

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Which is why it still works despite being 50+ years old. A high strung high output glass jaw is the last thing you want out of an engine in a warzone.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > jimz 08/24/2016 at 10:07

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I misread this as being the 702 for sale which is from the 60s and puts out an abysmal amount of power for its size even considering the time period.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > PS9 08/24/2016 at 10:08

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I misread the post. I thought the 702 was the deal.

jimz > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 08/24/2016 at 10:08

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oh ok. yeah, I don’t know why the GMC V12 made such little horsepower.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > jimz 08/24/2016 at 10:09

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Or don’t since they’re the reason there are hardly any Merlins left.

jimz > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 08/24/2016 at 10:14

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I think the war is why there are hardly any Merlins left ;)

AFAIK most of the ones which ran in hydroplanes are still around. Just in museums and in some vintage demo boats.

Wacko > Party-vi 08/24/2016 at 10:14

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but you would be able to do this

Party-vi > Wacko 08/24/2016 at 10:15

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damn son O_O

WiscoProud > Wacko 08/24/2016 at 12:19

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I picture building something like the Beast of Turin with that. Just belching fire out the sides as you scare the shit out of everyone in a 5 block radius.