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Disco Mikey - is this the next D3 engine swap??
Must stop buying shiny toys....
14th Apr 2021 10:06 am
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Seems like the perfect engine in todays sterile automotive world. J Leno thought so
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14th Apr 2021 10:24 am
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A de rated merlin pushing out about 800 hp was used to power British tanks at the end of WW2. It also was used to power Russian built scrap when the original engines gave up on the trucks supplied by them to build the Aswan dam. The union jacks on the engines were removed so as not to embarrass the Russians. Without them it would never have been completed. The engines were assembled using reclaimed parts from salvaged engines. So the merlin lives on somewhere!Once you have defeated the idiots any job is half done. Pity there are so many idiots to defeat.
14th Apr 2021 1:22 pm
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That would be the Meteor (and later the Meteorite which was a V8 version of the same engine). The Meteor was rated at 550-650bhp. The Meteorite was about half that power.
The Meteorite was used to power a post-war tank transporter that transported the Meteor-powered Centurions and Conquerors around. A nice bit of symmetry. Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
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14th Apr 2021 2:39 pm
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There’s one for sale on eBay, want 20 k for it.
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14th Apr 2021 3:35 pm
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Re: Disco Mikey - is this the next D3 engine swap??
darrind wrote:
https://youtu.be/st7KG3eXZiw
Sounds like left bank has an intermittent misfire?
14th Apr 2021 3:54 pm
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john watson wrote:
A de rated merlin pushing out about 800 hp was used to power British tanks at the end of WW2. It also was used to power Russian built scrap when the original engines gave up on the trucks supplied by them to build the Aswan dam. The union jacks on the engines were removed so as not to embarrass the Russians. Without them it would never have been completed. The engines were assembled using reclaimed parts from salvaged engines. So the merlin lives on somewhere!
That would be the Meteor (and later the Meteorite which was a V8 version of the same engine). The Meteor was rated at 550-650bhp. The Meteorite was about half that power.
The Meteorite was used to power a post-war tank transporter that transported the Meteor-powered Centurions and Conquerors around. A nice bit of symmetry.
The Antar was followed by a lorry full of squaddies and Jerry cans to refuel it every few miles.
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HWN wrote:
RRSTDV8 wrote:
That would be the Meteor (and later the Meteorite which was a V8 version of the same engine). The Meteor was rated at 550-650bhp. The Meteorite was about half that power.
The Meteorite was used to power a post-war tank transporter that transported the Meteor-powered Centurions and Conquerors around. A nice bit of symmetry.
The Antar was followed by a lorry full of squaddies and Jerry cans to refuel it every few miles.
I would have thought a full-on tanker would have been required! An 18L V8 dragging around an 80t combination of Conqueror plus the trailer and the tractor unit is always going to be "a bit thirsty" .Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
2012 RRS SDV6
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"When you fire that first shot, no matter how right you feel, you have no idea who's going to die! You don't know who's children are going to scream and burn. How many hearts will be broken. How many lives shattered. How much blood will spill, until everybody does what they were always going to have to do from the very beginning: SIT DOWN AND TALK!"
15th Apr 2021 8:05 am
RRSTDV8
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Post war film about Rolls Royce and Merlin production.
Might be useful for those thinking of fitting a Merlin to their Disco... Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
2012 RRS SDV6
2008 RRS TDV8
"When you fire that first shot, no matter how right you feel, you have no idea who's going to die! You don't know who's children are going to scream and burn. How many hearts will be broken. How many lives shattered. How much blood will spill, until everybody does what they were always going to have to do from the very beginning: SIT DOWN AND TALK!"
19th Apr 2021 8:59 pm
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