Tazio Nuvolari
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Written by Administrator
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Tuesday, 02 September 2008 |
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This 16 was also composed of two sets of 8 cylinders (Miller) and two crankshafts, though there was a single crankcase. Each engine had a capacity of 1491 cc (the overall maximum power was brought back by Sampson who mounted it in the car which he drove in the Indian-apolis 500 Mile Race. The nest year Sampton again took part at Indian-apolis but this time his car had a U 16-cylinder engine., This consisted of four superimposed 4-cylinder engines. It was a two stroke with a capacity of 3818 cc and was a total failure.
There have been two 16-cylinder cars built in Italy, one by Alfa Romeo and the other by Maserati (two version). The Bimotore, which was prepared in the Ferrari Stable, was an attempt by Alfa Romeo in 1935 to challenge the domination of Mercedes and Auto-Union. The originality of this single-cylinder lay in the arrangement of its two 8-cylinder in line engines, each having a capacity of 3165 cc (total capacity 6330 cc and a maximum power of 530 bhp), one of which was mounted at the front and the other at the rear. The rotation of the rear engine was transmitted to the front one’s clutch via a shaft. The rear driver wheels were connected to the gearbox-differential gear unit by two angled shafts and two pairs of bevel gears. The driver’s seat was between the two engines. The Bimotors has won a place in history through a series of successful record attempts made by Tazio Nuvolari on the Firenze-Mare autostrada.
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