See and hear a 28.5L (that's not a typo) Fiat start up for the first time in 103 years here. That's 28.5L—about twice the size of the engine in the average tractor-trailer rig—in four cylinders, BTW.
Sorry, I can't do an embedded video, but here's a soundless animated GIF:
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All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
Looks like something John Deere could put in their riding lawn mowers. Imagine cutting an entire golf course in 2.765 minutes. Instead of one a day, you could cut fore, if you had the balls, of course.
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More about The Beast here. For us metric-impaired Americans, 28.5L works out to 1729 cu. in., with a 7.5-inch bore x 9.843-inch stroke. SOHC, by the way—pretty advanced for the time.
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All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
A real four BANGER... from before FIAT stood for 'Fix It Again Tony'...
No muffler and no ear protection. The next day... WHAT? I CAN'T HEAR YOU! SPEAK LOUDER! WHAT? I STILL CAN'T HEAR YOU!
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Nice but it looks like they are running it without the shroud.Originally Posted by KJ6BSO
See and hear a 28.5L (that's not a typo) Fiat start up for the first time in 103 years here. That's 28.5L—about twice the size of the engine in the average tractor-trailer rig—in four cylinders, BTW.
Sorry, I can't do an embedded video, but here's a soundless animated GIF:
I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.
I've always been a fan of big jugs.
A clear conscience is usually a sign of a bad memory
RIP ALBI-W3MIV RIP RUSS-W5RB RIP BOB-VK3ZL
Well heck, thats not California legal for sure! ;)
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Sure it is. Because of it's date of manufacture (1910), it's grandfathered in.
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
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