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Subaru Flat 12
Imagine this in an SVX!!!
Subaru/Motori Moderni 1235 flat-12 Of the former turbo runners Motori Moderni together with Subaru money entered in 1990 with the Carlo Chiti designed 1235 B12. This was a 180-degree flat 'boxer' engine layout in the Ferrari/Alfa design practice used during the 1970s. The flat-engine concept while having advantages in low center of gravity became obsolete when the ground-effect cars requiring air-flow venturies came along in the late 1970s. The wide flat-layout obstructed the airflow and such designs quickly disappeared. The 1235 was both overweight at 159kg and also down on power while being prone to blow-ups… The only user, Coloni gave up on the engine mid-season 1991 after eight DNPQs. They also went back to the proven route of DFR V8 and speed and reliability improved little. The MM/Subaru engine later saw use in offshore powerboat racing and is currently used in the Swedish Koeniggsegg supercar. Curiously, during the same period Mercedes also designed a flat 180-degree 12-cylinder engine, the M291, for use in their C291 Group C car. This engine gave Michael Schumacher and Karl Wendlinger victory at Autopolis in the Sportscar World Championship season finale. Earlier this engine was plagued by oil-scavenging problems but they were solved and the engine was ultimately reliable enough to win but still hefty at 170kg. The link is: http://8w.forix.com/engfail.html It was rated at over 400kW...a better colour picture is at http://www.crosswinds.net/~f1rejects/teams/coloni/ Jamsvx
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Re: Subaru Flat 12
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Nice pics, James Joe
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Extra six-pack
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And we need to keep the centre of gravity behind the front bumper, or maybe even behind the front axle!! Joe
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F1 engine
What an interesting article! Did you notice that the engine is/was used in a supercar? (never heard of it)
http://home.wanadoo.nl/the8wteam/koeniggg.jpg ...if Italdesign had just done the body Don
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Re: F1 engine
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If I put that engine in my SVX what kind of tranny would hold up under all the HP's???.........Level 10?
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Subaru was actually going to put a Boxer 12 into F1 many years ago. Ended up costing way more than they wanted to invest.
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