Subaru Flat 12

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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/

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