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Re:Rolls-Royce’s single-crystal turbine blade casting foundry by daemoncoder on Sunday September 11, 2016 @03:24PM (#12475123)
Spitfires used v12's, not V8's.
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Re:Rolls-Royce’s single-crystal turbine blade casting foundry by orf on Sunday September 11, 2016 @03:34PM (#12475180)
Ahh, shame, you're right. They where 27 litre as well! That would be a bit extreme. Seems someone was silly enough to put it in a car though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u43pWEwI6xY
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Re:Rolls-Royce’s single-crystal turbine blade casting foundry by Sophistifunk on Sunday September 11, 2016 @06:19PM (#12476033)
There are more of these projects than you might think. Final Objective (a 55 Chev) is the best, IMO: http://www.australiastoughestcars.com.au/news/video-merlin-v...
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Re:Rolls-Royce’s single-crystal turbine blade casting foundry by emmelaich on Sunday September 11, 2016 @10:16PM (#12476791)
This guy "Lucky Keizer" made a 5l v-twin motorbike from a Merlin engine.

http://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2015/08/19/4296075.htm

I saw it live once, unfortunately he couldn't start it. I suspect it's a frequent problem.

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Re:Rolls-Royce’s single-crystal turbine blade casting foundry by Blackthorn on Sunday September 11, 2016 @03:37PM (#12475198)
Didn't those engines require 150 octane fuel as well? Tough to find that nowadays.
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Re:Rolls-Royce’s single-crystal turbine blade casting foundry by rjsw on Sunday September 11, 2016 @03:49PM (#12475278)
The Meteor [1] tank engine was basically a Merlin running on normal fuel.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Meteor

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