http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?p=1&f=23&t=245424&h=0

 

:bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow:

:shock: Holy mofo sh1tty poo christ!! :shock:

That might be worth a stroll around Stoneliegh at the weekend to see it!

fooooooooookin hell ... that sure is some serious modding :bow: :bow: chunk, i bet ur glad its a rover.. imagine racing that monster at JAE

Nothing new but still impressive, me and my dad met this bloke in 1970 i think when at a big car show in london,i was only 12,remember it like yesterday,huge very long fabricated to hell monster,red paintwork with chopped Rolls Royce grill.

 

Bit of history on it---

In the 1960s John Dodd of Kent, England put a Merlin engine (some say it actually was a Rover built Rolls-Royce Meteor, which was a de-tuned Merlin without superchargers and with steel components replacing some aluminium ones) in a car called "The Beast". Originally it had a grille from a Rolls Royce, but after complaints from them he had to change it. According to his own account he once drove by a Porsche driver on the autobahn who then called Rolls Royce asking about their "new model". The Beast was once listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's most powerful road car. The engine came from a Boulton Paul Balliol training aircraft which would give 1,262 bhp (941 kW) at 8,500 feet (2,600 m). No supercharger was fitted to the engine in car so it "only" delivered about 850 bhp (630 kW). The chassis was custom made with a fibreglass body and used a General Motors TH400 automatic transmission. :cool:

 

 

This guy has one in his Custom,will make one for you too :cool:

http://www.rodshop.com.au/project55.htm

 

Tony :)

I saw 'The Beast' at an American car meet in Guildford about two years ago in the Halfords car park. Sounded like Beelzebub himself !

Yep, a 27 litre engine makes everything else seem under-powered...

Maybe they should have stuck a big propeller on the back, they wouldn't have had to worry about gearboxes, clutches, tyres etc etc Lol !

Surely the weight of that engine will cripple the suspension and flatten the tyres??

What are the MPG figures for that? :rofl:

What are the MPG figures for that? :rofl:

 

Shouldnt that read, "Whats the GPM??" :x: :x: