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cylinders but that's very funny please tell me they were hydraulic cocks it's just that I didn't have to fit all these things individually it shouldn't be because in the 1919's, late 80's and early 90's, the technology wasn't there to have hydraulic sleeves that operated at an extremely high altitude here now I think of the first very high performance cars that had hydraulic tappets unless you're very into talking, it was the Ferrari 355 in 1995 and that made 8500 and 800 500 nine thousand rats, but also it had little hydraulic lifters to take out the Mash valve, but this engine was before that so you have to set 64 valve clearances, yes sir talk about a valve adjustment job, that's a monster, this is crazy Well, everyone always.

He said it was the crazy Italian designer, so this is the distribution chain. Yes, you have a change for each bank, presumably yes. Wow, this is a monster engine. I must have it. I don't know if I think so, but I don't know if there's anything on YouTube about someone recording one of these engines or something, but I'll have to take a look at the noise this thing makes. I'm intrigued to know more. I assume it's not a long creak shaft? It is a kind of split crankshaft that has a gasket in the middle. Yes, because obviously you get enormous torsional vibrations.

I mean the 1930's and 40's in the US a lot of straight eight engines at that time, oh yeah, and the reason why that was kind of a blind value was because the crankshaft torque of the gun or vibrations, so he obviously realized it was better to keep it at two on one engine. this size two siamese crankshafts of something like that, yeah, um, I would love for you to have a crankshaft here, let's take a look, we have a pair, I think it goes for this particular engine, I would really be very interested in taking a look at them. on these we can do that no problem um this is a hidden treasure what piece of machinery is a piece of automotive history um it has never been done before in this configuration on a 16 cylinder engine um and Claudio I got to know him very well, he It was In heaven, when I was working on this, I loved every split second and I was able to enjoy it.

I feel very privileged to have enjoyed a really close special moment with him. Yes, he is a unique man and a very kind gentleman, and well, I mean, it's one thing to have this in your mind, you know it's all happening here, but to actually translate it into letter work is a phenomenal subject and it was Marcelo Gandhini who designed the body for this. Did you know this was going to be? be the Lamborghini Diablo and then Lamborghini said we don't want that dessert and Chrysler took over Lamborghini and they came up with a new design, but this was going to be the successor to the Countach, that's right and it came out before the Diablo, yeah, yeah.

So everyone says it looks like the Diablo, well this was first, yes, exactly, but I think Lamborghini under Chrysler gave it to the stylists at Chrysler and they reworked this design and turned it into the Diablo that came out in '91, I think . I think his memory was '88, once it was '88, when he debuted the car in Century City and then he went to Geneva, Switzerland, and got out of the car there, it's typical of Italian nicknames. I see Carlos, there are so many personalities but very few involved. the situation was designed by the wonderful marcelo gandini you know who designed the mural and the quintash and all kinds of other cars such a small world in that sense well cardio was a very unique individual um he had both sides of his brain operating in unison he could Imagine designing and then build and make it all work with one head and that most people can't do.

You know, creative artists only have one side that works and they don't have the practicality of the other side to work with. It was to make something happen, but it did, he had it all going. I think we need to help get that crankshaft. Well, let's take a wonderful look. Well, you've been investigating. You know where everything is. Which is impressive. I know where. most of it no, I mean crankshafts aren't that easy to overlook, yeah, that's right, um, so let's take a look, let's take a look, oh, look at this, oh, you want to grab one, I'll grab one the other one, so this is a single plane. crankshaft, that's how he designed it, American V8s were traditionally twin planes, so I mean, these are their main bearings here, yeah, and then their big ends here, journals, and those two are 180 degrees apart from each other and that's the same as that and that lines up with that, so they're also 180 degrees apart, so this is, if you want a giant four-cylinder engine crankshaft, yeah, that's the way they're architecturally designed. , it's like four, it's like four, but um. a traditional American V8 more and more rip-off manufacturers are going to this single plane, but traditionally they had one there, one there, um 190 degrees there and one under here somewhere, so they're all staggered, yeah, yeah, and this one It was some kind of racing car.

Technology um, in the Coventry climax of the 1960s it started with a single plane crank, the Cosworth dfv's are a phenomenally successful Formula One engine, it had a single plane crank and then Enzo Ferrari brought one out in the Ferrari 1975 308 GT4. um and uh, I'm intrigued Because the way it's designed due to the firing pulses and acoustics, it develops more power at higher RPM. It's not about talking like an American V8, yes, so obviously it has taken that into account. I'm just getting into his head a little bit. Really, really, really smart, so this thing must scream, it must be like a giant bicycle engine, almost you know, a motorcycle engine or something.

Well, everything on this car was highly designed down to the smallest detail. He left nothing undesigned, nothing for granted, everything was completely thought out beforehand. he did it, yeah, and then this is another one, yeah, that's the coupling, uh, here we go, Frank, that goes with it. 190 degree crankshaft, there you go, yes, they were 180 degree throws, so this is the other one, the counterpart, yes, we can take. this one okay so these two are more or less identical you put them that way weird keep them self contained from a vibration standpoint so you don't get the whip and vibe right.

Enormously long cracks, these would occur in the engine, would be found. so that end would meet this right and join here yeah, like Yuri, yeah, a little big, huge gear, yeah, yeah, okay and wow, what a design, right? And these are also forged like forged crankshafts, um. which is, of course, you know, one of the best leaders that makes a crankshaft, oh, this is beautiful, it's like Ian has 4 GB or something chromatic that lives in them. Steel and it's all balanced, yeah, hence the perforations, yeah, wow, oh it just blows my mind, this really packs a punch.

It's so easy to get overwhelmed with this car, there's so much about it that's so unique, it's just, yeah, it's, um, it's pretty daunting, we go back to that word, that word, the word O, overwhelming exactly, um, yeah, I'm I'm sure there are some other parts we can take a look at. I'd be interested to know if there are any of these gear rings out there. I think so and I think we could probably find them pretty quickly. We can take a look here. wait a minute, that would be great, yeah, okay, this is cool, we found it some gears.

I thought I'd let you take a look and see what you think, just what I always wanted, so this could absolutely be a big part of it. It's look at that, so obviously it's the disk that comes over here and then the one that goes at the end from there like this. I'm going to try to put it in from time to time that continues until the end of that and this. This is basically so that you don't end up with a big vibrating nightmare that's exactly right, yeah, yeah, because there's some dampening effect of having that in the middle and that's a strong belief, oh yeah, it's a heavy piece, well, a couple . of pieces are bolted together, yeah, so this is the backbone kind of thing, oh, how beautiful, what a privilege to come and see this, um, and it would be an absolute tragedy if no one takes care of this, and oh , I think so, I think Claudio's creativity with this car and the engine, uh, just exaggerated, wonderful, it's a piece of History, not History, sure, yes, we have to do something with this, we have to Moving on, you know, it's not.

It's not an impossible task, it's daunting, but it's not impossible, right, so um, yeah, I'm going to thank you and the girls for letting me see if we can do something with this. Thank you very much really. Ian, we thank you for coming here and helping us with this difficult task of trying to find someone who wants to continue. We are very excited to be here. Thank you. Thank you. Well, fortunately, some people in my circle of friends and acquaintances maybe have an appetite for something good, we would be delighted if someone would step forward yes, okay, I'll also thank the girls, but thank you very much, thank you for coming, I appreciate it, what can I say?

It's just a fantastic privilege and an honor to be here and see this and, um, I think people like Mr. Zampali and people who kind of pushed the boundaries and did something special and had the means to turn it from being here to Actually, something you can touch, something that works, has to be celebrated as a fantastic achievement. So, I feel like I've made new friends with the Zampali family and with Bob, and let's see if we can. Get someone to capture the vision and, um, and get the project done right, that concludes another

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