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Originally Posted by jphanna
1. the (NAZI funded) Daimer Benz, supercharger development of the Silver arrows grand prix cars and Mercedes road cars, ( germany was not allowed to develop aircraft after WW1) morphed into the DB605 engine which powered the Messerschmitt BF109
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Good thread!
The DB60x series owed some development to the earlier race engines, but they were developed independently in the pre-war era. The DB600 was an inverted V12, rather than a straight 8.
The BF109 was designed for the Junkers Jumo, but there was a licence agreement for the RR Kestrel, which was also tested in the 109. The DB601 was chosen to replace the Jumo in the 109C/Ds.
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Originally Posted by henry 351
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On the local front, I believe the 308 Holden had been factory engineered to go to 350cid, but Holden never went through with it. From memory, this came to light when the HSV taxi yellow GTS-R's came out years ago.
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Wasn't the holden V8 originally designed as the 253?
Harrop actually developed the stroker 350 - whether the V8 was designed to accomodate larger displacement or not, I'm not sure.