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Fiat 500 with Lambo V12 engine swap
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, Apr 09 2013 11:29 PM
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Posted 09 April 2013 - 11:29 PM
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Posted 09 April 2013 - 11:40 PM
Crazy Fiat 500 gets a 580 HP Lamborghini V12.
Most owners of the tiny Fiat 500 don't think, "Hey, you know what this car needs? A 580 HP V12 from a Lamborghini Murcielago." In the same breath, most owners don't decide they need a more compact package - like a Fiat 500 - to house said engine. Most, however, is not all, as is showcased with this Oemmedi Meccanica modified Fiat 500. It once held a 3.2 liter Porsche six, a Ferrari V-8, and now it's home to the 6.2 liter Murcielago V12.
In order to fit the monstrous lump, the little 500 underwent numerous transformations, most noticeably the insanely wide bodykit. These mutations appear to have created a multitude of handling deficiencies - documented in the video below as the driver wrestles to keep the car in a straight line. What it does well, however, is produce a sound that could wake a sleeping giant; a noise so great it could create tidal waves with each stab of the throttle.
Regardless of how ridiculously crazy this idea remains, it's crazies like this that resonate with our inner child. While most don't grasp the necessity of a creation like this, those that do provide the rest of us with a sliver of joy we ordinarily might have missed.
Most owners of the tiny Fiat 500 don't think, "Hey, you know what this car needs? A 580 HP V12 from a Lamborghini Murcielago." In the same breath, most owners don't decide they need a more compact package - like a Fiat 500 - to house said engine. Most, however, is not all, as is showcased with this Oemmedi Meccanica modified Fiat 500. It once held a 3.2 liter Porsche six, a Ferrari V-8, and now it's home to the 6.2 liter Murcielago V12.
In order to fit the monstrous lump, the little 500 underwent numerous transformations, most noticeably the insanely wide bodykit. These mutations appear to have created a multitude of handling deficiencies - documented in the video below as the driver wrestles to keep the car in a straight line. What it does well, however, is produce a sound that could wake a sleeping giant; a noise so great it could create tidal waves with each stab of the throttle.
Regardless of how ridiculously crazy this idea remains, it's crazies like this that resonate with our inner child. While most don't grasp the necessity of a creation like this, those that do provide the rest of us with a sliver of joy we ordinarily might have missed.
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Posted 10 April 2013 - 07:26 AM
Odd that the car doesn't even move when the engine is revved...
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Posted 10 April 2013 - 07:44 AM
Paul,
That's probably beause V12 engines have about a good inherent balance as any engine configuration.
I know for years of experience that the v12 Jaguar engines don't moved when revved either...
That Fiat confirms again that there are some people with way too much money and time on their hands!
That's probably beause V12 engines have about a good inherent balance as any engine configuration.
I know for years of experience that the v12 Jaguar engines don't moved when revved either...
That Fiat confirms again that there are some people with way too much money and time on their hands!
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Posted 10 April 2013 - 11:40 AM
Doesnt matter how well balanced the engine may be. A twisting force of accellerating a rotating mass will create an opposite force in the base which it is mounted.
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Posted 10 April 2013 - 01:51 PM
Totally useless 
.......But boy would it be fun 
........For a little while 
........Till it scared the livin $ht outa ya 
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Posted 10 April 2013 - 02:26 PM
Its a little more useless than my old friend's Crown Conversion small block Chevy Corvair back in the 70's!!!
Spanked a bunch of big block musclecars with it back then!!!!
Bet that "Fiat" makes life miserable for a bunch of Ferrari, and real lambo owners!!!
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Posted 11 April 2013 - 12:27 AM
I once came upon a VW Beetle with a turbo-charged 215 cubic inch Oldsmobile V8 installed mid-engine. Let's leave at that.....
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Posted 12 April 2013 - 06:36 PM
Paul,
That's probably beause V12 engines have about a good inherent balance as any engine configuration.
I know for years of experience that the v12 Jaguar engines don't moved when revved either...
That Fiat confirms again that there are some people with way too much money and time on their hands!
I hear what you are saying Greg, but I would have thought torque reaction had more to do with the mass and inertia of the rotating parts than engine balance.
I imagine a counter rotating shaft would help with the torque reaction
Paul Tisdale
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