Merlin v12 chebbie

I came across this the other day, just imagine what it would be like to drive/race something like this.

Can you say INSANE!!!!! That is pretty cool, too bad itsa chebby.

Change the skin it could be a Mustang...... The Merlin isn't a GM design....

dfree383 wrote:Change the skin it could be a Mustang...... The Merlin isn't a GM design....

Nope it ain't, made by Rolls/Royce. They made a Griffon engine too.

dfree383 wrote:Change the skin it could be a Mustang...... The Merlin isn't a GM design....

Yep, an what wee need to do is put a p51 mustang's engine in a mustang, But there's that guy with the mustang and a sherman tank engine in it which is a Ford made engine.

The P51's used an Allison aircraft engine and was only about 2/3 of the Merlin for ci. Not real sure, but the Merlin was about 2400ci vs. Allison at about 1500ci or so. Both engines were very state of the art and still are in some ways. There is a guy that has a Merlin in a Modified pulling tractor and I've been up close to it and it is a very unique piece of equipment. Never looked at an Allison up close, but have researched them a bit, quite a piece of engineering for the time period.

Any clue on the bore/strokes on them? just curious since they have such a high displacement, don't they have huge stroke?

I meant too bad its in a chevy, I hate the tri-5 chebbies.

The Merlin was the small one with a 5.4" bore and 6" stroke. The Griffon was the big guy with a 6" bore and 6.6" stroke.

schmitty wrote:The Merlin was the small one with a 5.4" bore and 6" stroke. The Griffon was the big guy with a 6" bore and 6.6" stroke.

Merlin-1649"
Griffon-2239"
DAAAAANG

bb429power wrote:

schmitty wrote:The Merlin was the small one with a 5.4" bore and 6" stroke. The Griffon was the big guy with a 6" bore and 6.6" stroke.

Merlin-1649"
Griffon-2239"
DAAAAANG

And the Alison is bigger then the Merlin.... 1710"

schmitty wrote:The P51's used an Allison aircraft engine and was only about 2/3 of the Merlin for ci. Not real sure, but the Merlin was about 2400ci vs. Allison at about 1500ci or so. Both engines were very state of the art and still are in some ways. There is a guy that has a Merlin in a Modified pulling tractor and I've been up close to it and it is a very unique piece of equipment. Never looked at an Allison up close, but have researched them a bit, quite a piece of engineering for the time period.

pretty sure all but the very early P51's had merlins.
Allison's seem to be more popular with the pulling crowd. at least on our continent.
One has to be mindful if buying an allison, i'm sure Merlin's and Griffons are the same, they come in clockwise and counter clockwise rotation.