http://skylinev12.neufblog.com/

 

Any idea what type of v-12 motor it is?


He probly would have come out cheeper if whe would have done a well built RB.

But what ever floats his boat. Still cool never the less.

 

Highly modified Mercedes-Benz 600 SEL engine.

 

yea looks neat to have four turbos must be fun

 

Very little skyline left. Only the AWD. Even the body is specially built from carbon-fibre to weigh 1000kg. Not road legal either.

 

I dont like this car .. the code RB26DETT is not there. Just looks as corpse without soul.

 

this was posted a long time ago. maybe if i feel less lazy i would post a link. if i remember correctly, the other guy also posted a link to an interview and some other site about it.

 

i thought he got the v12 from combining the two Rb36dett's together? i read somewhere that he got the idea from another v12 that was combined from two 6cylinder engines, i cant remember but maybe its the veyron or the murcielago

 

The first idea was the Mac Laren/BMW V12 engine. Obviously unavailable.

The closest thing was the Mercedes Benz V12.

A short video :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlLWGz1TMVI

 

Ford I believe was the first manufacturer to combine two V-6 blocks to make a running V-12. They laser welded to modular V-6 blocks together, after some initial modification. A custom crank was ground as were custom cams and custom cylinder heads. Other than that the engine used V-6 modular internals and valvetrain.

The engine ended up in the 1995 FORD GT90 concept car as a 720 HP quad turbo V-12.

I think the engine may have been the basis for an Aston Martin V-12 later on...

-AL