28.5 litres! :eek:
And it’s only a four-cylinder. The Fiat S76 was built to beat a speed record. With 300 hp, it set a new record of 116 mph.
Looking at the picture…28.5 liters and it’s a “chain drive.”
Must be one heck of a chain they make.
I’m surprised I didn’t hear this when it happened.
Is this an example of over engineering? I’m serious.
This ought to show all those characters who keep wisecracking, “Fix it again, Tony!” 
That scared my cat.
I know they don’t have much a of a reputation for reliability, but I would have assumed someone would have managed to start one in the last decade or so.
" I felt a huge disturbance in the force…like a billion cinquecento’s cried out…"
It’s taken Tony that long to get parts shipped from Italy & fix it. :smack:
I was waiting for that comment!
I’ve been waiting for 3 movies to see a reference to that joke in an Ironman movie! 
(Maybe just a throw-away scene where a FIAT rolls up into Stark’s driveway and he just looks down and says,
“No…no…no! I’ve got too much to do already. Get that thing Outta here! Next…”)
Gad, I love things mechanical.
That was fucking awesome. The side angle looking into the exhaust ports were a little glimpse into the fires of hell.
This is the ride you want as you motor your way through Dante’s Inferno.
It looks like an ordinary bike chain judging from the pictures. No cowling on it either, so it probably lops off the left arm of the driver and pepper random bystanders with shrapnel when it snaps. I guess that’s why nobody’s started up the engine since 1911.
Well, there was that One guy.
RIP, ‘Lucky’…
That is truly awesome. Not at all like firing up the Spider for a blast down to the supermarket.
There is a museum in Reno that has one of (if not THE) oldest existing Fiats. Beautiful piece of machinery.
Well, it’s a Fiat. How often do you really expect it to start??
Spoken as a former Fiat owner and lifetime fan.
Picture this:
You are stopped at a red light, with your Fiat on a quiet idle. Some young whippersnapper pulls up on your left driving a souped up Honda. They glance over, then laugh at you while gunning the Honda engine.
You just smile and return the favor.
It’s impressive enough as a big loud machine, but I hit 116 on the way to work this morning with less than ONE liter.
Been there, done that, only it was a Miata being driven by an insanely laughing guy, and I had 0.26 the displacement, twice the HP and straight-through sidepipes. I blew him one lane over and he was still laughing.
To be fair, the engine was pretty completely rebuilt by Brits. So, maybe, Fabricate It Anew, Trevor?