Goodwood Festival of Speed: A classic Mini equipped with a V18 engine of … 3.500cv!
June 30, 2010 by Automotive
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One of the most surprising car Goodwood Festival of Speed that is taking place this week is the peculiar and exaggerated classic Mini Cummins presented in its stand. It is an Austin Mini modified to be equipped with a monstrous V18 turbo diesel engine with nothing more and nothing less than power 3.500cv .
The children of Cummins have modified the Mini platform stretching and strengthening to support its huge new engine, which weighs 11 tons and measures 3.3 meters long, 1.6 wide and 2.3 tall. The engine in particular is a QSK78 diesel trucks equipped specialized in quarry mining, capable of carrying up to 360 tons of cargo .
Austin Mini classic V18 engine of 3.500cv 
The Mini diesel unit has 18 cylinder supercharged V to 60 degrees for 12 turbines, the maximum power of 3.500cv is generated at 1,900 rpm while maximum torque of 13.771 Nm gives it to 1500 revolutions per minute . The creators of the Mini has not confirmed whether he can actually propelled by the V18 engine.
” We never let a challenge like no answer, so I thought maybe I could fit the QSK78 an original Austin Mini. Turned out to be a bit difficult to introduce under the hood, but our engineers came up with a creative solution. We are confident that visitors to Goodwood will have difficulty believing what they are seeing. “Steve Nendick / Director of Communications Cummins – free translation
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Via | Carscoop
