June 21, 2026

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Dick L sends us "The Beast of Turin” - the famous nickname for the 1910/1911 Fiat S76, a massive race car built by the Italian manufacturer specifically to break the land speed record. It is renowned for featuring one of the largest car engines ever built: a colossal 28.5-liter, 4-cylinder engine that produced about 290 horsepower and an earth-shattering 2,000 lb-ft of torque. Each cylinder displaced a whopping 7.1 liters. The engine featured four valves and two spark plugs per cylinder, and at 50 mph, it turned over at a relaxed 200 RPM. In 1913, driver Arthur Duray unofficially clocked the Beast at 132.27 mph. in 1913, the Beast of Turin was not only the fastest car in the world, it was also the fastest machine of any type on Earth! Only two examples of the S76 were ever constructed. The cars were lost for decades. Automotive enthusiast and restorer Duncan Pittaway tracked down one of the surviving engines and the chassis of the other, spending a decade painstakingly restoring the car to working condition. The rebuilt machine is famous for its massive open-exhaust headers, which spit terrifying, roaring flames straight from the block.

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