Bandini 1100 Siluro
The 'Bandini 1100 torpedo' is a 'car produced by 1947 1949 by the company Bandini Cars Forlì.
This type is the first to Bandini born expressly races. The style and forms are rated to pure speed, performance and lightness. The same name,torpedo , which is identified, wanted to indicate the aerodynamic penetration and be a good omen for the races. Initially, to gain in lightness and speed in repairs, were not even painted. [[Image: Bandini1100siluro.jpg | 300px | thumb | Bandini and Cantelli departure of the "Thousand miles" (1949).] ]
Bandini is the first to participate in competitions in Italy as the "Giro dell'Umbria" the circuit of Pescara "and" Track of Senigallia "but also breathing world as the" Thousand miles ", 1949. It mise on display, led by Richard W. Gent to Queen Catherine Cup "at Watkins Glen in front of two hundred thousand spectators opening the car forlì vesi the road to fame in the USA.
The Body
[[Image:Bandini_a_pescara.jpg|300px|left|thumb|Ilario Bandini Pescara behind him his brother Walter]] The body, in tandem aluminium it is achieved by Bandini, the headquarters of Via Cesare Battisti to Forlì. Small mudguards type motorcycle on wheels, leaving the body is adhering to the frame assuming forms without imposing its own. The result is a synergistic combination of technological and aerodynamically efficienttorpedoand elements from the animal kingdom. Ilario Bandini, from the end of observer, loved to reiterate that nature had solved very well functional problems that man is initiated only to face. Here then that the muzzle, to make as much air to the engine without overloading the front section, has the characteristics of enormous nostrils; lights are encased in it as the eyes of fish, the heat is disposed sfoghi to using gills of shark. In order to contain as much as possible weight, the tail is very short and round and only the passenger has a tiny door contenitivo. Sometimes the bonnet reveals, with two bombature shaped flame, the use of an engine bialbero.
The Frame
The frame is a refinement of the 1100 sport, produced in parallel, which is the version to competition. The size and weight are reduced significantly. The height from the ground is 13 cm, while the bare chassis weighs only 25 kg.
- Structure and material: a tower pipe section elliptical, steel special derivation aeronautics
- Suspensions:
- Braking system:
- Service: hydraulics, drum front and rear
- Parking Mechanical tape, on ' transmission shaft
- Steering: a worm
- Wheels: ray Borrani
- Tank: 50 Litres
- Transmission: transmission shaft with joints cardanici, differential Central and semiassi the rear
The Engine
The chassis, born to accommodate engines Fiat 1100 drawn up or radically transformed, proved suitable for different engines up to 1500 cc engine capacity.
In the 1100 version Bialbero
- Positioning: forward longitudinal, 4-cylinder in-line
- Capacity: 1089 c.c.
- Bore and race: 68 mm x 75 mm
- Head: Derivative Alfa Romeo 6 adapted to the 4-cylinder engine, 2 inclined valves per cylinder, 2 camshafts controlled by chain and gears
- Power maximum: 65 hp
- Power: 2 carburettors
- Lubricate: Carter wet with pump gear and vertical radiator all'avantreno
- Cooling: forced liquid with centrifugal pump and radiator tilted all'avantreno
- Currency and clutch: 4 + marches RM, clutch monodisco dry
- Ignition and electrical system: coil and distributor switch battery 12 V and generator
In the Fiat-Siata 1500
- Positioning: forward longitudinal, 4-cylinder in-line
- Capacity: 1496 c.c.
- Power maximum: 90 hp 6000 rpm
- Power: 2 carburettors
- Lubricate: Carter wet with pump gear and vertical radiator all'avantreno
- Cooling: forced liquid with centrifugal pump and radiator tilted all'avantreno
- Currency and clutch: 4 + marches RM, clutch monodisco dry
- Ignition and electrical equipment: coil and distributor switch, battery 12 V and generator
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