Kadan injuna ne masu kama da visceral da yanayi kamar motoci na ƙarni na farko. XX. THE Fiat Mephistopheles ba togiya: na'ura mai ban mamaki daga kowane ra'ayi. Mai iko, mai tsaurin ra'ayi da wuyar sarrafawa, an yi masa lakabi da Mephistopheles ta hanyar 'yan jarida na lokacin, a cikin wani ra'ayi na aljanu daga tsakiyar zamanai - zamanin tatsuniyoyi da halittun aljanu.
Amfani ya kasance lita biyu a kowace kilomita, ko a wasu kalmomi: 200 l da 100 km
Wannan shine yadda kuka kalli Mephistopheles, a matsayin wani abu mai cike da ƙeta mai iya ɗaukar rayukan waɗanda ba a san su ba a kowane lokaci.
A wannan lokacin ya riga ya zama al'ada don shirya tsere - an ce an haifi gasar mota a ranar da aka samar da mota ta biyu - kuma yawancin nau'o'in sun yi amfani da waɗannan lokuta don auna ƙarfin. Nasara a gasar? Sai na ci nasara a tallace-tallace. Tsohon maxim "nasara ranar Lahadi, sayar da ranar Litinin" (nasara ranar Lahadi, sayar da ranar Litinin).
Fiat ba banda ba kuma ya fito da injin sanye da injin mai ban sha'awa. Akwai 18 000 cm3 na iya aiki, a cikin injin da ake kira Fiat SB4 . Injin da ya zo game da godiya ga haɗin injuna biyu na ƙarfin 9.0 l.
A cikin 1922 Fiat SB4 ya shiga tseren mil 500 na almara a Brooklands a hannun matukin jirgi John Duff. Abin takaici kuma don jin daɗi na gabaɗaya, Duff ya yi rashin sa'a don fuskantar fashewa daga ɗayan tubalan, ya cire murfin da sauran abubuwan da ke ciki. Duff, takaici, ya yanke shawarar barin Fiat kuma ya shiga Bentley a yakin neman nasara a Le Mans.
An sake haifuwar aljanin Turin
A wannan lokacin ne komai ya canza don Fiat SB4 kuma kamar yadda tarihi bai gaya wa raunana ba, ga shi, wani hali mai hangen nesa mai suna Ernest Eldridge yana sha'awar yiwuwar Fiat SB4.
Ernest Eldridge (jarumin wannan labari…) an haife shi a cikin dangi masu arziki da ke zaune a Landan kuma nan da nan ya bar makaranta don shiga Yammacin Yammacin Yaƙin Duniya na ɗaya, tare da sha'awar zama direban motar asibiti. Bayan yakin, 1921 ya nuna komawarsa ga tseren motoci. A cikin 1922 ne, bayan abin da ya faru na John Duff, Ernest ya zo ga ƙarshe cewa injin 18 l ya kasance "rauni" don abin da yake tunani.
Biyan kuɗi zuwa wasiƙarmu
Da yake fuskantar wannan ƙarshe, Ernest ya sami hanyar samun injin Fiat da ake amfani da shi a cikin jirgin sama: toshe Fiat A-12 . SOHC silinda mai sanyaya ruwa guda shida (Single Over Head Cam) tare da ƙaramin ƙarfi na 260 hp don ƙarancin ban sha'awa 21.7 l na iya aiki - eh, 21 700 cm3.
Ernest yana da wahalar yin wannan canjin injin kuma an tilasta masa ya ƙara tsawon SB4 don ɗaukar irin wannan bala'in injin, ta amfani da chassis daga kocin London. Ee haka ne… bas.
Tare da warware matsalar da ke cikin tushe, Ernest ya sake gina aikin SB4 ta hanyar da ta fi ƙarfin iska. Ba a manta da zuciyar SB4 ba kuma Ernest ya ba ta sabon shugaban bawul 24 da matosai 24 !!! Ee, sun karanta filogi 24 daidai don taimaka wa silinda shida su cinye duk iskar gas ɗin da carburetors biyu za su iya haɗiye. Amfani ya kasance 2 l / km, ko a wasu kalmomi: 200 l da 100 km. Waɗannan canje-canje sun ba da damar haɓaka ƙarfin zuwa 320hp a… 1800rpm!
Amma kar kawai a yaudare ku da ƙayyadaddun fasaha, zuciyar shaidan Turin ta kasance mai nauyin gaske. Nauyin crankshaft ya kai kilogiram 100 yayin da na'urar tashi ta dual-mass 80 kg. Tare sun ba da gudummawa ga almara na binary mai iya isar da harbi na Littafi Mai Tsarki a tsaka-tsakin gwamnatoci. Duk wannan a cikin kunshin mita biyar da kusan ton biyu a nauyi! Sa'an nan aka haifi Shaidan Turin: Fiat Mephistopheles.
A cikin 1923 Ernest ya ƙaddamar da Fiat Mephistopheles zuwa waƙoƙin kuma ba da daɗewa ba wannan shekarar ta kafa rikodin: ½ mil mafi sauri a Brooklands.
Bayan nasarar wasanni da yawa tare da Mephistopheles, Ernest yana da burin giciyensa don karya rikodin gudun ƙasa a ranar 6 ga Yuli, 1924. Lamarin ya faru ne a kan hanyar jama'a a Arpajon, kilomita 31 daga Paris. Ernest bai kasance shi kaɗai ba kuma ya dogara da kishiyoyin René Thomas a motar Delage La Torpille V12.
Abubuwa ba su yi kyau ga Ernest ba, yayin da ya kasa doke René kuma ya ga kungiyar ta amince da zanga-zangar da tawagar Faransa ta yi cewa Fiat ba ta da kayan aiki na baya.
An doke shi amma bai gamsu ba, Ernest ya koma Arpajon a ranar 12 ga wannan watan, ya yanke shawarar karya tarihin. Taimakon mataimakiyar matukinsa da makanikinsa John Ames, Ernest ya farkar da aljani Mephistopheles a cikin wani sauti mai kyau wanda ya cancanci Apocalypse kuma ya zagaya zuwa rikodin saurin tare da zamewar ƙarshen baya, yana riƙe da umarnin giciye a cikin gizagizai na hayaki, mai. da kuma man fetur vaporized. A halin da ake ciki, mataimakin matukin jirgin nasa ya zura man fetur a cikin injin, ya bude silinda na iskar oxygen don kara karfin wuta, kuma ya tsara yadda ake tafiyar da aikin da hannu. Wasu lokuta…
Ernest ya kafa tarihin tafiya zagaye da matsakaicin matsakaicin gudun kilomita 234.98 a cikin sa'a, wanda ya zama mutum mafi sauri a duniya.
Hazaka na Ernest tare da fitar da aljanin Turin a cikin sigar Fiat Mephistopheles ya rubuta su har abada a cikin tarihin mota, yana mai da Ernest dawwama. Amma ga shaidan Turin, wannan har yanzu yana raye. Fiat mallakar ta ne tun 1969 kuma ana iya gani a gidan kayan tarihi na alamar. Wani lokaci yakan yi fitowa fili yana nuna duk karfin aljani a cikin kwalta. Da zarar shaidan, har abada shaidan...
