Imbalwa imishini ebukekayo futhi enolaka njengezimoto zangekhulunyaka lokuqala. XX. THE I-Fiat Mephistopheles akukho okuhlukile: umshini ongakholeki kuwo wonke umbono. Enamandla, eqinile futhi enzima ukulawula, waqanjwa ngokuthi uMephistopheles izintatheli zangaleso sikhathi, kubhekiselwa kumuntu wamademoni wangeNkathi Ephakathi - inkathi yezinganekwane nezidalwa zobudemoni.
Ukusetshenziswa kwakungamalitha amabili ngekhilomitha, noma ngamanye amazwi: 200 l nge-100 km.
Wawubheka kanjalo-ke uMephistopheles, njengento egcwele ububi ekwazi ukuqeda izimpilo zalabo abebengaxwayiswa noma yinini.
Ngalesi sikhathi kwase kuwumkhuba ukuhlela imijaho - kuthiwa umncintiswano wezimoto wazalwa ngosuku okwakhiqizwa ngalo imoto yesibili - futhi izinhlobo eziningi zasebenzisa lezi zikhathi ukukala amandla. Uwinile emqhudelwaneni? Ngabe sengiwina ngokuthengisa. Isisho esidala esithi “wina ngeSonto, thengisa ngoMsombuluko” (wina ngeSonto, dayisa ngoMsombuluko).
AbakwaFiat nabo baqhamuke nomshini onenjini encomekayo. Bezingu-18 000 cm3 zamandla, enjinini ebizwa nge-Fiat SB4 . Injini eyaba khona ngenxa yokuhlanganiswa kwezinjini ezimbili ezinomthamo wamalitha angu-9.0.
Ngo-1922 iFiat SB4 ingenela umjaho oyinganekwane wamamayela angu-500 eBrooklands ezandleni zomshayeli wendiza uJohn Duff. Ngeshwa kanye nokuzijabulisa okuvamile, u-Duff akazange abe nenhlanhla yokuqhuma kwebhulokhi eyodwa, eklebhula ihood nezinye izingxenye ngayo. UDuff, ekhungathekile, unqume ukushiya kwaFiat wajoyina iBentley emkhankasweni wokunqoba eLe Mans.
Idemoni laseTurin lizalwa kabusha
Kungalesi sikhathi lapho zonke izinto zishintsha khona ku-Fiat SB4 futhi njengoba umlando ungatsheli ababuthakathaka, bheka, umuntu ongumbono ogama lakhe lingu-Ernest Eldridge unesithakazelo emandleni eFiat SB4.
U-Ernest Eldridge (iqhawe lale ndaba…) wazalelwa emndenini ocebile ohlala eLondon futhi ngokushesha washiya isikole ukuze ajoyine i-Western Front eMpini Yezwe I, enesifiso sokuba umshayeli we-ambulensi. Ngemva kwempi, i-1921 iphawula ukubuyela kwakhe emjahweni wezimoto. Kungo-1922, ngemva kwesigameko sikaJohn Duff, lapho u-Ernest efika esiphethweni sokuthi injini ye-18 l "yayibuthakathaka" ngalokho ayekucabanga.
Bhalisela iphephandaba lethu
Ebhekene nalesi siphetho, u-Ernest wathola indlela yokuthola injini ye-Fiat esetshenziswa kwezokundiza: ibhulokhi I-Fiat A-12 . I-SOHC yamasilinda ayisithupha (Single Over Head Cam) epholiswe ngamanzi enamandla angu-260 hp emangalisa kangako. 21.7 l womthamo - yebo, 21 700 cm3.
U-Ernest wayenobunzima bokushintsha injini futhi waphoqeleka ukuba akhulise ubude be-SB4 ukuze kuhlangatshezwane ne-monstrosity enjalo, esebenzisa i-chassis yomqeqeshi waseLondon. Yebo kunjalo… ibhasi.
Njengoba inkinga ewumsuka isixazululiwe, u-Ernest wakha kabusha umsebenzi womzimba we-SB4 ngendlela ezungeza umoya. Inhliziyo ye-SB4 ayikhohlwanga futhi u-Ernest wayinikeza ikhanda lamavalve angama-24 namapulaki angama-24 !!! Yebo, bafunda ama-spark plugs angu-24 ngendlela efanele ukuze basize amasilinda ayisithupha ukuba adle ngobudeveli wonke uphethiloli ongagwinywa ama-carburetor amabili. Ukusetshenziswa kube ngu-2 l/km, noma ngamanye amazwi: 200 l nge-100 km. Lezi zinguquko zivumele ukunyuka kwamandla ukuya ku-320hp ku-… 1800rpm!
Kodwa ungakhohliswa nje ukucaciswa kobuchwepheshe, inhliziyo kasathane waseTurin yayiyisisindo esinzima sangempela. I-crankshaft yayinesisindo esingu-100 kg kanti i-dual-mass flywheel ingu-80 kg. Ndawonye baba nesandla kubhayibheli oyingqophamlando ekwazi ukuletha isithombe seBhayibheli emibusweni emaphakathi nebanga. Konke lokhu ephaketheni lamamitha amahlanu futhi cishe amathani amabili ngesisindo! Khona-ke uDeveli waseTurin wazalwa: i-Fiat Mephistopheles.
Ngo-1923 u-Ernest uhambisa i-Fiat Mephistopheles kumathrekhi futhi ngokushesha ngalowo nyaka usetha irekhodi: imayela elisheshayo ½ e-Brooklands.
Ngemva kwempumelelo eminingana yezemidlalo ne-Mephistopheles, u-Ernest uhlose i-crossbow yakhe ekwephuleni irekhodi lejubane lomhlaba ngoJulayi 6, 1924. Lo mcimbi wenzeka emgwaqeni womphakathi e-Arpajon, 31 km ukusuka eParis. U-Ernest wayengeyedwa futhi wayethembele embangweni kaRené Thomas esondweni leDelage La Torpille V12.
Izinto azimhambelanga kahle u-Ernest, njengoba ehlulekile ukushaya uRené futhi wabona inhlangano yamukela umbhikisho weqembu laseFrance wokuthi iFiat ayinalo igiya elihlehlayo.
Eshaywa kodwa engaqinisekanga, u-Ernest ubuyela e-Arpajon ngo-12 wenyanga efanayo, ezimisele ukuphula irekhodi. Esizwa umshayeli wendiza kanye nomakhenikha wakhe uJohn Ames, u-Ernest uvusa idemoni elingumshini u-Mephistopheles ngomsindo ofanele i-Apocalypse futhi wagijima waya kurekhodi lejubane ngesilayidi esingemuva, ephakamisa imiyalo ye-crossbow phakathi kwamafu entuthu, uwoyela. nophethiloli wahwamuka. Phakathi naleso sikhathi, umsizi wakhe womshayeli wampompa uphethiloli enjinini, wavula isilinda somoya-mpilo ukuze andise amandla, futhi walawula ukuhamba phambili ngesandla komsabalalisi. Kwesinye isikhathi…
U-Ernest uqophe irekhodi ohambweni olubuyayo ngesivinini esimangalisayo esingama-234.98 km/h, ngaleyo ndlela eba indoda eshesha kakhulu emhlabeni.
Ingqondo ka-Ernest ehlangene nokukhipha idemoni laseTurin ngendlela yeFiat Mephistopheles ibhala kuze kube phakade emlandweni wezimoto, okwenza u-Ernest angafi. Ngokuqondene nosathane waseTurin, lo usaphila. Iphethwe ngabakwaFiat kusukela ngo-1969 futhi ingabonakala kumnyuziyamu womkhiqizo. Kwesinye isikhathi uvele abonakale esidlangalaleni ekhombisa wonke amandla akhe obudemoni etiyeleni. Owake waba ngudeveli, usathane kuze kube phakade...
