No 59 from Allan L Solved C1929 Maserati Tipo V4 "Sedici Cilindri"

[Allan L]

Here's an unusual car for you.
Make, model, number of cylinders, engine configuration and anything else you think might interest someone!

[ImpishGrin]

Some kind of 8C from Maserati?

[Allan L]

Some kind of 8C from Maserati?

If I say "yes" it will mislead you, but "no" is a bit too strong!
Keep on with your research in that area.

[Allan L]

Time for an expert to finish this off!

[shamrock]

alta ?

[neilshouse]

This is the recreation of the C1929 Maserati Tipo V4 "Sedici Cilindri", built  by Anthony Hartley. It has a V16 engine.

[Allan L]

This is the recreation of the C1929 Maserati Tipo V4 "Sedici Cilindri", built  by Anthony Hartley. It has a V16 engine.

Pretty well correct, that's the car and that's how the engine is described.
A voice from the back row would ask if a twin-crankshaft twin-bank engine should be called a V-16

[neilshouse]

A voice from the back row would ask if a twin-crankshaft twin-bank engine should be called a V-16

I think both cranks run in the same crankcase and are geared together so it is nearly a V16.

[Allan L]

A voice from the back row would ask if a twin-crankshaft twin-bank engine should be called a V-16

I think both cranks run in the same crankcase and are geared together so it is nearly a V16.

Certainly, and it's not easy to come up with an alternative description.
For the benefit of the others, this is what we're on about

[D-type]

Surely that makes it a U-16?   

[Allan L]

Surely that makes it a U-16?   

Yes, now you remind me I have heard that description.