Bandini 1100 siluro

The Bandini 1100 torpedo is a racing car model produced from 1947 to 1949 by the company Bandini Automobili in Forlì, Italy.

This type is the first 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.

Bandini is the first to participate in competitions in Italy as the "Giro dell'Umbria" the "Pescara Circuit" and "Senigallia Circuit" but also breathing world as the "Mille Miglia", 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 to the italians cars the road to fame in the USA.

The body

The body, two seaters 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 efficient "torpedo" and 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. Sometimes the bonnet reveals, with two bombature shaped flame, the use of an twin cam engine.

The chassis

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 convert|25|kg|lb|0|abbr=on.

* Structure and material: frame of elliptical section tubes, special steel aeronautics derivation
* Suspensions:
** Front: Independent, triangles overlapping with shock hydraulic telescopic tilted and springs cylindrical helical coaxial
** Rear: a bridge with two rigid leaf spring semiellittiche inclined
* Braking system:
** Service: hydraulics, drum front and rear
** Parking Mechanical tape, on transmission
* Steering: a worm
* Wheels: Borrani Ray
* Tank: Convert|50|L|usgal impgal|0|abbr=on|lk=on
* Transmission: transmission shaft with central rear differential and halfshaft

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.

1100 DOHC version

* Positioning: forward longitudinal, 4-cylinder in-line
* Displacement: 1089 cc
* Bore and Stroke: 68 mm x 75 mm
* Head: Derivated 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
* Fuel system: 2 carburettors
* Lubricate: Carter wet with pump gear and vertical cooler on the front
* Cooling: forced liquid with centrifugal pump and cooler on the front
* Gearbox and clutch: 4 speed+ RG, clutch single dry disc
* Ignition and electrical system: coil and distributor battery 12 V and generator

Fiat-Siata 1500 version

* Positioning: forward longitudinal, 4-cylinder in-line
* Displacement: 1496 cc
* Power maximum: 90 hp 6000 rpm
* Fuel system: 2 carburettors
* Lubrication: Carter wet with pump gear and vertical cooler on the front
* Cooling: forced liquid with centrifugal pump and cooler on the front
* Gearbox and clutch: 4 speed + RG, clutch single dry disc
* Ignition and electrical equipment: coil and distributor, battery 12 V and generator
*Weight total: convert|485|kg|lb|0|abbr=on

ee also

* Ilario Bandini
* Bandini Cars