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I’ve heard of some crazy sleepers in my day, but this one takes the cake. An average man from a sleepy village in England decided one day he wanted to go 200mph. Lamborghini’s, Ferrari’s and Gumperts were out of his price range, so he simply did what so many Americans do in their garages every weekend: he built his 200 mph car himself. His starting point? The Rover SD1. His engine? A 27-liter Merlin Tank engine producing 1600 lb/ft of torque at a matching 1600 rpm.

Now, I can totally understand the Blastolene concept of building a crazy hot rod around a crazy tank/airplane/warship/helicopter/tractor engine, but this is truly the ultimate sleeper. A Rover, with more than double the Torques of a Bentley Brooklands,  and with nearly 4 times the displacement of a Corvette Z06, is simply batshit. Half the engine fits in the engine bay, the other half rides shotgun. We at The Smoking Tire salute you, sir.

[Source: PPCMag.com]

Thanks, Damien for the tip!

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