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    Cmon then.........give us a clue.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MisterD View Post

    This Sir bolted a blower onto his motor to take on the might of the Germans and won.
    Joe Stevens ?? supercharged AJS 500 V4

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    Sir Frederick Henry Royce was co-founder of Rolls Royce who built the supercharged Merlin engine which was used in, among other applications, the spitfire. While Royce died in 1933 the Merlin engine was derived from air race engines designed by him. Rolls Royce bought Bentley in the 30s as well...

    Is this the one you were looking for?
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    I call foul. Mitchell designed the Spitfire and threw the Merlin in. It was his idea to use a PV-XII in the Spitfire, not Royce's.
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    So what's the next question??


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    yea cmon..............
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    Quote Originally Posted by riffer View Post
    I call foul. Mitchell designed the Spitfire and threw the Merlin in. It was his idea to use a PV-XII in the Spitfire, not Royce's.
    Well, it was Royce's engine

    I'm not 100% sure I was right though... Which is why I haven't posted the next clue.
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    Quote Originally Posted by davejenknz View Post
    Walter Owen Bentley?
    Close, but not quite a cigar owing yet. WO was dead set against the modifications our man made to the Bentley.
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    Only a homo puts an engine back together WITHOUT making it go faster.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MisterD View Post
    Close, but not quite a cigar owing yet. WO was dead set against the modifications our man made to the Bentley.
    So, you're saying that my guess was correct? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentley...281931-1998.29)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mikkel View Post
    So, you're saying that my guess was correct? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentley...281931-1998.29)
    Nah. I'm looking for the name of the driver that convinced a wealthy lady friend to finance the addition of a supercharger to his Bentley.

    Strictly speaking the blower Bently didn't win at Le Mans, but it was so quick that the Mercs expired as well, allowing a normally aspirated version to win...

    Additional clue - he wasn't known by his first name, and if you read Mikkel's link he does get a mention.

    **Edit**

    Hopefully that gives you enough that you can be certain when you do get it - I'll be back tomorrow morning.
    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Lobster View Post
    Only a homo puts an engine back together WITHOUT making it go faster.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MisterD View Post
    Nah. I'm looking for the name of the driver that convinced a wealthy lady friend to finance the addition of a supercharger to his Bentley.

    Strictly speaking the blower Bently didn't win at Le Mans, but it was so quick that the Mercs expired as well, allowing a normally aspirated version to win...

    Additional clue - he wasn't known by his first name, and if you read Mikkel's link he does get a mention.

    **Edit**

    Hopefully that gives you enough that you can be certain when you do get it - I'll be back tomorrow morning.
    First name would have been correct then - Sir Henry Birkin.

    Next clue:

    This stateless european died at his sister's house in the 19th century.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mikkel View Post
    Next clue:

    This stateless european died at his sister's house in the 19th century.
    Friedrich Nietzsche?
    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Lobster View Post
    Only a homo puts an engine back together WITHOUT making it go faster.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MisterD View Post
    Friedrich Nietzsche?
    Indeed.
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    Cool. First in sets the next question, I won't be online for most of the rest of the day.
    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Lobster View Post
    Only a homo puts an engine back together WITHOUT making it go faster.

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    I'll try one.

    Which figurehead became an honourary member of a famous travelling sports entertainment troupe?
    And I to my motorcycle parked like the soul of the junkyard. Restored, a bicycle fleshed with power, and tore off. Up Highway 106 continually drunk on the wind in my mouth. Wringing the handlebar for speed, wild to be wreckage forever.

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