At this point, you will have seen many corvettes, Mustangs and even Ferraris coupled to a power bank to check how many horses they deliver. But surely you’ve never seen in this scenario A Bugatti type 37a from 1927. Thanks to this video on the PFI Speed YouTube channel, which almost looks like a feature film, that is about to change.
A 1927 car in the power bank
Between 1926 and 1930, about 300 Bugatti Type 37 were bruit. Almost 100 years later, very few of those precious Bugatti Type 37a and, since their price reaches one million euros, most surviving specimens hibernate in heated warehouses. Even so, this unit you see in the video seems to want go to stretch your legs.
In the first released on the bank, the venerable Bugatti manages to deliver about 64 hp of power and 115 nm of torque. It is not exactly its chestbut these figures are secondary when you have the unique opportunity to contemplate and listen to this machine in action. After playing with the mixture of air and gasoline and other adjustments, the equipment ends up being able to extract 90 hp and 145 nm torque of its four -cylinder engine, practically the performance that these cars could offer when they were new.
And, of course, in a car that only weighs 703 kg, they are Some more than respectable and sufficient figures to bring to Type 37a above 200 km/h. In comparison, a Ford Model T of the same year 1927 found its roof at 72 km/h.
The video is quite long, but believe us: you will not get bored by watching it. Contemplating how an icon of the races of yesteryear lets roam its engine is a good pill to remember why we love cars.
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