Video: this BRM H16 is one of the bruutste F1 engines ever

Posted on 25-12-2014 at 15:06 by mauritsh – 28 Comments”

And, in his time, without doubt, the most complex.

In a grey past had F1 drivers have granite balls, were the circuits not inspiratieloze rounds in extinct lunar landscapes and made the engines a old-fashioned bake shops. In addition, there appeared sometimes creations at the start which is not necessarily successful, but technically (and acoustic) is particularly interesting proved to be.

The Formula 1 rules for 1966 offered the choice between a 1.5-liter turbocharged engine, or a naturally-aspirated engine with a displacement of 3 liters. BRM (British Racing Motors) chose the second option, but he did that in his own unique way.

They appeared at the start with the P83, which was equipped with an H16 engine. This block consisted in fact of two flat 1.5-litre V8’s that were screwed. For an explanation about the difference between boxer and flat V-engines check you this article.

The crankshafts of both flathead V8 engines were linked together, which is pretty complex 3-litre H16 engine with 32 valves resulted. The power was 395 hp at 10.250 rpm(!) still ok, but the power source was with a weight of 250 kg lompzwaar and also onbetrouwbaarder dan Bilzerian in a striptent.

Later, there was still a version of the H16 was built with 64 valves 25 hp extra offered, but the concept was just too complex and went to often. The H16 was the end of BRM, which already has a questionable reputation had built up thanks to the far too complicated and unreliable creations.

Fortunately, it was not just doom and gloom what the H16 is concerned, because the block sounds really heavenly. Unfortunately, there are few images available of moving cars that are equipped with this monstrous block, but even still you get a very nice impression of the music from the organ pipes being blown. Enjoy!

At 5:20 the engine is started