Citroen XM Forum

Does any one know what engine this is and what it came out of.

magnum 3.9? used in the dodge viper/ram, bristol fighter etc ?
Looks like a lovely bit of kit anyway, cant be many cars that have all alloy V10's

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No.

ok, is it an aero, marine or automotive engine at least give us that

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Its British and doesnt fit in a car. Thats all your getting.

Its Aero

If you look closely you can see the edge of the 6th cylinder just behind the front part of the casing so it's a V12.

Rolls Royce Merlin engine?

David.

you have sharper eyes than me David, merlin, meteor or griffon then, or are we being too obvious

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If you look closely you can see the edge of the 6th cylinder just behind the front part of the casing so it's a V12.

Rolls Royce Merlin engine?

It is indeed a Rolls Royce engine out of a spitfire. Griffon I believe, The chap who I bought the R reg XM off sold it to an individual who has donated it to a local collage to rebuild and have it mounted on a block in working condition. That's some project. He also knows a chap who has an unused spitfire Engine still in its original crate covered in wax. Bought it for £250,000 and it has to be rebuilt at eye watering £250,000.

I've never seen one close up, never mind stripped. Produces over 2000 bhp when running.

Can't wait to pick up the car Saturday not for the car for Part 2 of his collection. SM and god knows what.


Yatz

Yatz wrote: I've never seen one close up, never mind stripped. Produces over 2000 bhp when running.
Yatz

If you come along to the Cumbria Steam Gathering (Last weekend in July every year) you can usually see a couple of these (stationary!) engines being put through their paces. I'm afraid that I have forgotten the name of the group of enthusiasts who maintain and show them.

Ken