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Later on Martin‟s modified beautiful Italian Malioli type (right) exhaust<br />
manifold as intended for his own B-20 was tried just for fun and looks,<br />
but my own Francosporto exhaust manifold better would be<br />
constructed to the engine mounted in the car. So a lot of work still<br />
remains to be finished.<br />
But...<br />
But only because I ever want to experience the characteristics<br />
of a high performance B-54 like SOHC <strong>Aurelia</strong> <strong>V6</strong> and since I<br />
never will be allowed to drive The Louwman Collection‟s sole<br />
surviving (right) original D-23, I have to build a SOHC <strong>Aurelia</strong><br />
myself and respecting historics I have to limit the design to the<br />
era‟s design level. So digital fuel injection, toothed belts or KKK<br />
exhaust turbo compressors are non options and in honor of<br />
Lancia‟s Francesco de Virgilio (FdV) I would be very pleased to<br />
produce only one super valuable “Diciotto” 18V SOHC “prova”<br />
upgrade kit as a commercial attractive alternative between B-20 and D-20 cars, which in 1953 easily could have been<br />
manufactured by Lancia‟s themselves at least suiting the rich Italian Noble‟s racing at Sunday afternoons finishing<br />
always top five. Initially I referred to this project as my 4th test phase, but the plan quickly got developed into a full<br />
“diciotto” B-54 like project. Important to the design will be the complete upgrade kit‟s necessity to get installed by the<br />
same skilled mechanics who used to work on B-20‟s without irreversible alterations to the block.<br />
The selected clientele<br />
would have been kept<br />
competitive for some more<br />
years and even following<br />
Morini‟s recipe also next<br />
level 4V DOHC upgrading<br />
would suit later model<br />
development like Sport<br />
Zagato Flaminia‟s …… if only<br />
Lancia would have been<br />
thinking more commercially<br />
related to model efficiency<br />
indeed.<br />
Such wooden chest would have been marked with yellow or light blue<br />
template painted lettering “Lancia Automobili Torino” and next<br />
lined with “ ricambi competizione” and “ tipo B-543” containing 6<br />
forged flat pistons, 2 pre assembled three valve cylinder heads with<br />
camshaft installed, 1 chain box (below), 1 double sprocket replacing the<br />
large camshaft sprocket, 1 duplex chain, 3 small chain sprockets, 1<br />
chain tensioner with sprocket, 1 set 32 piece M9 studs, 6 separate<br />
intake manifolds, 3 Weber IDA 48 R carbs (left), 2 Ø43mm left and<br />
right MW-exhaust manifolds, 1 oil cooler with lines, 1 enlarged oil<br />
sump, 1 gasket set and some not thought of small parts.
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