A powerful and reliable engine is the key to the successful performance of a racing car. This is especially true of the engine of the Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B.<\/p>\n
Its designer, the famous Vittorio Jano, decided to go for an 8-cylinder in-line engine of light-weight construction. The crankcase was made of two light-metal blocks, each with four cylinders. In this design, the camshaft system that transferred its drive via a gear train was moved to the middle of the engine. As a result, the length of the camshaft was reduced by half, which enhanced the rigidity and stability of the unit parts. Each of the two cylinder blocks was equipped with a Roots-Supercharger.<\/p>\n
This motor unit comes in an attractive display case. As the newest addition to the engine series launched by CMC a while ago, it is a good example of what CMC is capable of in model building.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In addition to the scale replica of Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B from 1938 (Item No. M-107), which is already released, CMC offers its engine as a collector\u2019s item that stands all by itself. This 8-cylinder in-line engine features a 2.0 liter displacement and a standard output of 180 hp. It received further empowerment when its compression ratio was raised to 6.3:1. So on the race track, it was capable of generating up to 220 hp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9979,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[418,65,290,56,60],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2132","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-cmc-alfa-romeo-en","7":"product_cat-alfa-romeo","8":"product_cat-all-products","9":"product_cat-engines","10":"product_cat-currently-not-available","12":"first","13":"outofstock","14":"taxable","15":"shipping-taxable","16":"purchasable","17":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n