Autoweek: Merc 12 in a 280?

[grannyknot]

4 hours ago, ensys said:

Of course, it's obvious from the lack of air cleaners that it wasn't meant to actually be driven.

Looks good standing still tho.

“I drive the car a lot on the street, and I even daily-drove the car while I was swapping the engine in my Subaru right before winter hit. I love to drive it on public roads, but I also use it for a few autocross and track days during the year.”

 

[ensys]

 

Now, that's what I call rugged nonchalance.

Me, I'd be a nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs that my expensively tricked out V12 would be ingesting dust, dirt, leaves, candy wrappers, rain from an unexpected squall, or the Big Gulp of some passing mope with no conscience while out running errands, or would become low-rise condominiums for the mice in the garage. Kudos for your nerve.

But really, what's the story about those wheels and two-sizes-too-small tires. Automatic speed limiters? Science experiment? Bold aero exercise? What pressures do you run to keep the beads in contact with the rims, so far away from the edge of the tread?

Inquiring minds want to know.