Bugatti 73c. The Type 73s all-alloy engine featured wet cylinder liners a five-bearing crankshaft and a detachable cylinder head the latter a first for Bugatti two camshafts and 16 valves while the gearbox was an all-synchromesh four-speeder in the 73C as the racing version would be named it was initially planned to fit the road version with an automatic transmission designed by Ettore Bugatti. All the Type 73 A B C were given or intended to have four-cylinder engines.
First test run of new Bugatti Type 73C engine. In 2008 the car was fully re-built to racing specification building a new engine to preserve the original. Love it or hate it its certainly a significant piece of history.
Two overhead camshafts crankshaft mounted on 5 bearings.
Further details were released once the war had ended. Feb 01 2012 One of five Type 73C chassis built by Bugatti with an experimental dual overhead camshaft four-cylinder engine and one of the last of Ettore Bugattis incredible machines it was never bodied at the factory but finished later on with this unique monoposto Grand Prix body. Unlike previous Bugatti designs the all-alloy Type 73 four featured a detachable head. The Type 73s all-alloy engine featured wet cylinder liners a five-bearing crankshaft and a detachable cylinder head the latter a first for Bugatti two camshafts and 16 valves while the gearbox was an all-synchromesh four-speeder in the 73C as the racing version would be named it was initially planned to fit the road version with an automatic transmission designed by Ettore Bugatti.
