Fighter Plane Engineering Contributes To 61 Years Of Bentley V8 Longevity

摘要

Bentley applied what it termed Aero Design Standards (ADS) to the development of its V8 engine in the 1950s, an approachthat contributed to the amazing longevity of the company’s 6.75-liter V8 engine, which debuted in 1959. “Both theconstruction and design of block was quite advanced for its time,” asserted Tim Seipel, functional manager for Bentley’s Venginecalibration.Bentley and Rolls-Royce were combined companies at that time, and the famed Rolls-Royce Merlin V12 engine in theSupermarine Spitfire and North American P-51 Mustang both used that engine to great effect during World War II. Afterward,the engineering department continued to apply the same high engineering standards to engines designed for less missioncriticalapplications, such as serenely motoring to the country club.