Engines Files - Ricart Cars

Engines

The heart of the matter. A dry-sump V8 with twin overhead camshafts per bank and superchargers, at a time when almost nobody in Europe would attempt that architecture in a road car.

Blocks, heads, gearboxes, test beds, and the drawings that came before them. This is where Wifredo Ricart’s obsession is easiest to understand.

This is the definitive version of the supercharged 2,800 cc engine, created in 1953; equipped with a horizontal Webber 50 DCO carburetor, it produced approximately 180 hp at 5,000 rpm. These engines were fitted as standard equipment in eight cars: the "Cúpula," the three Touring Competition Spiders, the two Panamericana models, and two special cars featuring first-series Touring bodywork. (identified thanks to Roberto López Alcolea, alias @pegasin_z102)