MASERATI 8C-3000 – year 1930

Officine Alfieri Maserati SpA, Bologna, Italy.

7 September 1930 of the year is an historic date for the small Italian company Maserati. On that day, during the Monza Grand Prix race, the Achille Varzi riders, Ernesto Maserati and Luigi Arcangeli took the first three places in the company's cars.

The Maserati brothers' factory in Bologna was by no means a beginner among racing car manufacturers. After World War I, it supplied its engines to the Isotta Fraschini companies, Hispano Suiza i Diatto. The first car, called Maserati, was made in 1926 year and was marked with the symbol 26. Alfieri Maserati has become the head of the Officine Alfieri Maserati SpA factory – an excellent competitor and constructor. His brother - Ernesto Maserati - was also a competitor. Driving a more powerful car of this type, marked with 26 B, he won in 1927 of the year at the Tripoli Grand Prix.

The 8C-3000 model was constructed on the basis of the 8C-2500 z car 1929 year. Primary capacity engine 2495 cm3 was enlarged and with the bore of the cylinder 69 mm and the piston stroke 100 mm the total capacity was obtained 2991 cm3. The engine already had a replaceable cylinder head. The precise machining of adjacent planes was noteworthy, which made it possible to eliminate the gasket between the head and the cylinder block. The crankshaft was mounted in eight rolling bearings. Inline eight-cylinder 2 x OHC had a mass 182 kg and reached power 169,3 kW (230 KM) by 5500 RPM. The empty car was heavy 750 kg. Thanks to the speed achieved 240 km / h became the fastest Grand Prix car at that time. The two-seater body was attached to a steel frame. The front and rear rigid axles are suspended on longitudinal leaf springs. Mechanical brakes acted on all wheels. The tires of the spoke wheels of the Rudge-Whitworth type had dimensions 5,50 x 19. The 8C-3000 model driven by Achille Varzie in 1930 of the year he won the Spanish Grand Prix at Lasarte in San Sebastian. Ayme Maggi came in second, also driven by a Maserati car. The model was also successful in 1932 a year at the Lyon Grand Prix and a year later at the French Grand Prix at Montlhery. The competition was won by Giuseppe Campari on the Maserati 8C-3000.