Classic Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud will get an American V8

At first glance it looks like another Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud ll, OK, this one looks like it’s been wearing headlights all its life and has been in a special kind of mud, that’s what a 62-year-old RR looks like. out now. The sound it produces is of a completely different order. This is the Ringbrothers Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud ll. In other words, Jim and Mike, and they gave this Rollie an American V8.

The brothers call that special creation The main thing. The project began by stripping the British luxury car down to bare metal. The imperfections in the body were removed by hand to obtain the ‘fluffy white’ color. “Extremely out of the ordinary hides the complete transformation of a luxury icon,” say Ringbrothers. So you think you’re seeing (almost) nature, but you’re not.

Details of Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud ll with American V8

So the most interesting part of the change is under the skin. The 6.2-liter V8 engine normally found in the RR was trashed. That’s nice and slow. Good for birds too. Instead, they add an eight-cylinder engine with the same displacement, but newer and with a bigger supercharger.

GM fans know the engine as the LT4, which is found in the Corvette Z06, Cadillac CTS-V and Camaro ZL1, for example. That is a monster with 649 hp and 860 Nm. Power goes through a 10-speed gearbox via a custom carbon fiber drive shaft. The original would pop immediately with a touch of gas.

The latest Rolls-Royce parts

It’s no surprise that the entire chassis is also new. Because such a brutal engine with the comfortable suspension of the Rolls, that does not work. There are all kinds of special parts including wishbones, 18-inch wheels and 15-inch disc brakes. Additionally, a lot of work has been done on the interior to make it like new again.

The head unit also has a thousand LED lights, each of which is sewn by hand, as you can also order with the new Rollies. There are also custom floorboards, custom instrument panels and even folding back tables. Because everyone wants to be able to put down their glass of champagne in a Rolls with 649 hp.

“We invested more than 3,400 hours in the fabrication, painting and engineering of this project. This project combines the past and present of Rolls-Royce with an American accent of 649 hp,” says Mike Ring of Ringbrothers. We want one! You? Unfortunately, the car was made for one customer. Ringbrothers say that for this reason they do not want to share the price of the car.