Magneto-Ignition

Bianchi 20/30
Car : Bianchi 20/30
Year : 1910
Engine :4 cylinders in line
Bore and stroke :110?130 mm
Cylinder capacity : 4939 cc
Gears : 4 forward
Brake horse power : 30
Maximum speed :0 mph
Wheelbase : 10 ft 6 ins (3.2 m)
Suspension : front and rear: semi-elliptic leaf- springs
Bianchi had a long life as a car manufacturer. It ceased to exist as such in 1955 as the result of an agreement between Fiat and Pirelli. Prior to cars it had been actively involved with bicycles and motorcycles. The company first became associated with cars in 1899 (though this is not historically definite), when its founder, Edoardo Bianchi, built a 4-wheeler powered by a single-cylinder De Dion-Bouton engine. One of Bianchi’s designers was Giuseppe Merosi, who moved on to A.L.F.A. and hence to Alfa Romeo.

Bianchi built simple, solid machines powered by 4-cylinder engines with side valves in T-shaped cylinder heads, with low tension magneto ignition, a steel chassis, a honeycomb radiator and double chain drive. From 1909 onwards, engines with L-shaped cylinder heads, high tension magneto ignition and shaft drive were adopted and all these features are found on the 20/30. When the 20/30 appeared it had chain drive and an engine with a twin block L-shaped cylinder head but it was later modernized and fitted with a monobloc engine and shaft drive. The increase in the bore brought the capacity up to 5700 cc and its