Maserati Ghibli Bi -Turbo V6 || Rare HillClimb/Time Attack Monster 

90 deg. V6. Engine based on Merak engine with 4 valves per cylinder. This engine made well over 300hp in a car called Maserati Racing, and we are talking about 2L displacement and late '80 or early '90. This engine was used in world record breaking speed boat (stock internals, tuned, higher rev limiter, 400hp). Maserati made a 36V prototype on this block, and this is the one and only 6 valves/cylinder engine known to Humans. IMHO underrated gem.

This is why I love hillclimb racing. You can spot the strangest most random cars going fast and breaking records

That exaust sounds fantastic!

Maserati did a very cool race version of the standard ghibli of the 90s. They were racing in a series of monomarca with main pilot like Larini and several gentleman drivers. The cars were basically standard expect a stripped interior some additional coolers ( coolerfor differentials after added to the ghibli restyling 92) some bigger front bumpers for added cooling and slick tires with special rims. Sealed engines for the all season to proof reliability of their engines/mechanicals and to avoid tricks from the teams. The cars were putting out about 330hp, the races were disputed before formula one races on the major european circuits. The cars were very fast for the time getting close if not surpassing the time obtained by Ferrari 355 racing in the same period in a monomarca season. Some of those cars were also raced with very good results on other categories years after Maserati stopped the program ( Detomaso era). All the issues that are related to the first Biturbo series ( like long start doo to evaporation in the carbs of the fuel for the eat from the ihi turbos, or distribution belts snapping, or electrical issues ( manly doo to the design of the fuse box, by the way, easy to replace and relatively cheap every 10 / 15 years) are mainly related to the early carburateur cars in the early 80s. The fuel injected cars were very easy to mantain and quite bullet proof as engines and gearboxes/ chassis ( ZF and later getrag). 222,224,ghibli II, were very solid cars and Maserati solved pratically all the issues that the first series carbed Biturbo had in the beginning. It is fair to say, that Detomaso, sold the car before testing it properly for the need of money ( to save Maserati in that very difficult financial time) and also to fullfil the successful presentation with huge amount of pre orders at the Turin motor show in 81!

Heard about Ghibli,but never seen racing version.Really glad it's hillclimb version of it i'm seeing and what a build it is.Very unique build.Seeing gems like these compete on hillclimb is another reason why i'm such a fan of this sport.Thanks for sharing it with us.

those turbo noises are so good!

It's incredible that thing even runs damn. Props to the racers and builders of it!

Of course, what a brilliant thing to do with an old maserati. At first I thought what a strangely exotic car to risk on a racetrack, but nobody is buying these things and they are cheap as chips and wasting away.

Este tipo de carreras son una maravilla, nunca sabes que tipo de máquinas puedes ver, y aquí hay una muestra... Increíble ese Maserati... Gracias por mostrárnoslo!!

God that blow off is a cool note

Sounded/looked like some minor adjustments needed to be made, but yet another beautiful one-off monster! Don't think I've seen a Maserati on the channel before, what an awesome machine.

The Turbowhistle 😚🤘

great to see, I have one of the 2.8L export versions - hope he doesn't bend it, only 2200 built, parts are near unobtainium. Lovely engine, cosworth/coscast 4V heads, oversquare, excellent strong bottom end and not-dry sump but good design. Odd-fire 90 degree V6, like three Ducati L-engines in a row firing 120deg apart. Twin Weber-Marelli ECUs controlling coil-on-plug ignition, sequential fuel injection and boost control, very similar to that used on the F40. Slightly daggy (de Tomaso end of era three-box biturbo) but underrated cars IMO. Then there is the Shamal V8 biturbo....

Sounded and looks incredible! You can tell though that climb took its toll on the engine. Oil smoke was increasingly more noticeable as the run continued.

Fantastic Car, original Masarti Bi Turbo are very fine classic beauty, nice to see a rally version of it, and of course nice to hear that V6 engine screaming :) Thanks for share👍🏼

Love them. Nice machine.

Man if there's one thing the Italians can do it's make a V6

Lmao I didn’t even notice those were not headlights till I was starting at the thumbnail.

My Maserati Ghibli II 1993 100% Maserati 2000 V6 biTurbo ...Is only for man....not for guy. 🇮🇪

Interesting choice of car

pure sick

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Car sounds great i really like this build repurposing a car that isnt worth alot due to its known issues and age and creating something special when i saw the car i had to click its definitely unique.

Un mostro......👍

What a cool car/engine. Dont know this one

Can you upload dash cam replay too and can you upload more rare cars? Who the hell want tune Maserati biturbo V6?:):) I hope we can see someday BMW M5 V10 Hillclimb version!

Maserati 👍

È ancora a carter umido o è stata convertita a carter secco??

I guess if you are making all your own parts anyway there isnt a downside. The upside is you can tune it to maximize turbo noise.

welcome to hillclimb where the headlights are twin turbos.

Awesome car, but it needs a little bit more of Maserati flavor on the outside... looks too messy to me. I know it's all about performance, but I like to see pretty and performant cars :P

It looks so ungainly but sounds so sweet DeLorean on steroids lol

A 2.0? That's a small V6. This is coming from an American. The smallest I heard of for a V6 is 3.0.

Hill Climb Racing is Only for Enthusiast!

Sounds incredible, looks like rubbish though, not a fan of its looks at all, seems to put down some decent power, and its certainly unique, not sure I've seen any other Maserati hillclimb cars before