[6][7][8][9] Working on a shoestring budget, as always, the Maserati brothers found a solution that would allow them to use as much of the existing design as possible by simply stacking two straight-eight engines on a common crankcase at a 22.5° angle.

In order for the two engines to be fitted side-by-side with a central intake the head on the right side bank was reversed.

In order for the engine to run properly, Edoardo Weber himself spent two weeks devising two meticulously tuned updraft carburettors for the V16.

Once completely sorted, the new Maserati engine produced 280 bhp, which was almost twice as much as the most potent Tipo 26 straight eight.

Built for Grand Prix racing, the car was clothed in a straightforward aluminium competition body.