Post amazingly cool pictures of engines!

[ihatesissycars]

The picture of the deltic engine in the trains thread inspired this one!


Big boat engine!











Your turn!

[Pat H]

Perhaps not an amazing engine, but one that not many of you will have seen before.

660cc water cooled two stroke parallel twin.

Fewer than 160 made back in the 1970s.

I inherited it from my Dad. I sold it a couple of years ago because it really wasn't my thing, but it was a beautifully crafted artifact.

[ZR1cliff]

Great thread!!,Funny enough the Deltic engine gave me the same idea at the time.

I love multi cam engines,here are some pics of my 4 cam engine when i rebuilt the top end[Are you watching Boosted ]

Edited by ZR1cliff on Saturday 29th December 10:22

[Mahatma Bag]

The mighty Cox 0.49 aero engine

[tim the pool man]

Mahatma Bag said:

The mighty Cox 0.49 aero engine

I had one of those in a PT flight trainer! I'm sure it was actually .049 though

[Oilchange]

Well, well There I was thinking all American engines were pushrods!

ZR1cliff said:

Great thread!!,Funny enough the Deltic engine gave me the same idea at the time.

I love multi cam engines,here are some pics of my 4 cam engine when i rebuilt the top end[Are you watching Boosted ]

Edited by ZR1cliff on Saturday 29th December 10:22

[wasted years]

One of Titanic's engines

Weight 1000 tonnes
Height 30 feet
HP Cylinder Diameter 54 inches
IP Cylinder Diameter 84 inches
LP Cylinders Diameter 97 inches
Stroke 75 inches
Operating Speed 76 rpm
Operating Output 16 000 hp
Operating Pressure 9 psi

Edited by wasted years on Saturday 29th December 10:53

[Mahatma Bag]

tim the pool man said:

Mahatma Bag said:

The mighty Cox 0.49 aero engine

I had one of those in a PT flight trainer! I'm sure it was actually .049 though

You are right. .049 cubic inches, 0.8cc

Mine was in an F15 Eagle!

[Monkey boy 1]

OOhh, a Silk 700, Based on the Scott 2 stroke , Would have loved one of those machines..

Anyway, here is my input

The Lamborghini Miura SVJ Jota designed by Bob Wallace, This is the original one, rebuilt after being wrecked in an accident and was displayed at the Lamborghini factory couple of years ago for one of their anniversary openings

The photo was taken in the UK, not Italy





That engine sounded Awesome

[ZR1cliff]

Oilchange said:

Well, well There I was thinking all American engines were pushrods!

This particular engine was designed by Lotus when GM owned them,so its really a british design,although since then the americans have come up with their own designs.I think they have quad cams in some mustangs.

GM did a few projects with Lotus in the 80's and 90's notably the Lotus Carlton,the ZR-1 was the american counterpart,with Corvette working with Lotus power,but GM would not allow the use of 'Lotus' on the car for some reason.
The project was called the LT5 project,i have a theory Lotus used this as an abreviation of LoTu5

[jmorgan]

Boo!


Whilst on a more sedate way of life


And you did say engine.

[Benni]

A german tractor pulling team has taken a russian diesel,
and converted it to methanol.
Took them a few thousand man-hours to finish, absolute nutters.
Big deal ?
Well, it is a 7cyl. star engine, with 6 stars,
so it is 42cylinders altogether...

Bore: 160mm, stroke 170mm = 143.500 cm³
7 OHC driven by vertical shaft drive,
central valve timing adjustment
4 valve = 168 valves, roller rockers
max.rpm : 2.500 min-1
max torque: ca. 15.000 Nm
power: ~4.500 kW

There is also a BIIIG radial compressor,
fed by the largest butterfly valve I have ever seen in motorsport.
The above figures were with diesel power,
now it is estimated at ~10.000 hp with blown methanol.
It was converted to methanol, they had to fit 42 magnetos,
and 126 spark plugs !!!

This is how it works :
http://www.power-bulls.at/multimedia/video/thumb/z...
http://www.power-bulls.at/multimedia/video/thumb/z...


These are picturs from the engine conversion :
http://picasaweb.google.de/tractorpulling.sascha/B...

The driver, Paul Heistermann, has been european champion several times,
with his former tractor (can bee seen in the photo section),
driven by 4 turbines,so now he needed something different for a change.
In 07, it already proved VERY powerful on the first pulls,
video here : http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=buLIk1IWcbk&feat...
(also some great other engine sights & sounds on there)
Dragonfire will be a strong contender for the 08 championship.

Cheers,
Benni

[seasonal central]

Pat H said:

Perhaps not an amazing engine, but one that not many of you will have seen before.

660cc water cooled two stroke parallel twin.

Fewer than 160 made back in the 1970s.

I inherited it from my Dad. I sold it a couple of years ago because it really wasn't my thing, but it was a beautifully crafted artifact.

Remember them.

[ZR1cliff]

Twin turbocharged LT5 V8 in a Chevelle.

[D-Angle]

The 426 Hemi, aptly nicknamed The Elephant Motor


And what can be cooler than a Top Fuel Motor


Ferrari F1 Flat 12


Cosworth DFV

[Rocky Balboa]

ZR1cliff said:

Twin turbocharged LT5 V8 in a Chevelle.

Id hate to try and keep that baby clean!

[ZR1cliff]

I love the engineering that goes into the amalgamation of a Massive engine to an Aircraft frame,aircraft engineering seems so precise and something i consider art form.

[seasonal central]

Cummins V12 diesel.

[Wedg1e]

ihatesissycars said:

Big boat engine!







Your turn!

Don't want to widdle on your bondie, but that's actually the diesel engine for a power station, not a ship...

[ihatesissycars]

Widdle away as the more I know about this cathedrel of a motor the better! T'is awesome!