World's Tiniest V12 Engine
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A work of art and strangely relaxing to watch but see if you can spot the minor error for pedant points!
http://www.wimp.com/tiniestengine/
http://www.wimp.com/tiniestengine/
Al 450 said:
That it's a repost ?
Since moving to London, I have no space for a car/bike/go cart/cat... might be time for a new hobby 
Al 450 said:
really? bugger I searched for it and all.
Yes, been posted a few times:http://pistonheads.com/gassing/search4.asp?h=0&...
Edited by soad on Friday 6th January 14:25
GarryA said:
Exhausts are on wrong side.
Wrong side of what? It looks to me like they're on the same side as the exhaust ports, where you want them to be. It would be daft to have the pushrods running through them.It did look like the cam shafts rotate at the same rpm as the crank instead of half speed, but as the engine works I figured that I'm either wrong or it's not a problem.
Edited by xRIEx on Saturday 7th January 14:41
xRIEx said:
GarryA said:
Exhausts are on wrong side.
Wrong side of what? It looks to me like they're on the same side as the exhaust ports, where you want them to be. It would be daft to have the pushrods running through them.It did look like the cam shafts rotate at the same rpm as the crank instead of half speed, but as the engine works I figured that I'm either wrong or it's not a problem.
Edited by xRIEx on Saturday 7th January 14:41
Not bad, but this has always been the model I have lusted after - would love to know how much it sold for?
http://youtu.be/vxYRa0pqxlw
http://youtu.be/vxYRa0pqxlw
xRIEx said:
GarryA said:
Exhausts are on wrong side.
Wrong side of what? It looks to me like they're on the same side as the exhaust ports, where you want them to be. It would be daft to have the pushrods running through them.It did look like the cam shafts rotate at the same rpm as the crank instead of half speed, but as the engine works I figured that I'm either wrong or it's not a problem.
Edited by xRIEx on Saturday 7th January 14:41
Go me!Thats REALLY nice
i was wondering near the end why there was no lubrication, the fact that it only runs on air explains that.
if i was putting that much effort in, i would probably have gone all the way and made it actually run on fuel, cant be THAT much more work really.
alter the cam to crank ratio, add oil, maybe piston rings, and an ignition system. could run on gas.
i was wondering near the end why there was no lubrication, the fact that it only runs on air explains that.
if i was putting that much effort in, i would probably have gone all the way and made it actually run on fuel, cant be THAT much more work really.
alter the cam to crank ratio, add oil, maybe piston rings, and an ignition system. could run on gas.
darkcat said:
Thats REALLY nice
i was wondering near the end why there was no lubrication, the fact that it only runs on air explains that.
if i was putting that much effort in, i would probably have gone all the way and made it actually run on fuel, cant be THAT much more work really.
alter the cam to crank ratio, add oil, maybe piston rings, and an ignition system. could run on gas.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc6jCGHj6Nci was wondering near the end why there was no lubrication, the fact that it only runs on air explains that.
if i was putting that much effort in, i would probably have gone all the way and made it actually run on fuel, cant be THAT much more work really.
alter the cam to crank ratio, add oil, maybe piston rings, and an ignition system. could run on gas.
This one runs
Edited by xRIEx on Saturday 7th January 20:47
er, all the pics I've looked at don't have the exhausts on the inside, they are on the outside.
some old F1 cars had exhausts on the inside for cooling and other reasons but the Jag v12 doesn't.
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=jaguar+v12+exhaus...
some old F1 cars had exhausts on the inside for cooling and other reasons but the Jag v12 doesn't.
varsas said:
Jag v12 has the exhausts on the inside of the 'v', as this engine does.
for referencehttp://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=jaguar+v12+exhaus...
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