Unusual engine photos

Not sure I see compression in that Wankel.

 

Rootes Lister TS3. A high-speed, two-stroke, three-cylinder, six piston diesel engine.

 

They look odd when enclosed too.

 

It's in there. The action of moving from #2 to #3 is the compression.

 

Not with the piston exposed there isn't.

 

Twin supercharged flat 4.

 

I see what you are saying. Had to think about it for a bit.

 

Supercharged flathead with front mounted carbs.

 

That should be in the Induction thread.

 

It is..

 

And the 'Finned' thread

 

I never could figure that one out....

 

This may be off track but I think it is so cool. I have a fasination with early engines and the mechanic's of their design. This is an exact duplication of the Wright bro's engine they designed and built for their Flyer flown at Kitty Hawk in 1903, along with an animation of how the engine works.

 

See previous posts in this thread. We seem to have similar tastes in weird engines

 

Looks that way.
I'm a big fan of the aircooled stuff too. Most never made it to the UK though.
6 cylinder aircooled Deutz diesel.

Aircooled V12 Tatra diesel. This one is in a Tatra 813 truck.


Aircooled Tatra petrol V8.

 

Steyr puch Pinzgauer aircooled flat in line 4 petrol.

 

More on the Ford made OHC experiment. Other photo posted a few back. This is alleged to be the only one left.

 

We can close this thread now.....The Circlecycle

 

I hesitated to post the circle cycle because it's a very recent design. I recently watched a Youtube video on it... it has a fascinating movement to it... but I can't see it having any durability (piston to cylinder alignment) and efficiency (ringless... apparently). But it is fascinating to watch the animation of the movement. They do have a couple of working smaller scale prototypes.

 

This Well Engineered Mill Has Thinking Way Out Of The Box...

 

How about a Lamplough 2 cycle

 

Cosworth GAA V6 out of a Ford Capri.Belt driven double overhead cam 3.4L V6. Made 440BHP @8000RPM.



Bit more interesting than the Essex V6 it was based on.

 

Briggs&Straton engine. Several manufacturer's made similar engines to attach to anything that could be powered by and engine. Most were used on bicycles.

 

just stumbled on this thread, and being a Mechanical Engineer
I'm hooked ! lve anything and everything mechanical
restoring a 1929 Chevrolet, yes first year of the Straight 6, also mine in First Generation, Sealed Valve Cover, Open Push Rod Cover. Almost ready to fire it up...

 

I meant to post these two pictures together.

 

Here's a couple pictures of a "Smith" motorwheel attached to a bike.

 

Does that bike still ride like a bike, i.e., is it still able to lean on turns or does it ride more like a trike - always upright?

 

This is probably to the exteme, but the design and enginnering that went in to building an engine this size is really cool. Built in circa 1910 this 12,000 horse power 6 cylinder had 4 camshafts, 20 valves per cylinder used to power early german ships.