Projects Need unusual motor suggestions

Just go AMC... They made those motors into the 90's in the jeeps. Cheap, odd motor, plenty of performance parts available.


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big block cadillacs make a ton of power thay come cheep to

 

If you really want to be different, why not try a slant six? Not common at all and they can be made to go pretty good for their size and they just look cool.

 

Ford 260 to 427 or anything in between by Ford from the '60's...

 

Cox .049

 

I have a BMW V12 that i was going to use as an unusual power plant. I wish I hadn't gone this route.I was not worried about anything except the trans and that is where the nightmare started. Stick with some thing that won't break the bank doing it.

 

Evinrude !!

 

This

 

How about a Riley overhead conversion like this one I came across Saturday.

 

No really-a slant six

 

QUOTE=gimpyshotrods;8338344]
"Hall-Scott 1091 six. My buddy has
one, full working order, in a tow
truck."
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j145/Swaggerm/IMG_3992.jpg [/QUOTE]
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Wow! Hall-Scott's are "way cool"
and nowadays, exceedingly rare.
They were very technically
advanced engines for their time,
with features like overhead cams,
- along with hemispherical
chambers (long before Chrysler
even dreamed of its own "hemi")
- as well as on some models,
supercharging and even turbocharging!
I just came across this on the net too
- a website for a new ( ie - no connection
to the original and long defunct) -
"Hall-Scott Engine Company" -
(www.hallscottengines.com) that offers
parts and technical support for these
engines. The website also has a really
good section on the history of
Hall-Scott.


Mart3406
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Excerpted from the website -
http://www.hallscottengines.com/Home_Page.html
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The Hall-Scott Motor Car, Truck & Engine Co.®
has been launched to rebuild old Hall-Scott
engines, to overhaul and sell parts, and to restore
antique and classic fire trucks. Specifically trucks
from the 1920’s & 30’s. We decided to use this
historical, iconic, highly regarded name, recognizing
there is a small but very passionate group of
enthusiasts who own fire trucks, commercial trucks
and boats with working Hall-Scott engines. We
believed that a authentic company and web site
would benefit all owners of Hall Scott engines.
However, with our country’s need for alternative
energy sources and uses, we feel a Hall-Scott engine
designed to run on today’s alternative fuels may
provide an effective answer now. Consequently,
one of our goals is to redesign and manufacture a
Hall-Scott engine for just such a purpose.
In addition to the interesting, brief history of
Hall-Scott written by our buddy Ric Dias, in the
very near future our website will include pages
for all of you to show your trucks, boats and
engines. There will also be pages for parts and
accessories and engine-specific history, as well
as merchandise like t-shirts, hats and coffee cups,
etc. Last but not least, we’ll have a section devoted
to just one of our projects, “The Hall-Scott Engine
Museum”. This museum will eventfully, we hope,
have as many different engine models and
Hall-Scott items as we can find or are donated to
us. As of right, now we have a good selection of
engines that show a time-line of Hall-Scott engines
starting at around mid-1920. We will be taking
donations and offers for other engines and items
soon. We also hope that once we have established
a location, we can set up a swap program with
other engine and truck museums. So bookmark
the site and come back soon for a visit.
Thanks," - SpikeContact info: [email protected][/FONT]
[/FONT]

 

Use twin Mazda wankles crank to crank.

 

Acme Adapters makes a kit for 22R truck manual trans.

http://www.acmeadapters.com/store_engine.php#indparts

 

Not sure if this has already been shared in this thread, but here's a Merlin V12 in a '55 Chevy. Interesting video of a very unusual motor!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIj2GVfua84

 

--------------------
Wow! Hall-Scott's are "way cool"
and nowadays, exceedingly rare.
They were very technically
advanced engines for their time,
with features like overhead cams,
- along with hemispherical
chambers (long before Chrysler
even dreamed of its own "hemi")
- as well as on some models,
supercharging and even turbocharging!
I just came across this on the net too
- a website for a new ( ie - no connection
to the original and long defunct) -
"Hall-Scott Engine Company" -
(www.hallscottengines.com) that offers
parts and technical support for these
engines. The website also has a really
good section on the history of
Hall-Scott.


Mart3406
=============
Excerpted from the website -
http://www.hallscottengines.com/Home_Page.html
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The Hall-Scott Motor Car, Truck & Engine Co.®
has been launched to rebuild old Hall-Scott
engines, to overhaul and sell parts, and to restore
antique and classic fire trucks. Specifically trucks
from the 1920’s & 30’s. We decided to use this
historical, iconic, highly regarded name, recognizing
there is a small but very passionate group of
enthusiasts who own fire trucks, commercial trucks
and boats with working Hall-Scott engines. We
believed that a authentic company and web site
would benefit all owners of Hall Scott engines.
However, with our country’s need for alternative
energy sources and uses, we feel a Hall-Scott engine
designed to run on today’s alternative fuels may
provide an effective answer now. Consequently,
one of our goals is to redesign and manufacture a
Hall-Scott engine for just such a purpose.
In addition to the interesting, brief history of
Hall-Scott written by our buddy Ric Dias, in the
very near future our website will include pages
for all of you to show your trucks, boats and
engines. There will also be pages for parts and
accessories and engine-specific history, as well
as merchandise like t-shirts, hats and coffee cups,
etc. Last but not least, we’ll have a section devoted
to just one of our projects, “The Hall-Scott Engine
Museum”. This museum will eventfully, we hope,
have as many different engine models and
Hall-Scott items as we can find or are donated to
us. As of right, now we have a good selection of
engines that show a time-line of Hall-Scott engines
starting at around mid-1920. We will be taking
donations and offers for other engines and items
soon. We also hope that once we have established
a location, we can set up a swap program with
other engine and truck museums. So bookmark
the site and come back soon for a visit.
Thanks," - SpikeContact info: [email protected][/FONT]
[/FONT][/QUOTE]

The Hall-Scott's are great engines, but the 1091's are way too big and heavy for anything automotive. Really cool for vintage truck use though. Here is one of mine.

<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/BOBMerHf9DA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

 

How does a Hall-Scott engine, or a Merlin V-12 fit into this thread about a
practical, affordable, traditional engine for a '30 Ford coupe?

 

How does complaining?

 

Question, not a complaint.

 

The OP never set a budget. He said,

Which left it pretty open-ended.

And the OP hasn't seemed too bothered by the replies ... in fact, he hasn't even posted in this thread again.

So I am guessing it's just for fun at this point.

 

Here's five pages of why you should run a Pinto motor...
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=755380

 

how bout a weirdo military hemi

 

It could be that the thread is a mid september thread and the OP has probably already decided what he wants?

I am sure that by now it is just fun to post whatever off the wall motor that comes to mind. I doubt that the OP really cares.

 

Exactly. I, for one, find the thread interesting. I think people have covered just about every way to push something around using fire. Very neat.

 

Diesel Air MkII opposed-piston 2-stroke diesel aircraft engine:

1810cc, 100bhp@2500rpm, 200lbs, 22" x 27½" x 15".

BWM M-100 opposed-piston 2-stroke diesel marine engine:

1332cc, 100bhp@4800rpm, 165lbs, 22½" x 24" x 17".

The latter will fit extremely nicely in my Morris Minor.

 

Maybe something like this:

Powering the EV1 Electric Off-Road Race Car for the Baja 1000
2 NetGain Motors &#8211; Warp 9&#8221; DC Motors &#8211; @ 80% efficiency: 450 HP, 700flb Torque
2 EVnetics Soliton1 Controllers
138 CALB 3.3 Volt 180 Amp hr. Prismatic Batteries (2 cells of 69) &#8211; 82kW

 

How about a 1928 chevy 4 cylinder.

 

I don't think that the rolls 12 cylinder marine engine or a 16 cylinder Allison has been mentioned yet.

 

Why is it I never have seen a 16 cylinder Allison? That and nobody has mentioned the Borke two stroke yet. It was the engine that generated the largest number of letters to HRM for years and years. Maybe still.

 

Here ya go.

did I spell Allison wrong?

yea I know it is only 12 cylinders but it is called an Allison V-16.

 

Actually, it was the Allison V-1710 series.
All 12 cylinders, they never produced a V-16 configuration.
.
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