Check out the Crosley engine setup I bought at the Lincoln, NE swap meet last month. NOT FOR SALE.....just showing you the "little fellow." See it run here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoQO3b7xpJU&list=UUC1YFgCX1RwamPQxcrHKclw&index=1&feature=plcp
I sold it which is why it is not for sale. It is important to make that clear so my thread does not get deleted for being "spam". I am proud of it because I have had a few of these and this is the first runner I have owned...
Just to help put things in perspective, 44 cubic inches is one cubic inch smaller than a 750 cc motorcycle engine. You have to see it in person to realise how little it is.
I alway think of the Cover of HOT ROD magazine had a Crosley motor hanging from a scale. the title was 180 HP -180 LBS
I have a Hotrod mag from the 55 or 56 with a Crosley powered rail. I don't remember the time or speed it run, but it wasn't real fast. It showed 2 guys lifting it.
Arnie on here has a Crosley front engine dragster or rail and it is not fast either but is cooler than hell.
At a tractor and engine show a couple years ago they had a huge stationary engine on display. The thing ran a big generator or pumping station at one time. A V-12 I think, called a Hercules or a Goliath or an Atlas or a Mammoth or some similar name. They started this monster with a single car battery, attached to the starter on a Crosley engine. After the Crosley started there was a hand operated clucth which engaged it to turn over the big V-12. It probably took all 22 hp from the Crosley to spin it over too!
That's a CIBA Crosley - Cast Iron Block Assembly. The sheetmetal one was a COBRA - COpper BRazed Assembly. Find some Braje parts and show us what it can do!! Cosmo
Local guy used to stash them things, knew about the OHC but missed on the engine type, learned something there, didn't realize there were two versions.
That was a later Lloyd Taylor (Crosley CoBra designer) engine on the cover of Motor Trend... I think it was called the 'Taylor Supersport' or somesuch. Little bit bigger than a Crosley.
That was an article called 'Braje's Bomb' about a rail built/run by Nick Brajevich of 'Braje' Speed Equipment. He'd sworn to his mother that he wouldn't race after a brother or cousin was killed in a race accident... but drag racing was OK.
Back in the early 60s they were the engine of choice in 1/4 midgets and they got good power out of them. Theres a Crosley that runs at Bonneville that goes right at 100 mph. Its a big shootout between it and a first year Honda car every year
messed around with a ohc version years back that was a Homelite 55 hp outboard boat engine. was given to a buddy who was going to use it on his runabout. it had sat for years so I rebuilt the carbs,new point and etc. got it to run on a prime but couldn't keep it going after the prime ran out. he got frustrated and junked it .
I've seen a few of those Crosely based Homelite outboards. Neat units and rare nowadays. About the one your buddy junked. Sad. Sounds like real a waste. The fact that it ran, but quit as soon as the prime on the carbs ran out means it was probably just a fairly easy to solve fuel system problem. Maybe a bad fuel pump, a clogged filter or strainer, a porous or blocked fuel line or something similar. All pretty easy to solve if he thought the problem through at all. Mart3406 ===========
Back in the early 60's my brother-in-law had a wooden boat with a Crosley engine and the thing had a blower on it. Don't remember much about it other than it pushed the boat pretty good. At the time, we were able to get some motor parts from an original dealer in Atlanta, still had some signs hanging out.
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