I had one of those huge v6 engines in a 1963 GMC school bus, it ran great and would actually burn out and leave 4 tire strips, of course dumping the clutch. I saw one in a GMC pickup this week too. That will be really cool in a hot rod.
Dont know if I would call that oddball... it is the FIAT "Mephistopheles" the engine is out of a WW1 bomber. 6 cylinder @ 27 litres? The chassis is out of an s-51 fiat lengthen with bits of a bus. it is the last of the great recordbreakers to set records on public roads. Story goes that the first record wasn't recognized by the Frenchies cause it didn't have a reverse fitted...
not so much that...it was built and driven by an english chappy...(and it broke a record set by a frenchman)
Over the summer, I went to the Glenn Curtiss Museum in Hammondsport, NY. Sadly, I did not have my camera, so no pictures. They had two of the rotary aircaft engines AZAV8 mentions. Their website lists the other engines in their collection. It is a 1917 110 hp LeRhone - 9-cylinder rotary. Their collection also includes many early motorcycles, aircraft, and old Buicks. They do have some pictures of items in their collections, but not all. The rotary is not included. Here is a link to their collection of engines. http://www.glennhcurtissmuseum.org/museum/collections/engines.shtml Maybe if you e-mail them they would send you a digital picture - I see it would not be an easy trip for you to make. Andy - chop50chevy I'm looking for a picture I have of a real odd-ball engine. It an aircraft engine but its real ODD-BALL. Some of you have probably heard of it, a Rhone rotary. It's French so you can understand the odd-ball. No, its not anything like a Wankel/Mazda rotary. Its a 5 cylinder, air-cooled, piston engine, radial layout with a fixed crankshaft. The crankcase and cylinders rotate around the crankshaft. It has one helleva rotating mass. It was a bitch to turn to the left, but real easy to turn right. They attached the propeller to the engine case. There's no way you could use one in a car. Phil, aka AZAV8[/quote]
[/QUOTE] Speaking of rotary engines, I was at a local hobby show about a year ago and nearly dropped dead when I saw this: it is a scaled down BentleyB2 (I think) that was built by a metalcrafter/machinist....it's fully functional with pistons, external valve guides, and it wails like banshee when it lights up..... bgbdlinc
I think I saw plans for that in a hobby machinist's mag back in 2004! ~Jason Speaking of rotary engines, I was at a local hobby show about a year ago and nearly dropped dead when I saw this: it is a scaled down BentleyB2 (I think) that was built by a metalcrafter/machinist....it's fully functional with pistons, external valve guides, and it wails like banshee when it lights up..... bgbdlinc[/QUOTE]
Haven't really decided what to do with it yet, but I have a 300+ cubic inch flathead six out of a 50s White "Super Mustang" tractor truck..when I was checking this truck out to see what I'd gotten into I was shocked and awed to see it was a gasoline engine! the throat on the one barrel is bigger than my coffee mug.....rixrex
I've got the E400 "performance package" 361 in my 59 Ranger 2DHT..changed it over to a new Edelbrock carb and Flowmasters on the stock dual exhaust, it runs strong.....rixrex
that OHC small block is going to haunt my thoughts. . .dig them oilers! thats a TON of work and thought there. anyone have a clue where those cams are out of?
For those of you that have even a passing interest in the WW1 rotary engines, here's a pretty good link that shows an explanation of how they work, and pics of the more common engines of the day. Fiddy....seems I couldn't cut/paste your shortened link to my post as a link. Did the next best thing...."doubled" the post with a quote from yours. Thanks much.....Roger
Not a problem. They went in the Kaiser-Jeep pickups from 1963 - 1966 and had either a BW 3 or 4-speed manual or TH400 behind them. Kaiser made adapter plates for a GM TH400 to bolt up to their motor, path of least resistance and all that. J-series trucks are still pretty common out here on the westcoast, there's even a guy in New Westminster B.C. that specialises in Kaiser, Willys and AMC jeep parts. He could probably hook you up. My truck is a 66 but it has a 70 Buick 350 in it, an option for the '67 trucks. It has a BOP bellhousing with a T-98a trans behind it. As for the Tempest 4-bangers. I used to have an article from MiniTruckin magazine (I know, I know, I got better though) from the early 90's. They covered an early 60's Datsun pickup with a Keith Black built Tempest 4-banger in it. I can't remember what was done to it but it was quick. The truck looked like a 1950 American pickup but shrunk down. Had moon tanks under the stakeside bed and it looked pretty cool. Wish I could find the article. Shawn
Doe's a Pontiac flathead 8 with speed equipment qualify? Its probably the heaviest for the least amount of H.P. around
The Ford GAA series tank engine is my favorite. All aluminum 1100 cubic inch V8, 60 degree vee, 180 degree crankshaft, double overhead shaft driven cams, 4 valves per cyl. pent roof chambers, dual mags. 5.4 bore x 6.0 stroke. They weigh about 1400 lbs. stock, but they can be whittled down to less than 1000 when you get all the junk off them. I have several of these engines, one of which is sitting in my Mustang and is just about ready to crank. I can't post pics. yet, but I will as soon as they will let me. The initial mock up pics. of the Mustang installation are posted on the Wilcap transmission adapter website. Wilcap ( Pat McGuire ) built me an adapter to bolt it to a heavily modified Powerglide.
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