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ivery819
10th July 2009, 09:23 AM
An epic story of a man, a 10-liter, 9-cylinder radial engine, and a very tiny Goggomobil

YouTube - Radial Engine Powered Goggomobil
McDisco
10th July 2009, 09:42 AM
Its amazing the technical enginuity some people have huh! I wanted to see it spoke those little tyres up a bit though....love the flames coming out the side of it though! very nice

Angus
V8Ian
10th July 2009, 09:48 AM
Seems to me to have wasted a lot of time and money converting and combining some valuable components into a white elephant. Still, it's his time and money, so good luck to him. He does have talent.
ivery819
10th July 2009, 09:53 AM
I was impressed by the ambulance following him on his first test run :cool:
numpty
10th July 2009, 12:47 PM
:eek::eek: Because he could, I suppose?
numpty
10th July 2009, 12:49 PM
Its amazing the technical enginuity some people have huh! I wanted to see it spoke those little tyres up a bit though....love the flames coming out the side of it though! very nice

Angus

Nice pun.........if it was intended:angel:
101RRS
10th July 2009, 12:58 PM
How does he keep the engine cool - it is an air cooled aircraft engine that would normally be cooled by the propeller and airflow. When these engines are used in tanks they have fans etc - I didn't see anything on this to assist in engine cooling.

Garry
It'sNotWorthComplaining!
10th July 2009, 12:59 PM
:eek::eek: Because he could, I suppose?
No actually ..because he was German, us krauts have to prove the impossible can be done. It's a genetic thing we can't help it.:p
McDisco
10th July 2009, 01:04 PM
Nice pun.........if it was intended:angel:

Yeah of course...thats my natural comedic talent showing through. Either that or just my bad spelling...;)

Angus
Bigbjorn
10th July 2009, 01:18 PM
Nev. Morris at Dalby has two WWII radials in his shed, a good bit bigger than that one. Recently he got one down, made a stand, and got it running. He has long had an idea of putting one into some kind of vehicle but the sheer size is a problem. They are about 4' x 4' x 4'. Nev. is currently building a replica of one of those huge veteran chain drive racers that used surplus airship engines. He is fabricating his own cylinder block to use a Caterpillar crankshaft and rods. Four cylinders, 16.1 litres.
djam1
10th July 2009, 02:18 PM
Nev. Morris at Dalby has two WWII radials in his shed, a good bit bigger than that one. Recently he got one down, made a stand, and got it running. He has long had an idea of putting one into some kind of vehicle but the sheer size is a problem. They are about 4' x 4' x 4'. Nev. is currently building a replica of one of those huge veteran chain drive racers that used surplus airship engines. He is fabricating his own cylinder block to use a Caterpillar crankshaft and rods. Four cylinders, 16.1 litres.


Wow 16.1 litres and 4 cylinders and you thought Isuzu's vibrated
Bigbjorn
10th July 2009, 05:11 PM
Wow 16.1 litres and 4 cylinders and you thought Isuzu's vibrated

I thought fabricating a cylinder block from steel plate was a bit ambitious even for Nev. but I have viewed progress and he will get there. He is nutting out the pushrod overhead valve gear and will fabricate all this. His more recent projects were a replica of a 19th. century steam tricycle which looks bloody marvellous and works just like it should, and a replica of a big veteran raceabout using an 11.3 litre GMC V12 used in medium trucks in the 1950's and 1960's. This last is a most impressive drive, unbelievable get up and go.