Well the first looks like a couple of small block chevys welded together, is it a Cadillac engine?Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm
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Well the first looks like a couple of small block chevys welded together, is it a Cadillac engine?Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm
It is a V16 Chev. small block put together as a promotional item by a company that specialises in cast iron welding. It is actually made from three engines not just two welded together. Three were needed to get the necessary bottom end layout. It does run, so I was told.
The other one is half or a four cylinder Meyer & Drake "Offenhauser 220" which badly disembowelled the rearmost cylinders and crankcase. So, some bright spark cut the undamaged front half off and made it into a twin of 110 cubic inches. A lot of skilled workmanship went into this project. Pity it didn't work very well.
Not much response from you guys to these posts. Have a guess if nothing else.
Here are two aero engines that should be dead simple to identify.
You can probably read the label on the wall of the first one.
Well, I am surprised no-one would even guess at those.
The first is a Pratt & Whitney Wasp Major 4360. The famous "Corncob", weight 3404 lbs. 3500 horsepower.
The other is an Allison V-3420, 24 cylinders, made up from two Allison V1710's on a common crankcase. About 150 made between 1941 & 1945, weight 2665 lbs. 2885 horsepower. Turbocharged and supercharged. Used in a number of experimental aircraft.
Here it is from another angle, and a photo of an aeroplane that used it, A P75.
Here are a couple more, one automotive engine and one aero engine.
You should be able to work out the auto. engine if you have reasonable eyesight.
The first one is a 6.7 litre six cylinder from an Owen Magnetic. These were built from about 1915 to 1921 and used a variable speed electric drive.
The second is a Lorraine-Dietrich V8 from WW1.
Do you want me to keep posting in this thread?
Response has been negligible.
Yes Please Brian Good to all these fantasic engines. Haven't answered to any as I dont know them
Gary
Two more. Both automotive engines. Both are race car engines from famous makers and almost 50 years apart. Both are defunct.
PLEASE!! Someone have a guess.
Wild guess is the first one an Gurney Eagle or maybe a Foyt. Indy car motor Altho there's a Mercedes Benz engine in the back ground " Penskie " then.
No idea at all with the other
Gary
Not close. Both are US engines. The first from the 70's and the second from 1930. Both are Indianapolis engines.
I have had my hands on a partially machined and partially assembled example of the first at Stew. Van Dyne's establishment. This engine family is under three litres and produced high 500's horsepower on the dyno before they put the turbo on. This is what happens when you have an engine that follows on through a 60 year continuous development and manufacturing era with a continuity of highly skilled and motivated staff.