the art of engine

I built the engine.
Then I built the chassis.
Then I put the engine in the chassis.

It was all down hill after that…

JJ

Cool idea using the rear cylinder as a supercharger.

http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2009/01/12/ducati-v-one-twin-to-supercharged-single-conversion/

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Bimota V-Due Engine. God I wish they had gotten these to work better. Might have added a decade (or more) to 2-stroke road going motorcycles.

the stuff i get paid to work on



some of my favorites

Saturn V engine from the Apollo missions.




Shuttle Engine cutaway

A Walters rocket engine off a Messerschmitt Me 163B.

"Towards the end of the 60's Porsche wanted to participate in one of the most popular race series in the USA - the Can-Am series. To be competitive with the other participants who were running V8 engines with more than 750 hp, the 16-cylinder boxer engine was developed. With an output of almost 900 hp it would have been capable of winning races. However, Porsche was simultaneously developing a 12-cylinder turbo engine which, while weighing less, was, with 1000 hp, even more powerful. Therefore this engine was never used in a race."

Wow...

OK, I have read about this engine on the net.
they showed up at the Chili Bowl in Tulsa to race their creation.


All the way from New Zealand, the Synergy Power V8.
if those heads look familiar they are ZX12R Kawasaki on a purpose built block.
2400cc, dry sumped, fuel injected on alcohol. horsepower you ask ? the version they ran had about 350 hp, they detuned it for the shorter track here.
I was told the one they run on the big tracks is 425 hp!!

It is not USAC legal but the Chili Bowl is basically run what you brung.

Both cars qualified for the A main Saturday night easily.
they kind of missed the chassis setup, and finished 11th and 20th, horsepower was definitely not the issue.








They had a camera crew following their every move all weekend.
they were doing a program for New Zealand television and had cameras on both cars at several angles, they even had one aimed at the rear suspension.

Here is the bit they posted on youtube the other day, looks like its going to be a good program.

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This is last year in Australia with American Davey Ray driving.
just listen to that sound !!!

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Motorcycle engine-based V8 engines have been becoming more and more popular over the last few years. Other "manufacturers" apart from the one you mentioned are Powertec http://www.powertecengineering.com/ and Hartley http://www.h1v8.com/page/page/1562068.htm. There may be others. There is also talk of a V8 based on two Ducati V4's although that concept would be much harder to bring to fruition IMHO.

I hear say these will be for sale soon. one owner, only used a few times.

Free. But you pay shipping and handling.

I'm not falling for that scam.

This one is slightly augmented, but I've always been a fan of the Yamaha 3.0L V6 in the 1st and 2nd Gen Taurus SHO. That bundle of snakes on top was just cool looking. Too bad it was saddled with such a mediocre automobile. Ms Pacman had a '95. We had to work the suspension all around, but eventually we got the beast tightened up. Pretty fun family barge.





The wife's looked pretty much like this one, only without the faux cowl induction hood.

Here's another lovely little V6 stuffed into a little family sedan. Alfa Romeo 164L 3.0l V6.

think what you could do with those turbochargers!