OlderThanMe Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Click here to see Video it even sounds full size!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
born2drive Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 sweeeeeet!! i wanna put one in a go-cart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olie05 Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 thats awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 280kraZ Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 I'm pretty sure that says 103 cc's not 103 cubic inches Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators BRAAP Posted June 13, 2006 Administrators Share Posted June 13, 2006 Sorry for going so far off Hybrid topic here, but this topic is just way to cool… BOY HOWDY!!! I’ve seen that engine run in person at the P.R.I.M.E. shows here in Oregon over past few years. Ken is the same builder of the Blown V-8 with wine glasses picture below. Guys from all over the country attend the P.R.I.M.E. show to show off their scratch built miniature running engines. Everything from single cylinder hit and miss, Steam, to blown V-8’s and even home made Gas Turbines!!!. There is a an air cooled VW replica that even has that chirp sound when it runs, an Allison V-12, a few Radial engines, four cylinders, V-twins, and lots of single cylinders. Mostly these guys are retired machinists and they spend their days scratch building miniature engines. Everything from the pistons, cranks, cams, valves, even the valve springs they wind themselves. Most of them will tell you that the spark plugs and piston rings are the hardest parts to manufacture themselves. Most of them just by miniature NGK or Champion plugs. Also, piston rings are typically cast iron rings from Automatic transmissions. There is a very common 1†inch diameter ring available from Auto trannies, so most guys will build their pistons around those rings. Some of them even go so far as to cast their own blocks, pistons, intake manifolds EXACTLY replicating OE engines such as the SBC picture below, with its casting molds. Over the years of attending these shows, I’ve taken hundreds of pictures and some VHS video. Here are just a few of those pics … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustinOlson Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 I think it says 102 cubic centimeters! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olie05 Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 So, do all these engines just sit around and get revved up every once in a while, or is anyone building small cars around them? The new light weight engine for the Z! haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_hunt Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 WOW, those are really cool. I'd like to hear the offy. Very nice off topic thread for hybrid z. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlderThanMe Posted June 13, 2006 Author Share Posted June 13, 2006 Thanks for those pics BRAAP!!! I have always thought about building a minituare V8 but I figured it was too complex for anyone to attempt a small V8...that blower looks soo awesome!! they need to start doing entire muscle cars at that exact scale...that would be sweet! a 1/5 or 1/6 scale general lee! Now time to do a minature L28det! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexideways Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 So, do all these engines just sit around and get revved up every once in a while, or is anyone building small cars around them? I had seen, a while back, a guy who had built an 1/4 scale Ford 427 with the corresponding R/C AC cobra, this thing was capable of speeds well over a 100 Kph (60 Mph) I don't know if he's part of this group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proxlamus© Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 perfect for r/c airplanes or r/c boats!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 100cc blown V8? Sounds like a perfect transplant into a YSR50... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewievette Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 I used to have a link for a company that was selling bare castings for a 1/4 scale rolls royce merlin. If memory serves, a castings set and plans sold for about $4,000! Then of course you do your own machining. I always wanted to build one but time money and tools were never all in the same place. maybe someday. Found it: http://dynamotive.netfirms.com/merlin/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z-TARD Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 This has been posted before, but it pertains to the thread so...... http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5721579124059513186&q=ferrari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlderThanMe Posted June 13, 2006 Author Share Posted June 13, 2006 wow! I had no idea!!! that is soo cool and it sounds like a real ferrari!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olie05 Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 wow, now we need to be able to shrink a good driver to test that ferrari! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennysgreen280zt Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 Amazing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olie05 Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 This is another vid of the ferrari: click here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.INSANE Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 This has been posted before' date=' but it pertains to the thread so...... http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5721579124059513186&q=ferrari Amazing To bad the quality is so bad you cant really see that much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlderThanMe Posted June 15, 2006 Author Share Posted June 15, 2006 wow olie...that last video was amazing!!! it even has vented rotors and brake pads!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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