Trevor, They certainly were a work of art for there day.They werent that hard to rebuild just time consuming.We had a dedicated workshop for these engines and all the testing equipment which included a dyno cell just for these.As you can see by the number of bolts used these had no gaskets and each component can be indavidually tested.The cranks werent that difficult to phase unlike the injectors.I forget the exact amount of parts but it was in the tens of thousands for each engine.I had 3 teams of 5 people working on 3 engines at a time would take 2-3 months at dockyard pace to rebuild and test. Andrew Smith
"Pooley, Trevor" wrote: > Andrew, > > Wow. The bloke who came up with the design of that engine must have been > really eccentric. > As they say in the Hahn light ad, "that is art"! It must have been a pain to > rebuild. Was it hard to get the three crankshafts synchronised? > > Regards > Trev > > > -----Original Message----- > From: andrew smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, 15 November 2001 18:25 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Boost vs Cubic inches > > Talking about strange motors i used to build and test napier deltics for a > living.These things have 3 cranks setup in a triangular configuration with > 18 cylinders and 36 pistons.They were an opposed piston centrifugally > supercharged 2 stroke diesel.For a big engine they used to scream and were > super smooth.With the fuel racks wide open in an ungoverned state i cuold > get double the factory rpm and hp.They had no flywheel only small dampers on > the cranks and from idle could spin to 4000rpm and return to idle in less > that 2 seconds. PTF Napier Deltic Engines > <http://www.ptfnasty.com/ptfDeltic.html> There is no other motor that > sounds like these. > Andrew Smith > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > BRM built a supercharged 1488cc V16 for F1 which could put out about 480bhp > at 12,000 rpm and this was back in the 1950's. It was like two V8's, one on > top of the other with a common crank. The V is very shallow and it almost > looks like boxer. The pistons must have been tiny! Eddie Rattley > England > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > www.ratdat.com <http://www.ratdat.com> > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Rowe, Adam <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 1:34 AM > Subject: RE: Boost vs Cubic inches > Didn't suzuki make a 1.6L V8 that was meant for a production sports car? > Did that ever come out? I think it was a twin turbo too. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wisniewski, Daniel (D.) [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 15/11/2001 10:49 > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > <mailto:'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'> > Subject: RE: Boost vs Cubic inches > > They were back in the late 80's, 1.3L they were turbo also, Zac is > correct they are 3L these days. > > Dan > > -----Original Message----- > From: James Marmont [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > Sent: Thursday, 15 November 2001 11:16 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: Boost vs Cubic inches > > i dis agree i have read that they were 1. something. think 1.6l. > they are certainly under 2l > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > No unauthorised redistribution of this email > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > <http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm> > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > <http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html> > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > No unauthorised redistribution of this email > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > <http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm> > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > <http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html> > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > No unauthorised redistribution of this email > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
