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**HO455** · 02-03-2023, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by special-K

Saying Chrysler bought it to shut it down was my over simplified way of saying the same thing.

I'm sorry I should have stated that differently. I didn't mean to imply anything untoward. I've read plenty of your posts to know you're intelligent, informed, and logical.
I guess I've been in too many debates about 100 MPG carburetors and other such myths.
Again I apologize.

**special-K** · 02-03-2023, 06:35 PM

I know what you mean. Yeah, I don't quite get the definition of the term conspiracy theory. I see the literal definition and that would mean there are theories formed about a group with a secretive organized common alterior motive. I just talk about the result of the action, not why or intent. I didn't know about the timeline of events involved that you laid out. What I read condensed it to little more than I posted in different words. I love the sound of that 138hp diesel. Reminds me of the Detroit 2-stroke. No heads!! Just The combustion chamber is the space left between two cylinders stroking toward each other. So simple, but took complex engineered rotating assembly. They made it work!

yuccales · 02-03-2023, 11:46 PM

I love the sound of an Allison, but two of them together...yeah baby!

**special-K** · 02-05-2023, 12:38 PM

A whole lotta Allison right there!

Uh, weird? Maybe a little?

All about the Taurozzi Pendulum Engine ? and what...

yuccales · 02-05-2023, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by special-K

Uh, weird? Maybe a little?

That is just fascinating. And yes, a bit weird.

**HO455** · 02-12-2023, 11:58 AM

That pendulum engine is amazing. The machining of the cylinder bore in the pre-CNC 5 axis machine world would have been something to see.

Here is the Adams Farwell engine. Fixed crank radial engine. The video really shows it well.

http://www.douglas-self.com/MUSEUM/T...radialcars.htm

https://youtu.be/Y0XbqHUAI-0

There are other radial engine powered cars shown but I believe the Adams Farwell was the only one that actually reached production and was sold to the public.

yuccales · 02-12-2023, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by HO455

There are other radial engine powered cars shown but I believe the Adams Farwell was the only one that actually reached production and was sold to the public.

The video of that running is awesome! I'm thinking you're right about the round engines making it out to the public. The Julian in Reno is the prototype, one of one. My pic does not do it justice but this video does: https://youtu.be/55u1AnIMmFQ
Can you imagine the dust created by this thing on a dirt road?

**special-K** · 02-12-2023, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by yuccales

The video of that running is awesome! I'm thinking you're right about the round engines making it out to the public. The Julian in Reno is the prototype, one of one. My pic does not do it justice but this video does: https://youtu.be/55u1AnIMmFQ
Can you imagine the dust created by this thing on a dirt road?

Nice pants

Fuscia?

Pebble Beach, all picky about the cars but dress like a goofball

Sorry, I couldn't help myself. The engine? Totally awesome!

**Stocker** · 02-13-2023, 01:01 AM

How about four pistons and one connecting rod? https://youtu.be/EFNPrKKHFc0

**special-K** · 02-13-2023, 07:56 AM

Uses less conventional moving parts by adding more moving parts. Six of one, half a dozen the other? Neat idea and neat sound. Not sure what to think pro or con, but it seems like taking the long way to arrive at the same place. Love the ingenuity, and it works!

**HO455** · 02-13-2023, 10:15 AM

Another odd one but seemingly with more practical uses. I wonder what the sound is like?

https://www.enginebuildermag.com/202...radial-engine/

**special-K** · 02-13-2023, 11:00 AM

I found this video. Sounds smooth. I'd like to hear a boosted one with more exhaust note. I'd really like to hear it in a car running around a race track. I see that Porche 356 but have yet to find a video with it running

1st START ? RADIAL MOTION PRODUCTION ENGINE -...

Tom · 02-13-2023, 06:10 PM

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Fixed crank radial engine.

That describes a rotary radial engine like planes in WW1 used. Crank is fixed, the entire cylinder bank rotates around instead. Bolt a propeller to the cylinder bank and presto, you have thrust. The youtube vid of the engine running shows the cylinders stationary, so how is the crank fixed?

**special-K** · 02-13-2023, 08:08 PM

That's what I wondered. Misnamed I guess. I want to see that 356 rip it around the track. Awesome power to weight ratio. The low clearance of the two cylinders would be a worry for me. I had a finned cast aluminum oil sump bolted under my '56 VW. I let a friend use it while I went out of town. He went down into old Baltimore with their rough streets hailing a full load of people and busted that thing on a manhole and blew it up.

**HO455** · 02-13-2023, 08:16 PM

This video from my post is the fixed crankshaft car where the block powers the wheels. The next post is of a fixed radial engine block with a more traditional crankshaft driving the wheels operation.

https://youtu.be/Y0XbqHUAI-0

**HO455** · 02-13-2023, 08:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by special-K

That's what I wondered. Misnamed I guess. I want to see that 356 rip it around the track. Awesome power to weight ratio. The low clearance of the two cylinders would be a worry for me. I had a finned cast aluminum oil sump bolted under my '56 VW. I let a friend use it while I went out of town. He went down into old Baltimore with their rough streets hailing a full load of people and busted that thing on a manhole and blew it up.

Did you see this one? Not very satisfying as far as a driving video but it at least idles. That 356 is pretty slick.

https://youtu.be/tdrqaWU9VJU

**special-K** · 02-13-2023, 11:22 PM

No, but just now did. That thing is a work of art. I like the hot rod flare he mixed in so well. Now I really want to see it go

yuccales · 08-31-2024, 01:48 PM

I love all the different engines shown. Who thinks these things up!
https://oldmachinepress.com/2015/09/...rcraft-engine/

farmall · 08-31-2024, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by yuccales

I love all the different engines shown. Who thinks these things up!
https://oldmachinepress.com/2015/09/...rcraft-engine/

X2

That SAAB V4 was a Ford engine.

farmall · 08-31-2024, 11:32 PM

I have this odd ball I need to unload.

4u2nv · 09-01-2024, 06:00 AM

What the F$*@&
Lets hear some more on that Would be cool in a rat rod or ??

farmall · 09-02-2024, 11:25 PM

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Originally Posted by 4u2nv

What the F$*@&
Lets hear some more on that Would be cool in a rat rod or ??

It is a GMC ToroFlow 478 V6, SM420, and a huge Brownie with no data plate in an early 70s D300 chassis.

02-03-2023, 06:35 PM	#52
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,852	Re: Weird engine time! I know what you mean. Yeah, I don't quite get the definition of the term conspiracy theory. I see the literal definition and that would mean there are theories formed about a group with a secretive organized common alterior motive. I just talk about the result of the action, not why or intent. I didn't know about the timeline of events involved that you laid out. What I read condensed it to little more than I posted in different words. I love the sound of that 138hp diesel. Reminds me of the Detroit 2-stroke. No heads!! Just The combustion chamber is the space left between two cylinders stroking toward each other. So simple, but took complex engineered rotating assembly. They made it work! __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

02-03-2023, 11:46 PM	#53
yuccales Registered User Join Date: May 2011 Location: Northern Calif. Posts: 3,755	Re: Weird engine time! I love the sound of an Allison, but two of them together...yeah baby! Attached Images

02-12-2023, 11:58 AM	#56
HO455 Post Whore Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Portland Oregon Posts: 11,302	Re: Weird engine time! That pendulum engine is amazing. The machining of the cylinder bore in the pre-CNC 5 axis machine world would have been something to see. Here is the Adams Farwell engine. Fixed crank radial engine. The video really shows it well. http://www.douglas-self.com/MUSEUM/T...radialcars.htm https://youtu.be/Y0XbqHUAI-0 There are other radial engine powered cars shown but I believe the Adams Farwell was the only one that actually reached production and was sold to the public. Attached Images __________________ Thanks to Bob and Jeanie and everyone else at Superior Performance for all their great help. RIP Bob Parks. 1967 Burban (the WMB),1988 S10 Blazer (the Stink10 II),1969 GTO (the Goat), 1970 Javelin, 1952 F2 Ford OHC six 4X4, 29 Model A, 72 Firebird (the DBP Bird). 85 Alfa Romeo If it breaks I didn't want it in the first place The WMB repair thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=698377

02-13-2023, 01:01 AM	#59
Stocker 20' Daredevil (Ret) Join Date: May 2003 Location: Jefferson State Posts: 13,701	Re: Weird engine time! How about four pistons and one connecting rod? https://youtu.be/EFNPrKKHFc0 __________________ - Mike - 1972 K20 LWB 350/350/205 RIP El Jay

02-13-2023, 07:56 AM	#60
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,852	Re: Weird engine time! Uses less conventional moving parts by adding more moving parts. Six of one, half a dozen the other? Neat idea and neat sound. Not sure what to think pro or con, but it seems like taking the long way to arrive at the same place. Love the ingenuity, and it works! __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

02-13-2023, 10:15 AM	#61
HO455 Post Whore Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Portland Oregon Posts: 11,302	Re: Weird engine time! Another odd one but seemingly with more practical uses. I wonder what the sound is like? https://www.enginebuildermag.com/202...radial-engine/ __________________ Thanks to Bob and Jeanie and everyone else at Superior Performance for all their great help. RIP Bob Parks. 1967 Burban (the WMB),1988 S10 Blazer (the Stink10 II),1969 GTO (the Goat), 1970 Javelin, 1952 F2 Ford OHC six 4X4, 29 Model A, 72 Firebird (the DBP Bird). 85 Alfa Romeo If it breaks I didn't want it in the first place The WMB repair thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=698377

02-13-2023, 08:08 PM	#64
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,852	Re: Weird engine time! That's what I wondered. Misnamed I guess. I want to see that 356 rip it around the track. Awesome power to weight ratio. The low clearance of the two cylinders would be a worry for me. I had a finned cast aluminum oil sump bolted under my '56 VW. I let a friend use it while I went out of town. He went down into old Baltimore with their rough streets hailing a full load of people and busted that thing on a manhole and blew it up. __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

02-13-2023, 08:16 PM	#65
HO455 Post Whore Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Portland Oregon Posts: 11,302	Re: Weird engine time! This video from my post is the fixed crankshaft car where the block powers the wheels. The next post is of a fixed radial engine block with a more traditional crankshaft driving the wheels operation. https://youtu.be/Y0XbqHUAI-0 __________________ Thanks to Bob and Jeanie and everyone else at Superior Performance for all their great help. RIP Bob Parks. 1967 Burban (the WMB),1988 S10 Blazer (the Stink10 II),1969 GTO (the Goat), 1970 Javelin, 1952 F2 Ford OHC six 4X4, 29 Model A, 72 Firebird (the DBP Bird). 85 Alfa Romeo If it breaks I didn't want it in the first place The WMB repair thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=698377

02-13-2023, 11:22 PM	#67
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,852	Re: Weird engine time! No, but just now did. That thing is a work of art. I like the hot rod flare he mixed in so well. Now I really want to see it go __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

08-31-2024, 01:48 PM	#68
yuccales Registered User Join Date: May 2011 Location: Northern Calif. Posts: 3,755	Re: Weird engine time! I love all the different engines shown. Who thinks these things up! https://oldmachinepress.com/2015/09/...rcraft-engine/

08-31-2024, 11:32 PM	#70
farmall Registered User Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Central OR Posts: 724	Re: Weird engine time! I have this odd ball I need to unload. Attached Images __________________ 1955 GMC 250 8 Flatbed 1971 C30 157" 350 4spd 10' Flatbed 81 GMC K30 CnC 9' Flatbed 454 T400 89 GMC Jimmy Stock https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...d.php?t=810958 71 LT1 Convertible, 72 Coupe 69 CJ5, 75 CJ6, 67 M715, 72 M35A2 Bobbed, 95 XLC2

09-01-2024, 06:00 AM	#71
4u2nv Registered User Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Ontario Peterborough Posts: 787	Re: Weird engine time! What the F$*@& Lets hear some more on that Would be cool in a rat rod or ??



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