What's your favourite engine?
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Bonefish Blues
Banging donk
- Location
- 52 Festive Road
This is the correct answer.
Tail End Charlie
Well, write it down boy ......
- Location
- In green and pleasant hills.
VW flat four, as fitted to the Beetle. So simple to work on (at least when I was in my 20's and didn't mind lying on my back under them). Managed to do a clutch change in an hour and a half. Try that on a modern vehicle! Spare parts never a problem.
derrick
The Glue that binds us together.
- Location
- On the edge of London
Tail End Charlie
Well, write it down boy ......
- Location
- In green and pleasant hills.
One of mine too.
I was at a show and there was a Merlin engine on a trailer. The owner started it (which was fascinating in itself) and would run it for 5 minutes, before letting it cool down so as not to overheat. Unfortunately my videos won't upload as the sound and sight was magnificent.
- Location
- The TerrorVortex
Merlin.
I was at Great Gransden in 2014 for the two Lancasters display. One Merlin sounds great, but eight was incredible.
RR Olympus.
Saw XH558 display at Shuttleworth a few times, including the last display flight.
RR Snecma Olympus 593
I was near the end of the runway when G-AXDN landed at Duxford in 1977.
I was at Great Gransden in 2014 for the two Lancasters display. One Merlin sounds great, but eight was incredible.
RR Olympus.
Saw XH558 display at Shuttleworth a few times, including the last display flight.
RR Snecma Olympus 593
I was near the end of the runway when G-AXDN landed at Duxford in 1977.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
It's OK I suppose, but MTT knock it into a cocked hat...
View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fJjmAZBqIYQ&pp=ygUJbXR0IDQyMHJy0gcJCY0JAYcqIYzv
Hover Fly
He, him, his
- Location
- Besides the lake, beneath the trees
Sulzer XLDA28 series. Father worked on them on the Vickers “ Golden Mile”* so they paid for all my expensive childhood interests, and look at their record in service home and abroad.
* so called because of all the overtime they worked.
* so called because of all the overtime they worked.
Bonefish Blues
Banging donk
- Location
- 52 Festive Road
That's a terrible piece of design - ergonomics are all wrong.
Anyone who chooses to ride it clearly has gonads the size of medicine balls. Where would they fit?
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
I'd have to flop them over my shoulder and tuck one each in my rear trouser pockets.
I've ridden some lairy bikes in my time, but even I would take a respectful step backwards if offered a go on a 250MPH jet turbine powered widowmaker.
I've ridden some lairy bikes in my time, but even I would take a respectful step backwards if offered a go on a 250MPH jet turbine powered widowmaker.
PapaZita
Legendary Member
- Location
- St. Albans
I always liked Citroen‘s flat twin and flat four from the 2CV and GS respectively.
But the one that always fascinated me was their Type P1, an experimental engine from the 1960s. An 1800cc two stroke V4, with a supercharger driven by a separate 200cc four stroke engine in the same block. With the boost controlled independently of the main engine it was sufficiently torquey that it only needed one forward gear and a torque converter. It can’t have been quite as brilliant as it sounds, as it obviously never went into production.
But the one that always fascinated me was their Type P1, an experimental engine from the 1960s. An 1800cc two stroke V4, with a supercharger driven by a separate 200cc four stroke engine in the same block. With the boost controlled independently of the main engine it was sufficiently torquey that it only needed one forward gear and a torque converter. It can’t have been quite as brilliant as it sounds, as it obviously never went into production.
Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
1. Napier ‘Deltic’
When l was at secondary school, it stood alongside the Leeds -Wakefield- Doncaster line, so the ‘55’ was a regular sound, before the HST took over
View: https://youtu.be/_7rod4DuCr4?si=4iNYv3lqlFmIVIgb
‘2. Magnum’ V8
440 cubic inch (circa 7.5 litre)
Walk directly behind a car, with one of those & appropriate tail-pipes, & you feel it, as much as hear it!
View: https://youtu.be/KuWhE-skt_s?si=sFfSTjByQz-axcRW
3. Rover V8 (a Buick design)
In most varients
The 101FC, & TVR Griffith 500, are the best sounding of the bunch to me
View: https://youtu.be/5g8NTTwipfA?si=DIxif0o5oSNxg4K2
A primary reason for suggesting the 101FC, is that no-one who just sees it as an ‘ex-Army truck’ expects that V8 burble
(unless re-engines, of course)
View: https://youtu.be/krTuoVE05OY?si=MUEipKd-zCnH-lVn
When l was at secondary school, it stood alongside the Leeds -Wakefield- Doncaster line, so the ‘55’ was a regular sound, before the HST took over
View: https://youtu.be/_7rod4DuCr4?si=4iNYv3lqlFmIVIgb
‘2. Magnum’ V8
440 cubic inch (circa 7.5 litre)
Walk directly behind a car, with one of those & appropriate tail-pipes, & you feel it, as much as hear it!
View: https://youtu.be/KuWhE-skt_s?si=sFfSTjByQz-axcRW
3. Rover V8 (a Buick design)
In most varients
The 101FC, & TVR Griffith 500, are the best sounding of the bunch to me
View: https://youtu.be/5g8NTTwipfA?si=DIxif0o5oSNxg4K2
A primary reason for suggesting the 101FC, is that no-one who just sees it as an ‘ex-Army truck’ expects that V8 burble
(unless re-engines, of course)
View: https://youtu.be/krTuoVE05OY?si=MUEipKd-zCnH-lVn
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Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
BRM 1500cc (& a V16!)
Supercharged
Do yourself a favour & find one on YouTube!
EDIT @ 16:30
View: https://youtu.be/A4w22LJrLeU?si=N1Yz2XsFplylDHuI
Supercharged
Do yourself a favour & find one on YouTube!
EDIT @ 16:30
View: https://youtu.be/A4w22LJrLeU?si=N1Yz2XsFplylDHuI
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dicko
Legendary Member
- Location
- Derbyshire
Both Ford cross-flow and the Pinto engines were extremely reliable and so so easy to work on.
I converted the entire BMC petrol and diesel range of engines (Newage Marine) for marine use with cast iron sump’s and water intercoolers again so easy to work with.
I converted the entire BMC petrol and diesel range of engines (Newage Marine) for marine use with cast iron sump’s and water intercoolers again so easy to work with.
