difrangia Posted May 12, 2019 Report Share Posted May 12, 2019 On 5/7/2019 at 9:08 PM, datzenmike said: Ya gots to try stuff. Some idiot thought up the Wankel engine.... Idiot ?? !! Quote Link to comment
difrangia Posted May 12, 2019 Report Share Posted May 12, 2019 (edited) On 5/7/2019 at 11:39 PM, Tedman said: http://www.curbsideclassic.com/automotive-histories/automotive-history-the-legendary-buick-nailhead-v8-and-the-source-of-its-unusual-valve-arrangement/ Tommy Ivo ?? Nice bowtie; Buick Man !! Edited May 12, 2019 by difrangia Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted May 12, 2019 Report Share Posted May 12, 2019 Could be. What interests me is the top picture looks like the intake and exhaust have been traded around. It appears the exhaust is coming out the intake ports??? By 'idiot' I mean someone went out on a limb and made it happen. I imagine many laughed at it. Wankel. It has it's uses but generally it's an evolutionary dead end and why it's not used today. Like steam engines. Quote Link to comment
difrangia Posted May 12, 2019 Report Share Posted May 12, 2019 (edited) May be a case of the proverbial narrow borderline between Idiot and Genius. Edited May 12, 2019 by difrangia 1 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted May 12, 2019 Report Share Posted May 12, 2019 Absolutely! Only when it's understood by many is it genius. 2 Quote Link to comment
ratpatrol66 Posted May 14, 2019 Report Share Posted May 14, 2019 63 Pontiac 4 banger making some noise... 5 Quote Link to comment
goes2fast Posted May 19, 2019 Report Share Posted May 19, 2019 4 hours ago, VFR800 said: Jeep CJ? 1 Quote Link to comment
mrbigtanker Posted May 23, 2019 Report Share Posted May 23, 2019 Untitled by raymond medeiros, on Flickr my new wagon engine. 6 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted May 25, 2019 Report Share Posted May 25, 2019 On 5/7/2019 at 9:39 PM, Tedman said: On 5/12/2019 at 6:46 AM, datzenmike said: Could be. What interests me is the top picture looks like the intake and exhaust have been traded around. It appears the exhaust is coming out the intake ports??? Anyone care to comment on the intake going in the exhaust ports and the exhaust coming out the intakes???? Quote Link to comment
goes2fast Posted May 25, 2019 Report Share Posted May 25, 2019 24 minutes ago, datzenmike said: I just did some searching as I couldn't remember how they were stock. They didn't have cross flow heads stock so that has to be a custom-built head. That is if that is a straight 8 like I think? Anyone care to comment on the intake going in the exhaust ports and the exhaust coming out the intakes???? Quote Link to comment
Tedman Posted May 25, 2019 Report Share Posted May 25, 2019 (edited) Pretty sure that's a Buick V8. Some out-of-the-box thinking going on there. One of the early rail jobs. Lots of experimentation going on during that time period of drag racing. The the best part is the blower mounted in front of the engine and coupled directly to the crank snout. Couldn't do that with the intake in the V. Edited May 25, 2019 by Tedman Quote Link to comment
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