Alex kindly loaned me two of these to look at. I've always found them somewhat interesting as the set up is unusual and reminds me of early converted plane engines. The other engine he sent has a taller head with more fins and a slightly different muffler can.
He likes the other engine but I like this one, so we'll tear it apart and see what we can do with it
From a quick initial inspection;
The good - it turns over
The bad - it likely needs a new piston/sleeve
On a slightly different note I don’t know if this is an early prototype truck or not but I'd love to replicate this.... which is hard for me to say as it's not an AE.
RC10th wrote: ↑Wed Dec 16, 2020 7:15 am
Alex kindly loaned me two of these to look at. I've always found them somewhat interesting as the set up is unusual and reminds me of early converted plane engines. The other engine he sent has a taller head with more fins and a slightly different muffler can.
He likes the other engine but I like this one, so we'll tear it apart and see what we can do with it
I like them all, mate....
RC10th wrote: ↑Wed Dec 16, 2020 7:15 am
From a quick initial inspection;
The good - it turns over
The bad - it likely needs a new piston/sleeve
Let me know if you'd like me to send you another one or two to investigate.... in case you can mix-and-match some bits. Using a new piston and liner is also an option (I think I still have one spare), but I'd probably suggest it go on to a second gen motor....
RC10th wrote: ↑Wed Dec 16, 2020 7:15 am
On a slightly different note I don’t know if this is an early prototype truck or not but I'd love to replicate this.... which is hard for me to say as it's not an AE.
Looks to be fairly early, maybe pre-production.... fuel tank and silver head are the giveaways. Sure I have a mk1 chassis you could play with
Alex
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I guess the whole parts/mix/match thing depends on your intended goal.... Do you want it to be a good running engine or just a nice display piece in one of your cars? I can't imagine heads getting too damaged on these since they are pretty well protected, so I assume most will appear to be in good shape.
Some good stuff there although you've included non engine parts...
I hope the conrod in your picture isn’t the correct one for the early .15R. I thought the conrod in the engine I pulled apart looked very much like an OS
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