Comments on: A Most Unusual Engine http://www.ret-monitor.com/articles/861/a-most-unusual-engine/ Specific mission-critical info for professionals Mon, 21 May 2012 22:43:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: John Dickson http://www.ret-monitor.com/articles/861/a-most-unusual-engine/comment-page-1/#comment-3172 John Dickson Mon, 19 Apr 2010 08:37:58 +0000 http://www.ret-monitor.com/articles/861/a-most-unusual-engine/#comment-3172 Interesting idea,and I am reminded of an article in the American" Hot Rod"magazine back in the 1960's or possibly early seventies featuring an engine designed and built by the typical backyard engineer prevalent at the time.The engine was,strange to say for "Hot Rod",a 4 cylinder,but was constructed solely of machined plates bolted together,possibly in some sort of modular way to make 6 or 8 cylinder engines with the cylinders similarly bolted in somehow.My memory of more detail is somewhat hazy after all these years,and I no longer have the magazine,but I know a man that has should anyone wish to pursue the matter. John Dickson Interesting idea,and I am reminded of an article in the American” Hot Rod”magazine back in the 1960’s or possibly early seventies featuring an engine designed and built by the typical backyard engineer prevalent at the time.The engine was,strange to say for “Hot Rod”,a 4 cylinder,but was constructed solely of machined plates bolted together,possibly in some sort of modular way to make 6 or 8 cylinder engines with the cylinders similarly bolted in somehow.My memory of more detail is somewhat hazy after all these years,and I no longer have the magazine,but I know a man that has should anyone wish to pursue the matter. John Dickson

]]> By: Tony Hall http://www.ret-monitor.com/articles/861/a-most-unusual-engine/comment-page-1/#comment-3071 Tony Hall Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:34:29 +0000 http://www.ret-monitor.com/articles/861/a-most-unusual-engine/#comment-3071 very interesting project! A similar idea occured to me some years ago, but have never been funded, or under the neccessuity to try it. why was it not developed further? is there not an article for RET there? or are there too many confidentiality restrictions? regards, tony hall very interesting project! A similar idea occured to me some years ago, but have never been funded, or under the neccessuity to try it.

why was it not developed further?

is there not an article for RET there? or are there too many confidentiality restrictions?

regards,

tony hall

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