What is the best looking engine you have ever seen?

[RacinDuallie]

I like my 64 somewhat.

AWESOME!

 

[HEMI®Dart]

I like my 64 somewhat.

Never mind "Somewhat" I love it!

 

[Jong]

I like this one... #ad

 

[Champane Flight]

Heres some of my old twelve valve..

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[Heavyweight]

champane,,, I like. All the post of yours I read, never saw your truck!

 

[Champane Flight]

Yeap

champane,,, I like. All the post of yours I read, never saw your truck!

Politics always get nasty, kinda like a bad habit, not a good place to post pics...



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[Gary - K7GLD]

Well, now that we've seen trucks exteriors, and various NON-engine stuff, here's getting back on topic:



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[Matt400]

here's getting back on topic:

OooOo. I would like two of those, one under the hood driving the rear wheels and one in the bed under a tonneau driving the front wheels.

 

[AFarmer]

Looks pretty good to me. :-laf

 

[Gary - K7GLD]

Looks pretty good to me. :-laf

Well, yeah, but you're sorta predjudice - and have a RIGHT to be! :-laf

 

[JFaulkner]

This is kinda pretty, only because it's modified.

 

[Champane Flight]

Here ya go..

How would you like to have to rebuild this baby?



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The Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major was a large radial piston aircraft engine designed and built during World War II. It was the last of the Wasp family and the culmination of its maker's piston engine technology, but the war was over before it could power airplanes into combat. It did, however, power the last generation of large piston-engined planes before the jet engine and turboprop took over.



It was a four-row radial engine with 28 cylinders (seven per row); each row was slightly offset from the previous so that they formed a somewhat helical arrangement (as can be seen in the photograph) - this was to permit better cooling of the successive rows of cylinders. A mechanical supercharger geared at six times engine speed provided forced induction, while the propeller was geared at half engine speed so that the tips did not reach inefficient supersonic speeds.



The engine had many good and bad points. While it had a high power output, reliability was a persistent problem. Crankcase oil leaks were very common, as noticeable on many photos of the B-50 with long black streaks down each wing. This made long-distance overwater planes, like the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, rather unpopular with passengers.



Engine displacement was 4,360 in³ (71. 4 L), hence the model designation. Initial models developed 3,000 hp (2240 kW), but the final models delivered 4,300 hp (3200 kW). Engines weighed 3,482 to 3,870 lb (1,579 to 1,755 kg), heavy but giving a power to weight ratio of 1. 11 hp/lb (1. 83 kW/kg), matched by very few engines.



The engine was commonly nicknamed the Corncob, since its multiple, staggered rows of cylinders made it resemble one.



Wasp Majors were produced between 1944 and 1955; 18,697 were built.

 

[JFaulkner]

I bet Autozone has a Haynes Manual for that.

 

[Matt400]

Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major

Wow, check out the valve train with the various links over to the cam. I wonder if all radials were like this one or if it was a corncob thing:-laf

 

[WDaniels]

I saw an engine Foose did on one of his custom cars. I can't remember the name of the car but it had the swooping running boards that started over the front tires and extended to the rear tires. Silver Ghost of some such. There wasn't a line, wire or hose in sight. A thing of real beauty.

WD

 

[Champane Flight]

Rows...

Wow, check out the valve train with the various links over to the cam. I wonder if all radials were like this one or if it was a corncob thing:-laf

Here is a double row R-2800, these babys sounded awesome when firing off.

The Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp was an aircraft engine, and part of the long-lived Wasp family. It was a two-row, 18-cylinder, air-cooled radial design. Displacement was 2,804 cubic inches (46 liters); bore and stroke were 5. 75" and 6".



The R-2800 is considered one of the premier radial piston engines ever designed. It became legendary when used in several aircraft during World War II, notably the F4U Corsair, P-47 Thunderbolt, and the Grumman F6F Hellcat. During the war years, Pratt & Whitney were always coming up with new ideas to upgrade this already powerful workhorse, most notably water injection to give emergency power in combat.



After World War II, the engine was used in the Korean War, and surplus World War II aircraft powered with the Double-Wasp served with other countries well past the Korean War, some being retired as late as the latter part of the 1960s when the aircraft were replaced. The R-2800 also powered post-war propliners from Douglas, Lockheed and Martin. Today, more than 60 years after the first Double Wasp was built, it is still used in many restored vintage aircraft in air shows.

 

[JacobsD]

Some say "engine", some say "locomotive"



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20 cylinders times 645 cubic inches of displacement each of General Motors Diesel power. How could GM build a diesel so good here but fail so bad with the 6. 2's and 6. 5's? :-laf

 

[JFaulkner]

Some say "engine", some say "locomotive"



20 cylinders times 645 cubic inches of displacement each of General Motors Diesel power. How could GM build a diesel so good here but fail so bad with the 6. 2's and 6. 5's? :-laf

Well it's amazing what you can build when speed (rpm), weight and price (to a large degree) isn't an issue. Somehow I doubt General Electric stole a sale away from Electromotive by offering a $500. 00 cash rebate. :-laf I mean when your spending a million what's a couple thousand?

 

[nickleinonen]

that csx 8886 is an sd40, so only a 16v645 engine. .



and that emd engine was not designed by gm. . winton is the original designer for that engine

 

[NJones]

Harley Davidson knucklhead for motorcycle engines.