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Jul 10, 2018 12:31:21 GMT
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I'm sure somebody kinda asked for this. Let's see the 'unconventional' ones. The weirder the better. I'll start with this:  The Commer TS3. A 3 cylinder diesel. With six pistons. Two strokes. And a supercharger. I remember working on these when I was in the RAF, they were a Lister two stroke diesel engine, used as an auxiliary engine on the air sea rescue launches. |
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Jul 12, 2018 11:52:42 GMT
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perkins attempt at making a turbo diesel version of the ubiquitous all alloy rover 3.5 v8. plagued with reliability/development cost issues it was eventually canned  |
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kilroy
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Suit you sir...
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TS3 was an amazing sounding unit. The blower was known as a "Commer-Wade". A friend of mine fitted such a blower to a 6/80 Wolseley in 1972. Apparently most of the failures associated with this unit were down to low oil pressure. The 6/80 Wolseley was a small bore SOHC engine with absolutely no pretensions to fame, but my friend made his go so well that people had to give credit to his work. My normally aspirated 2 litre A40 Devon - which he devised - shut him down, but he certainly proved a great deal about blowers on lesser capacity engines way back in the 60's. This is a period photo of him towing me at highly illegal speeds in the early 70's after I nearly stuck my ancient camera through the front screen of an Alfa Romeo...  www.kilroy.co.nz/cars/car02.html |
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Last Edit: Jul 18, 2018 9:54:45 GMT by kilroy
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Jul 26, 2018 12:55:26 GMT
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Do rotary valves float your goat?   |
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Jul 26, 2018 12:57:02 GMT
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Jul 26, 2018 13:09:57 GMT
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Peugeot 205 turbo
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Jul 26, 2018 13:13:23 GMT
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^^^
A German U-boat generator, driven by an axial-flow diesel turbine. Working and very noisy!
Another opposed-piston engine, there were plenty about.
Both in the Engineering museum, Holtenau, Germany.
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Last Edit: Jul 26, 2018 13:16:16 GMT by jerrytug
Peugeot 205 turbo
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paul99
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Jul 27, 2018 12:53:39 GMT
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