Tim
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Oct 30, 2008 11:46:37 GMT
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This thing  How is it possible to link the engines and get them synched up without a comp-licated igniton/injection system? Surely one engine is always going to be trying to turn the other one before it is ready to turn I'm confused! help! Tim |
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Oct 30, 2008 11:50:33 GMT
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makes no odds if they are not all making exactly the same power at the same time, thats what happens to your crank anyway as the cylinders all fire individually, as long as the joins and cranks are strong enough to take the strain it all works ok.
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Oct 30, 2008 12:46:51 GMT
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I always loved the Twin Mill   . The starter motor alone makes 36 BHP My son has the Hot wheels version |
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Oct 30, 2008 13:20:29 GMT
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i doubt that, i think someone has got confused cos it has a a 36v starter. The car is sposed to have over 1400bhp though.  |
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Volvo back as my main squeeze, more boost and some interior goodies on the way.
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ThePollitt
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Fix up, look... at that car on eBay!
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Oct 30, 2008 13:34:23 GMT
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Oct 30, 2008 14:20:14 GMT
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if you like the drive after the torque converter then surely any variation will be lost in the fluid?
I don't think its an issue though, there used to be some Swiss made car which had two Rover V8s where the crank output flange of the first one bolted direct to the crank pully of the next one. Buggred if I can remember what it was though, it was a cracker in Top Trumps though!
To my mind it would be more tricky getting all those throttles synchronised!
Gotta love TV Tommy Ivo!
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berendd
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why do I need 3 keys for one car?
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Oct 30, 2008 14:27:53 GMT
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  google: tractor pulling |
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Oct 30, 2008 15:38:54 GMT
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Wolfrace Sonic had two V8s with two gearboxes, here's a pic suggesting twin diffs were used on a Jaguar IRS based design...I can't see if there is a shared driveshaft between the diffs...  www.wolfracesonic.co.uk/ |
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Oct 30, 2008 15:43:40 GMT
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how do the mad westfields with two bike engines do it? i thought that cars with two independant transmissions (ie one at front one at rear) cant be used on road with both engines on, but what about cars with two engines and one transmission?
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Oct 30, 2008 16:12:53 GMT
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Sonic did have a driveshaft in the centre with one slipper and the other diff locked, gearshifts and engine revs/throttle were done by computer, as it was the 80's it packed up all the time, computers weren't ready for home built systems to be reliable in cars.
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Volvo back as my main squeeze, more boost and some interior goodies on the way.
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Oct 30, 2008 16:50:59 GMT
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bec's just use gearbox with toothed sprockets in it. nothing at all complected, then a reverse is added and it cost's you 500,000,00,002
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moomin
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Oct 30, 2008 19:03:13 GMT
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bah, had a photo some where of two honda v6's, the ones found in rovers, that had been linked with duplex chain on the bottom pulleys to make a w12...
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