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I find a lot independent engine builders all over the world and now we see an Italian V12 in an Americana classic. Beautiful build but he needs to re jet the carbs as they are running a bit rich.
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong" H. L. Mencken
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It's a teeny bit impractical.
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Tim Bailey
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I had a '56 Bel Air with a 350/350 horse Vette engine when I was younger so this brought back fond memories.
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Tim Bailey
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The suspension somewhat. The brakes were not upgraded much. What slowed me down was the gas mileage. Even though gas was 30cents per gallon, I was always running out....
I could spend an entire weekend watching his garage vids on youtube.
Must be nice to be able to fulfill a lifelong passion in automobiles.
Can't imagine the noise with a couple hundred of these in the air, at once.
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It was back then counter-intuitive that such a big heavy plane could deal with the Bf109F, and G.
But they could and did, even with the projections for drop-tanks and bombs.
I love the noise big radial engines make.
Steve, I am a bit ignorant about (WWI rotaries &) stationary radials, but do they have quite loose tolerances when cold, hence all the oil smoke at start-up?
And as they warm up the gaps close up?
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Tim Bailey
Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger
Tim, yes the air cooled engines, esp twin row radials had more tolerance on the rings and bearing --- when cold --- as compared to water cooled engines.
Part of the reason the Fw190 started easier in the cold winters on the Eastern Front, as compared to the Bf109 variants.
And Sherman tanks with air cooled Continental engines started easier, in winter... than PzIV (and other German water cooled engines).
Problem with air cooled engines --- they eat oil. Just the physics of uneven heating and cooling of the engine. And loose tolerances.
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Wow...super cool!!!
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