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[hobie1dog]

#13,748 Can you imagine the chlorine treatment costs per year?

 

[hobie1dog]

#13,749 OMFG

 

[tsmith1315]

Post 13737

4 x 6 hanging on my wall:

 

[hobie1dog]

#13,779 I don't think that would clear most overhead bridges.

 

[hobie1dog]

#13,780 What a wild/cool house. I love it.

 

[hobie1dog]

#13,783 what craftsmanship. Talk about a great way to make a living instead of being a company debt slave.

 

[hobie1dog]

#13,784 I wonder who has George Harrisons old Jag XKE now in their collection?

 

[hobie1dog]

#13,793 under water cable cut-away

 

[FlyBoy]

 

[jd2cylman]

Post 13,796
But you still can’t make him drink…

 

[BEC]

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Perhaps. But whoever built that thing got at least two of them wrong (or is a woman pretending to be a man also considered “drag”?). Second on the top row is Barbra Striesand (I don’t remember what movie). Right picture on the second row from the bottom is Julie Andrews in “Victor/Victoria”.

 

[hobie1dog]

#13,806 what kind of engine engineering miscarriage is that?

 

[tsmith1315]

#13,806 what kind of engine engineering miscarriage is that?

The filename gives it away:

 

[hobie1dog]

incredible then

 

[Sooner Boomer]

#13,814

BOO!

 

[hobie1dog]

#13,815 What are the 2 yellow things on the rocks on the lower RH side?

 

[Sooner Boomer]

#13,815 What are the 2 yellow things on the rocks on the lower RH side?

Birds

 

[hobie1dog]

Birds

i thought they may be but I wasn't sure what kind of birds were that big and yellow.... Besides big bird.

 

[Sooner Boomer]

#13,841

I bet that's LOUD!

I saw several turbine cars and a Y2K motorcycle at one of the Hot Rod magazine Tour of America runs that stopped in Dallas in the mid 2000's. I'd hate to be in traffic next to one of them1

 

[hobie1dog]

#13,841

I bet that's LOUD!

I saw several turbine cars and a Y2K motorcycle at one of the Hot Rod magazine Tour of America runs that stopped in Dallas in the mid 2000's. I'd hate to be in traffic next to one of them1

The Porsche 928 has to be one of the most used platforms for engine swaps. because of the structural integrity of the chassis.

 

[tsmith1315]

Post 13837

We need a heart attack emoji for that one.

But, it’s good to see that the car is being driven like intended and not just sitting on a checkered floor somewhere.

 

[hobie1dog]

#13,844 cactus are fascinating plants.

 

[John Kemker]

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Marty, I really wish you'd post larger pics. They look really cool and I'd love to use them as wallpaper on my Linux box, but they're too dang small! LOL.

My "Wallpaper" folder is full of pics I've grabbed from this thread.

 

[Mugs914]

The filename gives it away:

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Looks like a Bristol Hercules, due to having 14 cylinders (two rows of seven) and featuring sleeve valves.

Sleve valve engines use a cylinder liner with holes in the sides that rotates within the cylinder to open and close the intake and exhaust ports (in the sides of the cylinders, above) at the appropriate times. The liner (sleeve) also moves up and down a bit within the bore as it rotates.

The gear train required to generate all this monkey motion is pretty complicated to start with, then you multiply it all by the number of cylinders and, well, you get something that looks like a really big watch mechanism.

With all of the breathing being taken care of by the cylinder walls, the heads on these things are pretty much just a plate with a couple of spark plug holes tapped into 'em.

These things weren't really rare either. The Brits seemed to be fond of the sleeve valve in their later piston engine designs. In addition to Bristol, I know of several other companies , including Rolls-Royce, that designed and built sleeve valve engines, though Bristol was the most successful example, building thousands of Hercules and Centaurus (19 cylinder) sleeve valve radials. The San Diego Aerospace Museum has a cutaway Centaurus that is driven by an electric motor so you could how it all worked. It was a bit mesmerizing...

The Centaurus powered the Hawker Sea Fury fighter that came just a bit too late to see combat in WWII, but did serve in Korea. Many consider it the pinnacle of piston powered fighter development. There are still a whole bunch of Sea Furies that are still flying these days. I've seen a few fly at airshows and have to say that the Centaurus sure has a unique sound!

Sorry to ramble on so. I've been fascinated with these things since I first read about them many, many (many, many) moons ago!

Mike

Oh, and here's a video of how it all works:

 

[hobie1dog]

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Marty, I really wish you'd post larger pics. They look really cool and I'd love to use them as wallpaper on my Linux box, but they're too dang small! LOL.

My "Wallpaper" folder is full of pics I've grabbed from this thread.

I don't have any idea on sizing of the pics I find on the web? kinda dumb in that area

 

[Cape Byron]

Sorry to ramble on so. I've been fascinated with these things since I first read about them many, many (many, many) moons ago!

Ramble away. Your knowledge is quite amazing.

 

[Sooner Boomer]

I don't have any idea on sizing of the pics I find on the web? kinda dumb in that area

If you're posting them from your hard drive, you can right click on the file name or icon, then click on Properties, then on the Details tab.

If you're linking from the web... it's a bit more complicated, but it can be done.

 

[John Kemker]

I don't have any idea on sizing of the pics I find on the web? kinda dumb in that area

Hmmm...Maybe you're grabbing the thumbnails they show on the page, instead of navigating to the larger pic and grabbing that?

 

[hobie1dog]

Rarely do I click on Thumbnail sized pics. but I'll go to YouTube and find a video on doing it.

 

[MALBAR 70]

#13,853 Boston Logan (1950s)