In reply to maroon92:
The "wop-op-pop" and oil plume of that starting is pure awesome. I miss my time working with radials...
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March 6, 2010 1:58 a.m. BobOfTheFuture Reader
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March 6, 2010 2:01 a.m. BobOfTheFuture Reader
In reply to WilberM3:
Man, Didnt know they put Diesel's in '70's Eldorados...
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March 6, 2010 4:29 a.m. ignorant UltimaDork
BobOfTheFuture wrote:
In reply to WilberM3:
Man, Didnt know they put Diesel's in '70's Eldorados...
forget all knowledge of the 350 diesel. That engine will only cause you pain beyond belief.
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March 6, 2010 4:45 a.m. Appleseed Dork
Until you convert them into incredibly stout gas motors.
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March 6, 2010 9:30 a.m. Hal HalfDork
ignorant wrote:
BobOfTheFuture wrote:
In reply to WilberM3:
Man, Didnt know they put Diesel's in '70's Eldorados...
forget all knowledge of the 350 diesel. That engine will only cause you pain beyond belief.
They put them in Oldsmobiles too. And a friend of mine insistes that his was the originall "unintended acceleration" vehicle. Something stuck on it and he couldn't get it to shut off. Fortunately a passerby had something they could use to cut the fuel line. Car was repairable but he went out the next day and bought a new car.
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March 6, 2010 7:28 p.m. jimbbski New Reader
http://www.enginehistory.org/engines.htm
A web site devoted to aircraft engines.
http://people.virginia.edu/~rjr/engines/ And a site about a 36 cyl. engine!
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March 6, 2010 9:57 p.m. Toyman01 Dork
Appleseed wrote:
Until you convert them into incredibly stout gas motors.
That was the problem. They were gas motors. Olds 350s if I remember correctly.
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March 6, 2010 10:32 p.m. aussiesmg UltraDork
You got me thinking, I guess I am a creature of habit, this is my current cylinder count
8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 6
Nope no gaps there
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March 7, 2010 9:38 a.m. Knurled New Reader
GM made a handful of V7 and V5 test engines in the early 80's.
Yep, they were V6s and V8s with a cylinder carved out.
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March 9, 2010 8:50 a.m. racer33 New Reader
I never did know how these worked, so I went and looked. Here's a great link for anyone as ignorant about radials as I was. http://science.howstuffworks.com/radial-engine2.htm
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March 9, 2010 9:19 a.m. tuna55 HalfDork
Toyman01 wrote:
Appleseed wrote:
Until you convert them into incredibly stout gas motors.
That was the problem. They were gas motors. Olds 350s if I remember correctly.
I have read up on these, but never owned one, but from what I read, they required maintenance - and had to run very very bad diesel. There was nothing terribly tragic about the engine design other than that. The block was different, diesel only.
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March 9, 2010 11:59 a.m. 81gtv6 Reader
My Grandfather had one of the Olds diesels, all I know about it was that it didn't stay around very long.
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March 9, 2010 1:16 p.m. Jensenman MegaDork
At the time the Olds 350 diesel was current, there was a 'conversion kit': rebuilt heads, pistons, rings and bearings along with a gas motor dizzy, wires intake and carb. A day's work would turn a diesel into a gas burner. Some of the drag guys running Olds stuff would seek out blown up diesels because they had forged cranks and stouter blocks.
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March 9, 2010 2:30 p.m. Trans_Maro HalfDork
Hal wrote:
They put them in Oldsmobiles too. And a friend of mine insistes that his was the originall "unintended acceleration" vehicle. Something stuck on it and he couldn't get it to shut off. Fortunately a passerby had something they could use to cut the fuel line. Car was repairable but he went out the next day and bought a new car.
So, unless they cut the fuel line with the car screaming down the highway, I'd bet he was able to put it in neutral and pull over, right?
Funny how that works.
Shawn
