V-8 Int. man. design

[Robert Harris]

Check the roundy round stuff out.  Seen them on and off in 
sprints and modified's.  Actually, they sound more like a 
healthy six than 2 four bangers.

If the first ingredient ain't Habanero, then the rest don't matter.
Robert Harris <bob at bobthecomputerguy.com>


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> From: Paul (BRAAP) Ruschman <prusch at ix.netcom.com>
> To: diy_efi at coulomb.eng.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: Re: V-8 Int. man. design
> Date: Tuesday, May 27, 1997 7:01 AM
> 
> Evert Rosseel wrote:
> > 
> > If you have a LOT of money, you can also :
> > 4 - install a different crankshaft, so that it fires like two 4 in
> > lines connected in V Although this seems strange, it is done on some
engines (Ferrari does for example) because the same effects of (unevenly) 
> timed flow also come into play in the exhaust. An equal firing interval 
> for each banks gives best performance because it allows the use of tuned 
> exhausts. The disadvantage is that the engine balance is badly influenced

> (4 cylinder like instead of V8).
> > 
> > 
> 
> > Dr. ir. Evert Rosseel
> 
> > ****************************************************************
> 
> 
> 	Dr. Rosseel,
> 	 No I don't have a lot of money but have been extremely 
> interested in using a single plane (180 degree) crankshaft. As you have 
> mentioned exhaust tuning is the benefit and four cylinder buzziness is 
> the down fall, also the car wouldn't sound as if it had an American V-8 
> in it,(SLEEPER), but I haven't seen any commercially available with cam 
> shafts to match. 
> 	Have you or anyelse seen these cranks for the Chev little block?
> 
> 
> 		Thank you,
> 		Paul (BRAAP) Ruschman
> 		http://www.datsuns.com/paul.htm