[Diy_efi] OT - interesting little engine

[Adam Wade]

--- "Steven P. Donegan" <steve at donegan.org> wrote:

> Looks a lot like the V8 made out of two Suzuki
> 1300cc engines that was used for a short while on
> some baby indy cars made in the UK....

Well, each 4 cylinder "block" is just shy of 1000cc,
it has 5 valves per cylinder, and a central cam chain
tunnel...  I'm laying odds on it being four Yamaha
FZ-1 engines (power output is about right) with a pair
of cranks built to take side-by-side rods for
cylinders on either side of the V (standard for
American V8s).  A nice execution, but it doesn't look
terribly special -- or complicated.  I am wonderinf
what that special cam drive system is they allude to
in their literature, though...  Looks like a regular
cam chain setup taken right from the motorcycle engine.

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