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Old 05-23-2017, 12:16 PM   #22 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Fingie View Post
lol, should get a block of iron and couple two cheap chainsaw engines, and link them to a opposed-piston configuration, then make some kind of a head/ combustion chamber for the spark plug
then attach the crank outputs with chains
I'd rather use gears instead of a chain to synchronize the crankshafts. Could eventually use the gears to provide power take-offs for the alternator, oil and fuel pumps and other accessories. I also like the single-crankshaft setup used in the Rootes TS3 engine.
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