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Old 07-08-2017, 10:37 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Kantanka engine manufacture in Ghana (& more)

Kantanka Automobile Company (Ghana in West Africa)

Here is how you might build an engine in contemporary West Africa... I find this beautiful: molten aluminium hand-poured into sand castings, 20th Century machine tools, hand fitting of pistons, and more:


Anyone able to name the machine tools and hand tools in use with specificity? The processes in casting the block?

Seventy five percent of materials reportedly come from within Ghana: wood for dashboards and such.

Here is the K71 model:



Some technical specifications for the k71 model (not much power):
An Exclusive Review of Kantanka K71 SUV car - TechGenez

The star on the badge is a reference to the main symbol of national independence. Seems like that emblem is destined to become the seal on a quixotic vision, though I would like to think it still possible for such an enterprise to succeed.

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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.



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