Flat 8 ? I've seen pics of the Lind one, how about a running one here! Options

[Mueller]

If VW made a flat 8 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)


Brazilian Flat 8

I know, not a Type IV, I would think it would be close enough to a Type I to be done the same way?

[veekry9]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfnN5Xna2Kc


The journal is prepared by machining a "j" root vee and given a preheat,a few tig passes then cover passes by smaw in an oven.
X-ray quality welds,like for pressure vessels,it's a 2"bar of steel that's highly stressed by the torsional loads.
The Brazilian said the builder had cast a crank for the engine in malleable iron,a nodular pour was possible then,in Brazil.

[Mueller]

The journal is prepared by machining a "j" root vee and given a preheat,a few tig passes then cover passes by smaw in an oven.
X-ray quality welds,like for pressure vessels,it's a 2"bar of steel that's highly stressed by the torsional loads.
The Brazilian said the builder had cast a crank for the engine in malleable iron,a nodular pour was possible then,in Brazil,in '68.

I've done some aluminum castings at home, I built a propane fueled furnace years ago. The added heat of cast iron scares me a little!