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]

HaHa,two.
This is an ongoing work in progress toward F8 perfection.When you say layers,I suppose you mean Cad.
Not cad,these are the GM drawings that I've modified to make 8,in Gimp.
Cleaned up the photocopy,scaled and rotated,hours of fun.Then modded and dimensioned.
A twin cam VVT is in the works as a reasonable compromise,the heads are the toughest job. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
Watercooled canted 4 valve,pushrod,a kiss approach.

Where to get them.20+ years they've been posted.
http://autoxer.skiblack.com/nallm/cylhd/jpeg/
http://autoxer.skiblack.com/
(I have always wondered if,in another parallel reality,a mid-engined Corvair roadster would have been a sales worthy auto in '68-69.
A 2 seat open top Targa,with lightweight composite lids and doors,a fastback.The sohc 6 would have,in turbo form,supplied 250+ hp easily.)
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BTW,these drawing are of the product from which the original diecast mold shop created the working drawing for the dies themselves.
In the '50s and 60s,the task was monstersized with the scarcity or near non-existence of NC machine tooling.
The primary driver for GE/Westinghouse expenditures to develop the tech,the ability to command a quadrant of a circle in the path of a heavy machinetool.
Pantograph or "copymills"were still being used extensively but the development of higher level languages made the programming workload such that adoption was rapid.

https://www.google.ca/search?q=corvair+engi...52F%3B640%3B512


SOHC 2.9L

(edit:11/09/15)
A real testbed engine,flogged on the dyno,test track and public roads from Death Valley to Las Vegas and Denver and above.
The Turbo was the winner of the contest,the production costs associated with the OHC engines nulled the greenlite.
A further development could have paid dividends in the soon to expand sportscar market.
A direct competitor to the Porsche 911,a mid-engined Fiero chassis in CF for a solid 375hp in '65-75.
A rose colored 20-20 into the past. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)