Engine Block? We Don't Need No Stinkin' Engine Block

"Jcarr" (jcarr)
12/15/2015 at 13:46 • Filed to: Planelopnik

This is the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , a WWI-era multi-use V-12 built by a number of manufacturers including Ford, Lincoln, Packard, Cadillac, and Buick.

The 1648 cubic-inch beast weighed in at a relatively light 844 lbs and produced 400-450hp.

This particular example resides in the EAA Museum in Oshkosh, WI.

DISCUSSION (11)

HammerheadFistpunch > Jcarr
12/15/2015 at 13:50

with a 5:1 compression ratio who needs block rigidity?

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Jcarr
12/15/2015 at 13:56

The bare bones simplicity of these always fascinates me. One thing, though—HTactualF is it lubricated?

EDIT: Nvm. I could kick myself for not realizing that's a cutaway...

Jcarr > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
12/15/2015 at 13:58

Good question, I don’t think I saw anything that mentioned how that was done.

Berang > Jcarr
12/15/2015 at 14:01

with non detachable heads, but overhead cams.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Jcarr
12/15/2015 at 14:01

This led to Henry Leland leaving Cadillac to form the Lincoln Motor Company to make Liberty engines.

Also, this is an interesting tidbit. So not only was Cadillac the remains of Henry Ford's first car company, but Lincoln was the direct spawn of it's main rival.