Mornin' Oppo

"cooterbaldwin" (cooterbaldwin) 02/01/2016 at 09:07 • Filed to: None

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I’ve had engine swaps on the brain for a while. Now I trying to figure out what I can fit one of these into.

Pratt & Whitney R-4360

OPPOsaurus WRX > cooterbaldwin 02/01/2016 at 09:11

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Mid engine Lincoln Navigator

Nibby > cooterbaldwin 02/01/2016 at 09:13

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Smartcar

Ash78, voting early and often > cooterbaldwin 02/01/2016 at 09:18

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We were just gawking at this in DC a couple weeks ago (Udvar-Hazy museum). My old man was an engineer, and also an airframe & powerplant mechanic in the early 70s and could talk about all these engines for hours, from memory.

Nothing quite like aviation to demonstrate the creativity and insanity in powerplant design.

And I’m still just amazed that this stuff was coming out in the 1940s. The machining alone is mind-boggling.

Cé hé sin > cooterbaldwin 02/01/2016 at 09:19

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Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > cooterbaldwin 02/01/2016 at 09:28

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cooterbaldwin > Ash78, voting early and often 02/01/2016 at 09:30

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Someone wrote a book on the development of the Wasp Major... I think it was “Pratt’s Major Miracle” or something similar. I’d love to track down a copy of it.

Yeah, 40's-50's aviation was nuts. My grandfather was head of the drafting department for one of the century series jets. Looking through some of the stuff he hung onto from the project it’s mind boggling the amount of man hours that when into all the drafting. Then you think about all the talent and skill that went into documenting those old planes with pencil put to paper.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > cooterbaldwin 02/01/2016 at 09:30

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Mid engined 15 passenger van or GTFO.

cooterbaldwin > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 02/01/2016 at 09:32

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Haha! I’m trying to think how ungodly loud it would be in there with beast.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > cooterbaldwin 02/01/2016 at 09:36

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I’m guessing it might have to have the world’s largest CVT running down from the end of the engine there to a rear axle mounted backwards.

StingrayJake > cooterbaldwin 02/01/2016 at 10:05

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Initial models developed 3,000 hp (2,240 kW ), and later models 3,500 hp, but one model delivered 4,300 hp (3200 kW) using two large turbochargers in addition to the supercharger. Engines weighed 3,482 to 3,870 lb (1,579 to 1,755 kg ), giving a power-to-weight ratio of 1.11 hp/lb (1.83 kW/kg).

And I only thought you were crazy. You actually are crazy.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > cooterbaldwin 02/01/2016 at 10:07

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Why stop there?

KatzManDu > cooterbaldwin 02/01/2016 at 10:14

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Imagine how much more they could do if they had various CAD systems. Boggles the mind!

ttyymmnn > cooterbaldwin 02/01/2016 at 10:45

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Someone wrote a book on the development of the Wasp Major... I think it was “Pratt’s Major Miracle” or something similar. I’d love to track down a copy of it.

Here ya go . It ain’t cheap.

Cé hé sin > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 02/01/2016 at 10:51

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Because, sadly, you’d have to build your own replica Nomad.

Doesn’t mean it wouldn’t be a good idea if you could get it to keep going, which was an issue at the time.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > Cé hé sin 02/01/2016 at 11:12

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I’d be game if I had the facilities... Who doesn’t want a 41-litre turbo-compound-shaft-supercharged piston-ported two-stroke valveless falt-12 diesel that makes over 3000 HP (over 4000 in some testing configurations)?

http://www.autospeed.com/cms/article.ht…