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"50ford500" (50ford500) 10/28/2020 at 08:25 • Filed to: None

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I’ve been watching tons of these mini engine videos lately for some reason on the tube of yous and the work this guy but into this thing is amazing. Enjoy!

Tripper > 50ford500 10/28/2020 at 08:36

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OK yeah I’ll just hand grind my own CRANKSHAFT on a lathe...That is unbelievable work! Not a bad sound either.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > 50ford500 10/28/2020 at 08:36

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Just once I want to see one of these miniature engines that actually runs on fuel and not compressed air.

notsomethingstructural > 50ford500 10/28/2020 at 08:49

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1200 hours of work.  Must be nice to be retired.

Pretty sweet though. Curious if there will be anyone left in 50 years who could do this, since fundamental understandings of pushrod combustion engines and machining techniques have been on the decline for like 50 years.

Spanfeller is a twat > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 10/28/2020 at 08:53

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You wouldnt be able to use rubber piston rings tho...

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Spanfeller is a twat 10/28/2020 at 08:57

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I suspect  the biggest challenge would be making tiny spark plugs

Snuze: Needs another Swede > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 10/28/2020 at 09:03

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M y gut feeling is the ignition energy doesn’t scale with engine size, it’s probably roughly constant. Your tiny spark plugs might not be able to handle the current requirements to get a good spark. So not only would manufacturing them be an issue, but getting them to live for any meaningful time would be a challenge.

Also, the ignition coil would be roughly the same size as the engine, which would be funny.  

Snuze: Needs another Swede > 50ford500 10/28/2020 at 09:04

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My long term goal is to get a combo mill/lathe for my garage.  This is one of the projects I’d like to tackle, though I may just go for a single or twin cylinder.  

Michael > 50ford500 10/28/2020 at 09:20

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Twin cam in block!

Jb boin > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 10/28/2020 at 09:20

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This Youtube channel has plenty of great videos on the subject :

Spanfeller is a twat > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 10/28/2020 at 09:32

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then, a diesel one?

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Spanfeller is a twat 10/28/2020 at 09:36

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Perhaps, you could just use a blowtorch to preheat the block instead of trying to miniaturize glow plugs.

vondon302 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 10/28/2020 at 09:53

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vondon302 > Snuze: Needs another Swede 10/28/2020 at 09:53

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