What it used to take to make 10hp.

"CTSenVy" (CTSenVy) 11/01/2014 at 16:21 • Filed to: None

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This is a 1909 Blackstone oil drip engine, that's still turning over and running thanks to some TLC from gear heads. Around the 2:15 mark you can see the groove that the cam followers have worn into the the cast iron cams.

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BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. > CTSenVy 11/01/2014 at 16:59

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So it's basically a one cylinder diesel?

It's a "Porch-uh" > CTSenVy 11/01/2014 at 17:23

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Very cool.

Though people need to stop referring to the early 1900s as the "turn of the century." That stopped being correct about 14 years ago.

CTSenVy > BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. 11/01/2014 at 17:27

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I think it's actually using kerosene as a fuel, but no spark plug so it's using compression and engine heat for combustion so it has some diesel qualities.

Slave2anMG > BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. 11/01/2014 at 17:56

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"Hot Bulb" ignition I think is more technically the description. The heat of the 'bulb' is what fires the fuel/air off; diesel it's injection fuel into air that's been heated by compression. A bit of semantic but without the injection phase I don't think it's a proper diesel. The compression ratio, to run on kero, is probably in the range of 4:1....

Buick Mackane > CTSenVy 11/01/2014 at 20:50

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It runs better than my Hoyt-Clagwell.

Frank Grimes > CTSenVy 11/01/2014 at 21:45

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dubstep engine.

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > CTSenVy 11/02/2014 at 03:00

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Assuming 10hp at this rpm, and a stopwatch to count such slow revs (~65 exhaust puffs per minute so 130rpm) gives us about 400lb-ft of torque. Not bad at all.

biker > CTSenVy 11/05/2014 at 18:34

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very cool, low compression "diesel" engine, I have loved all the early style hit & miss & throttle governed engines from the early 1900's