Miniature V8

**Mike 94PGT** · 12-31-05, 10:41

Love the lumpy big-cam idle and V8 sound. Awesome!

**viennasound** · 12-31-05, 12:04

Freakin' awesome........ I wonder what kinda hp it generates. Sounds mean...
without a muffler and all. Do you know who built it, or why and how? Awesome post!

viennasound

**neptune_51** · 12-31-05, 18:12

throw that in your kid's go cart and he'd be set

**Thomas** · 12-31-05, 18:14

how bout a little model car

**vrouv06** · 12-31-05, 22:00

That has got to be the craziest [fizzle]ing thing I have ever seen in my entire life. I am beyond shocked to retardation. HOW DO YOU MAKE ONE!

**1990/\/\x6** · 1-1-06, 5:54

wow thats [fizzle]ing sweet

**91turbo666** · 1-1-06, 6:06

for some kitchen apparatus no doubt

**Mike 94PGT** · 1-1-06, 8:43

That little flathead was super cool to be sure. Check out this gallery of more miniatures:

http://www.floridaame.org/GalleryPages/galleryDate1.htm

Ken Hurst, the maker of the flathead, also made this:

The blower actually produces something like 6-psi of boost. His web page can be seen at:

http://www.nvbackflow.com/engines/

Some of the parts are machined from stock, others cast. This is the cylinder block raw casting:

Or a crankshaft:

http://www.nvbackflow.com/engines/crankshaft.JPG

If you want to see something even more amazing, if that's possible, check out this jewel:

and read about it's maker and the design here:

http://www.craftsmanshipmuseum.com/Tomlinson.htm

Incredible stuff.

**91turbo666** · 1-1-06, 8:51

that is amazing.....seriously a thing of beauty. plus he must have a lot of spare time. lots

**Mike 94PGT** · 1-1-06, 13:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by 91turbo666

that is amazing.....seriously a thing of beauty. plus he must have a lot of spare time. lots

The page referencing the Napier engine reads "Clennel "Clen" Tomlinson is a 71-year old retired Electro/Mechanical engineer..." and "“I spent most of my working life with pencil and paper, “T” square, log and trig tables and a slide rule. I progressed easily to the calculator but a little more reluctantly to the computer..."

Old school and retired. A guy with those skills and intelligence would probably go insane if he didn't vent it by using his time making spectacular objects like that.

**Jon** · 1-1-06, 14:55

Mike, is that 3 banks of 6 cylinders? Looks like a diesal.

EDIT:

Read the page, that is 3 banks of 6 cylinders....Weird stuff.

**rebel2k4** · 1-1-06, 16:19

Thats some good [shizzle].

I wonder how much it cost to make that.

**rally626** · 1-2-06, 5:45

omg....

lol rc heaven.... that would make a bad@$$ drag boat engine , probably make a gnarly RC buggy engine

carnut · 1-10-06, 5:48

somebody else also makes a small 1/4 scale v8 that you can buy and put in a rc car, he also sells the rc cars to put the engine in. theres a video on his web page. He also made the only 1/4 scale viper v10 engine. the web site is http://www.conleyprecision.com/