World's Smallest Working V-12 Engine

[62caddy]

This guy personally built all the parts himself. Incredible talent.

http://www.wimp.com/tiniestengine/

 

[davidb1]

That is really cool!

 

[petehall347]

brilliant .. no torque wrench and no oil ..not that i noticed

 

[Ghog]

1220 hours labor!

 

[62caddy]

..at $50.00/hr shop labor rate= $61,000 :scratch2:

 

[cubby01]

I was hoping it would actually be a working combustion engine. Very nice job none the less.

 

[hjames]

Still fun watching it all whirl away ...

 

[petehall347]

I was hoping it would actually be a working combustion engine. Very nice job none the less.

i thought it was .. i was thinking it was fuel injected

 

[Mark W.]

There is no ignition system so unless its an ether diesel like a model airplane diesel which is also problematic since there is no adjustable compression screws.

 

[cubby01]

Pretty sure it's running on compressed air.

 

[Jeffery]

We did it a while back, added some links with similar engines under combustion.

http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=5189481#post5189481

 

[Jailtime]

That thing is amazing! Interesting valvetrain.

 

[62caddy]

Ok, here's another. This engine runs on fuel. It's a for a 1/8 scale model replica Dusenberg straight 8. The completed model is supposed to be fully functional.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6TetkMpFIc

 

[Frank Zappa]

That's really neat, I love it!

 

[ehoove]

That's quite an accomplishment!
Regards,
Jim