tmoose , he has 5000 miles of abuse on his link so far .i sm guessing he has simply added another keyway .
terry ,thank you for the pictures they are very interesting .
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thank you johnny,
after doing a little more research into taper locking hubs , and thier trq handling capabilites i have knocked up a hub and taper as a sacrificial item to do further research with ..
i used an old mini primary gear for the taper collet ,1.5 degrees angle ...
hello tmoose ,
i have been in discussion with yannick sire ,on just that topic ,i asked did he use the locating pin ,and he sent me a link to that video .i am thinking along the same lines as you , with two engines in line and securely located , is that pin a help or an unnecssary...
thanks hemi and mh ,heres the coupling i am going to use ,i thought of it , got one ,then found this chap had done it already between 2 500 bhp sbc ,so my poxy little 220 bhp engine should be fine .i am just machining the 2 inch thick 5 inch diameter hub for it ...
[2thumbsup]hi terry ,
thank you for the input ,
it mirrors my thinking ,the usage or a drivelive gurid coupling is to take into account exactly what you refer too .
re the pulley , i think that i will make the new pulley an interferance fit ,and also, after a bit more research i am going to...
hi chaps ,
ahh i seee thank you for bringing clarity where there was ilusion hemi.
jack , i absolutely agree .
regards
robert
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some interesting reading for fellow pioneers....
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=624584&showall=1
http://twotogo.homestead.com/index.html
http://www.kenlowe.com.au/Superchargers.htm
ps ok own up , who keeps liking my thread :-)...
thanks chaps ,
re the shrapnel , there will be substantial guardage around all exposed rotating bodies ,being impaled is never fun .
re ignoring advice , oh greg ,my little button , how wrong you are , i am taking it all on board ,and as you may have not noticed ,have added another crank...
thans for all the comments chaps.
some other factors to be considered are , a top mounted roots type blower driven off the crank can use a considerable amount of power ,this ot only stresses the crank snout ,it also pulls it sideways , the pully is usully connected with 1 exta keyway . i...
your right clive ,
those early engines do look better .
these will run on throttle bodies with 12 bellmouths and tubular exhausts , the car will be called medusa(obviously) ... its combined engine length wil be 60 inches plus coupling :-).
regards
robert...
hi mike , thank you for that picture .
the concept has been used many times in the 60's for drag racing ,and other one offs , there is a well known rod with 2 500 bhp small block chevies connected tail to snout .
http://www.hotrod.com/featuredvehicles/hrdp_0909_custom_speed_buggy/viewall.html...
ivymike, there are no designs of this engine combination ...im a pioneer .;-)
bigclive ,from the scrap yard .
mike ,do you have any pictures of the ones you have snapped?
thanks chaps
robert
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[ponder]hello to the collective ,
i am constructing a twin engined 1940's type racer . the 2 engines are straight 6 jaguar lumps, aluminium block 4 litre 245 bhp engines . i am tentatively designing them thus ..
gearbox/clutch/flywheel unit(remote).........10" prop........uj mounted to crank...
just to finish this off ,
after a fair bit of research by the supplier and i , it appears this peg is a bit of an unknown .some makes of bearings have it , some dont .the ones that dont work perfectly well .sometimes its associated with the grease hole being kept in a certain area ,so it would...
