cavelamb wrote:
Jim Wilkins wrote:
On Mar 9, 10:37 am, jan olieslagers
wrote:
bod43 schreef:
...
V4 two stroke diesel.
Yes yes, nice stuff though expensive. But the original question was
about building one's engine from scratch.

After spray cans you want yet another safety rant?

jsw



THAT, more than likely, just won't happen.

Fred Blanton did it.
But it took his entire adult life time.

So this thread is about TALKING about building
and engine from scratch.

Not actually building one...

Henry Ford did it, in his garage, over the space of a year or two.

But the performance wasn't high.

The Wright Brothers did it, over the space of a year or two, and even
though the performance wasn't high it was still good enough!

Talking about building stuff can get you a lot more bang for the buck
than actually doing it. Witness me, with several engine parts sitting
next to a lathe that's been idle for days, and last had an accessory for
a completely different engine built on it, not a part for the engine
that's half-done and sitting next to it.

--
Tim Wescott
Control system and signal processing consulting
www.wescottdesign.com