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'Shortest' Engine???
scootz - 11/9/11 at 08:50 PM

Any suggestions as to which engines are the shortest in height (sump and ancillaries inclusive).

I know from personal experience that the RX8 is very compact when stripped, but it's still pretty tall when all the gubbins and gizmos are fitted.

Boxer engines... ???

stevebubs - 11/9/11 at 08:56 PM

any flat 4 would be pretty short....

Ninehigh - 11/9/11 at 08:58 PM

A moped engine

Yeah I imagine boxer engines are pretty low down

flak monkey - 11/9/11 at 08:58 PM

Most V engine configurations are pretty short too...

scootz - 11/9/11 at 09:34 PM

Cheers fellas!

zilspeed - 11/9/11 at 09:41 PM

Why ????!!!!!!!!

austin man - 11/9/11 at 10:29 PM

Briggs and Stratton lawn mower engine

Ninehigh - 11/9/11 at 11:34 PM

quote:
Originally posted by zilspeed
Why ????!!!!!!!!


He's bringing one back in a suitcase to avoid import tax

Steve Hignett - 12/9/11 at 12:02 AM

The 600BHP Supercharged V6 of "mine" is pretty damn short!!!


theduck - 12/9/11 at 06:41 AM

As above, Subaru boxer is very short, but also very wide!

NS Dev - 12/9/11 at 07:55 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Steve Hignett
The 600BHP Supercharged V6 of "mine" is pretty damn short!!!




holy fcuk!!!

I don't come on here much now, not seen this, tell me more!!!!

MK9R - 12/9/11 at 08:03 AM

Is that 2 x triumph triple blocks??? If so cccooooollllllll!!!!!!!!!

HowardB - 12/9/11 at 08:35 AM

+1 WOW!

that will be some awesome kit,....

mcerd1 - 12/9/11 at 08:54 AM

quote:
Originally posted by NS Dev
tell me more!!!!
no don't, you'll give scootz ideas



does look very flat though, is that a 120° V6 ?




[Edited on 12/9/2011 by mcerd1]

scootz - 12/9/11 at 09:26 AM

quote:
Originally posted by NS Dev
quote:
Originally posted by Steve Hignett
The 600BHP Supercharged V6 of "mine" is pretty damn short!!!




holy fcuk...



Those were my exact same thoughts when I saw that!

scootz - 12/9/11 at 09:33 AM

quote:
Originally posted by zilspeed
Why ????!!!!!!!!


Sorry... didn't mean to be cryptic!

I've been amusing myself of late by drawing (using the term very loosely) a chassis! Nothings ever going to come of it, but it passes the time of day! I was wanting to keep the weight and the top chassis rail as low as possible.

coyoteboy - 13/9/11 at 10:03 AM

In normal engines what about a mazda V6? IIRC they're about 600mm cubed?

scootz - 13/9/11 at 10:45 AM

quote:
Originally posted by coyoteboy
In normal engines what about a mazda V6? IIRC they're about 600mm cubed?


Never heard anything but good reports about the KL V6... it's definitely an engine that I would like to fiddle with at some point!

mcerd1 - 13/9/11 at 04:09 PM

quote:
Originally posted by scootz
I've been amusing myself of late by drawing (using the term very loosely) a chassis! Nothings ever going to come of it.....

you say that now

scootz - 13/9/11 at 04:10 PM



I'm saying nothing!

Steve Hignett - 13/9/11 at 10:07 PM

From a different angle and with the Rotrex supercharger now added and "belted" up...


hughpinder - 14/9/11 at 07:49 AM

How much power do you want? Some BMW bike opposedengines might fit the bill, and have shaft drive and gearboxes of reasonable strength (rated for bike+rider+touring set up of 450 kg on a lot of models). Some even have reverse gear. Not hugely powerful by bike standards though, say about 100bhp. I have no idea how tuneable they are. The recent 1000RR models are almost 200bhp as standard, but I suspect hard to find a used engine!

Regards
Hugh