[modeleng] Re: Air pump
- From: "Charles & Dorothy Brumbelow" <cbrumbelow@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 18:12:30 -0500
At one time (and maybe still), Jesse, some large air compressors for
commercial use (think rock drilling) were built using the equivalent of a
flat head Ford V-8 with the two inside cylinders on one bank compressing air
along with the two outside cylinders on the other bank. I suppose the same
thing could be done with OHV V-8s. Probably had special made intake and
exhause manifolds and likely a custom cam grind as well; just blanking off
the intake ports wouldn't seem to be enough isolation.... That would make
an interesting 1/3 or 1/4 scale model.
See http://www.weberprecision.com/ and
http://www.colespowermodels.com/challengern.htm
Charles
> Didn't you
> have to disable the intake valve on the cylinder being used as a
> compressor
> inorder to prevent doing what Charles said and have an explosive mixture?
> Red Neck Tennesseean
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