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    Ass-Kickin' Engine Of The Day: Chrysler A57 Multi-Bank
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    Image of LuciferV8 LuciferV8
    02/23/09

    In reply to Ass-Kickin' Engine Of The Day: Chrysler A57 Multi-Bank
    Sweet. Period.
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    02/22/09

    In reply to Ass-Kickin' Engine Of The Day: Chrysler A57 Multi-Bank
    I think I've got to find a chassis to bolt that into.


    Good news, I can probably skip a tranny. I reckon it's got enough torque to yank just about anything I might find off the line and keep on tugging right up to cruisin velocity.

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    Image of dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity
    02/22/09

    In reply to Ass-Kickin' Engine Of The Day: Chrysler A57 Multi-Bank
    From the crazy engine design department, let me introduce the Deltic diesel engine: [en.wikipedia.org]
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    02/22/09

    In reply to Ass-Kickin' Engine Of The Day: Chrysler A57 Multi-Bank
    Here's a video of a cutaway, with a soundtack to hear what it sounds like while flying. Not a bad sound at all. Does sound like a wasp kinda.


    A giant one.

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    Image of Rust-MyEnemy Rust-MyEnemy
    02/22/09

    In reply to Ass-Kickin' Engine Of The Day: Chrysler A57 Multi-Bank
    So, presumably you'd call this a radial.


    Right?

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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    02/22/09

    @Rust-MyEnemy Smells Of Mobil 1: I'm not positive about terminology, but I think an engine with multiple banks of cylinders, each complete with their own crankshaft, and connected by another gear driven common output shaft is called a "U" configuration. The baddest radial multi-cylinder engine is the Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major used in big Boeing bombers before jet engines took over. It displaced 71.5 L and put out 3000 - 4300 HP.


    [en.wikipedia.org]


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    Image of joneez wants the clunkers he paid for joneez wants the clunkers he paid for
    02/22/09

    @DoctorNine: Crap audio, but best I could find.
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    02/23/09

    @joneez is enjoying a California 'winter': Wow. It's almost like some news reel from the '50s.
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    Image of FrankGrimes FrankGrimes
    11/20/09

    @DoctorNine:
    The stupid dog barking at it was classic! What was that little guy thinking?
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    02/21/09

    In reply to Ass-Kickin' Engine Of The Day: Chrysler A57 Multi-Bank
    And that, children, is why Detroit is -- or was-- known as "The Arsenal of Democracy."

    MoPar goes to war!
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    Image of thunder; now eta-powered thunder; now eta-powered
    02/21/09

    In reply to Ass-Kickin' Engine Of The Day: Chrysler A57 Multi-Bank
    Great post, but needs more engine pron.
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    Image of damnelantra™ damnelantra™
    02/21/09

    In reply to Ass-Kickin' Engine Of The Day: Chrysler A57 Multi-Bank
    sounds like Shit at anything other then idle. whats the rev limit on that franken-engine?
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    02/21/09

    @damnelantra™: Probably about 2,000RPM. That's 5 x 400
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    Image of damnelantra™ damnelantra™
    02/21/09

    @Van Sarockin: 5x400?
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    02/22/09

    @damnelantra™: Sharpening pencil, doing research....


    12,000 RPM = 5 x 2,400


    I don't think the clip showed the engine operating up in its power band, or at WOT. Must have been pretty loud inside that can.

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    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    02/21/09

    In reply to Ass-Kickin' Engine Of The Day: Chrysler A57 Multi-Bank
    This thing looks like it was designed by HP Lovecraft to power Cthulhu's hot rodded DeSoto Airflow.
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    Image of Smells_Homeless Smells_Homeless
    02/21/09

    In reply to Ass-Kickin' Engine Of The Day: Chrysler A57 Multi-Bank
    Needs turbos.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    02/21/09

    @Smells_Homeless: I like the way you think, lad.
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    Image of Bandido GT - Cabrón Malnacido Bandido GT - Cabrón Malnacido
    02/21/09

    In reply to Ass-Kickin' Engine Of The Day: Chrysler A57 Multi-Bank
    HOLY INEFFICIENT-OVERENGINEERING BATMAN!


    Five cranks, cranking a common shaft...that's gotta be the dumbest yet awesome idea I've ever known.

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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    02/21/09

    @BanditoGT: There was a war on!
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    02/21/09

    @Murilee Martin: There's always a war on...
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    02/21/09

    In reply to Ass-Kickin' Engine Of The Day: Chrysler A57 Multi-Bank
    Well, that's one way to get more torque than you can ever use, but a long way from an elegant solution. I'm surprised it wasn't a Soviet solution.


    You wouldn't want one of your timing chains to be a cog off. I'm glad I don't have to wrench on that, particularly in the confines of a tank! The exhaust sounds distinctly agricultural, so it just wouldn't fit into my plans.

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    Image of J-2-da-B J-2-da-B
    02/21/09

    In reply to Ass-Kickin' Engine Of The Day: Chrysler A57 Multi-Bank
    I wonder if this could be fitted in a freightliner, instead of a detroit deisel?!


    oh, right... both are from chrysler; forget that i said that!

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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    02/21/09

    @J-2-da-B: In that case it should mate right up to the trans, right?


    Now that would make for some pulling power. Forget haling the Minuteman, this could hall the entire United States nuclear arsenal!

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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    02/21/09

    In reply to Ass-Kickin' Engine Of The Day: Chrysler A57 Multi-Bank
    Is that a giant radiator sitting behind this behemoth?


    And are all the carbs sitting up there at the top? Wouldn't that give different throttle responses due to the unequal intake runners, causing unbalanced power curves for each of the banks? So many questions. . .

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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    02/21/09

    @graverobber: 100% Shovel Ready!: As a matter of fact, the biggest hassle Chrysler faced with this engine was getting the crazy intake setup to work right.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    02/21/09

    In reply to Ass-Kickin' Engine Of The Day: Chrysler A57 Multi-Bank
    Okay, into the Volvo it goes.


    Yeah, I wish.

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