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Working PaperCraft V12 Cranks And Lights Up

xpoet — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:29:03 EST

I am lazy today can, Can I just build the V4 instead ? ....

xpoet

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iadr — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 12:16:41 EST

HEY! censorship

Where's my post pointing out it's fake?

iadr

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iadr — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:31:05 EST

GUYS!! STOOOPP it!! I can't believe eveyone mised this- this is a CAD model on a flat screen with someone's hads *in front of* the screen PRETENDING to rotate it, and this "process" filmed by a somewhat shaky camcorder.

Wow. No one caught that so far?

iadr

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KaptainKen — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:18:06 EST

D for effort, and F for any real knowhow.
V-12 or V-8? The description says both.
For one thing, the cylinders are all firing in sequential order - WRONG! They, of course, fire opposite of each other in order to counterbalance the engine.

For another - the fan is rotating opposite the direction of the crankshaft. wrong. (unless it's a rare electric motor driven fan that runs opposite the rotation of the engine's crankshaft. (seen only in Tijuana taxi cabs so far)

.."12 rods.."
Hello???
Ever heard of intake AND exhaust???

Please - if you don't really know what you are talking about - keep it to yourself.

PLEASE

KaptainKen

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DrewKillsThreads — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:40:50 EST

Pushrods? What is this, a 1950s V12? I want to see a papercraft variable geometry, dual-overhead cam, 5-valve-per-cylinder V12.

Hey, if you're gonna go for it, why not go all out?

DrewKillsThreads

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Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:05:52 EST

@Phusee: Awe... I was picturing you as the behind-the-scenes guy at some big-city Natural History Museum. Like the guy at the La Brea Tar Pits who spends his day pasting together mastodons and dire wolves...

Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing

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Smells_Homeless — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:19:43 EST

@Charles_Barrett:

Heh. I don't suppose it would disappoint you to learn that it was a paper model of said coelacanth?

On the other hand, this concept of miracle medical tape might just have legs (as would the earthworms I'd do my initial testing with.)

Smells_Homeless

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Ben Wade — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:20:51 EST

Will it blend?

Ben Wade

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snarktastic — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 07:17:19 EST

1. Crankshaft turning wrong way.
2. Crankshaft firing order TOTALLY off from anything slightly realistic.
3. Stupid.

snarktastic

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Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:47:46 EST

@Phusee: Just what does one use to "tape together" a prehistoric fish... (gotta love this -- only at Jalopnik...!) Spill it Dude!

Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing

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Smells_Homeless — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:44:48 EST

Oh, and unless my memory has totally left the building, I think they also made a visible turbo four-cylinder based on the Ford 2.3.

Smells_Homeless

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Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:44:31 EST

@CafeRacer1200: Did your's work (in motion)?; mine never did (see post above @Charles_Barrett). Parts got in the way of each other, but it was still a cool model.

Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing

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Smells_Homeless — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:43:49 EST

I once taped together a coelacanth over the course of a 12-hour shift. Man oh man would I like to have that job back!

Smells_Homeless

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CafeRacer1200 — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:43:07 EST

The visible V8 is cool and all, but when I was 11, my Uncle bought me a visible Wankel motor for my birthday.

CafeRacer1200

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gadgetfanatic — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:17:51 EST

That's one nice v12, even if it is made out of paper.

gadgetfanatic

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M0L0TOV — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:40:10 EST

Paper on paper friction, does that not equal fire? And yes, if that's the case, Audi did use this.

M0L0TOV

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TR3-A — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:46:59 EST

What is amazing is the wide selection of paper (card) models. Even, yes, cars and trucks. Even saw some F1 cars. These are not just simple, cheap models. Some a quite detailed and can run into the 100's of dollars. Do a search for "paper models" or "card models," it's a revelation.

TR3-A

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CharlzR — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:26:09 EST

Oh sure, it's a great design on paper....HAHAHahahaha

CharlzR

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wheels OF satan! — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:55:09 EST

looks like the kind of thing you do while in PRISON on a LIFE sentence...

wheels OF satan!

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scotte — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:49:58 EST

IIRC, Renwall's "Visible V8" was based on the Packard V8 that came out in '55 (& went away the following year, along with the *real* Packards.)

This, on the other hand, looks like it was based on the Origami V12.

scotte

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NovaloadMissesPolar — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:42:33 EST

Mine would be covered with blood from paper cuts.

NovaloadMissesPolar

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Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:39:31 EST

@Ben Wojdyla: I also had the companion visible Wankel rotary engine, but never could get the moving parts to work: the rotors would bind in the, uh, figure-eight shaped cavity. I don't think they make it any longer. It still made for a nice static display, on the shelf alongside my visible V8 and visible man and woman.

Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing

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bzr — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:34:37 EST

I tried to build a paper pendulum clock once in my youth, ambitious Asian that I am. I did enough cutting, folding, and gluing my fingers together to warrant a stay at a prominent mental institution.

6 years of recovering from my mother's most sadistic Christmas gift (made socks seem like a new Xbox) I think I'm ready to tackle something even more ambitious and tree-killing.

bzr

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Edward — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:43:45 EST

the intake manifold reminds of a V8 Taurus SHO.

Edward

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htrodblder — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:37:17 EST

I'm afraid I'd screw up coloring it

And whens the last time you saw a cooling fan on a V12?

htrodblder

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Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:37:11 EST

@Ben Wojdyla: So Ben, are you taking orders now? Careful, or Wert may feel compelled to relocate you to Bangalor and send you to the Berlitz "English as a Second Language (Kwik-E-Mart Edition)" seminar.

Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing

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htrodblder — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:35:19 EST

Yes they still make the visable V8 Around $75 still cool

htrodblder

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JayP71 — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:00:59 EST

@Ben Wojdyla: Cool, this may show up for an 11th birthday next month.

JayP71

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Ben Wojdyla — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:32:06 EST

[www.amazon.com]

how's that for cotomer sevis?

Ben Wojdyla

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SeanKHotay — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:31:39 EST

Is this what Audi was originally testing in their R8s donkeys?

[jalopnik.com]

SeanKHotay

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JayP71 — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:29:22 EST

Do they still make the visible V8? That would be cool to pick up for my munchkins.

JayP71

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teargas — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:28:52 EST

The worst thing about doing this would be the pride to other people's understanding of your pride ratio.

teargas

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Phil L. — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:23:07 EST

Very cool. Hmmmm - wait a minute. No visible camshaft or valves?

Phil L.