Date:         Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:32:32 -0800
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: new engine for our Vanagons, maybe only on Fridays
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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Napier Deltic gets my vote for the all time best IC engine.

alistair


On 11-Mar-11, at 10:32 AM, David Beierl wrote:

> At 01:06 PM 3/11/2011, Richard A Jones wrote:
>> If this has been posted, my search didn't uncover it.  It is
>> pretty interesting--ex-VW engineer, boxer engine.  Our Vanagons
>> should last long enough to get one of these.
>
> I don't remember if it's been posted here, but it isn't totally
> new.  The principle is well tested in service from at least the '40s
> - here's a link to an animation of a Napier Deltic marine engine,
> accompanied by the sound of a Deltic-powered locomotive:
> http://rowla.dyndns.org/justin/img/piston_deltic320.mpg
>
> Yours,
> d