I would not want to check the valve clearances on this thing

calamari kid · Post by **calamari kid** » Thu Nov 17, 2011 4:18 pm

piccini9 · Post by **piccini9** » Thu Nov 17, 2011 4:44 pm

I see there are links to other videos.
This could be an all night affair.

Sisyphus · Post by **Sisyphus** » Thu Nov 17, 2011 6:07 pm

1200 hours. Fuck.

WeAintFoundShit · Post by **WeAintFoundShit** » Thu Nov 17, 2011 6:49 pm

Yeah, but pushrods? Really? I mean who is he trying to impress with that technology?

Plus, I hear he's coming out with a 2cc big bore kit next spring. I'd wait for that.

(Seriously though, holy fuck that's awesome.)

guitargeek · Post by **guitargeek** » Fri Nov 18, 2011 2:43 am

<- mind blown

Post by **DerGolgo** » Fri Nov 18, 2011 4:11 am

How many cc does that have? Doesn't even look like two or so per cylinder, at the most...so it's not even suitable for a scooter.
Truly, and effort with no practical application while being beautiful and obviously well thought out at the same time.
I applaud.

Sisyphus · Post by **Sisyphus** » Fri Nov 18, 2011 4:35 am

I wouldn't be able to stop there. I'd build an RC boat for it. Better yet, I'd build three more of them and build an RC PT boat. With torpedoes. That I could launch, that would be capable of blowing up other RC boats, like those gay sailboats and stuff. Then I'd build a cruiser, and perhaps an Iowa-class battleship, and planes, and little tiny people and I would RULE THE POND.

MoraleHazard · Post by **MoraleHazard** » Fri Nov 18, 2011 6:21 am

This is probably the most awesome you tube vid I've seen in a long time. Epic Win! Actually, beyond that, a thing of beauty.

guitargeek · Post by **guitargeek** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 5:04 am

I can't stop watching it.

Bigshankhank · Post by **Bigshankhank** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 5:24 am

Yeah, so that was pretty goddammed amazing. I mean, who builds an engine without using a torque wrench? That guy is crazy.

Rabbit_Fighter · Post by **Rabbit_Fighter** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 9:24 am

much as I love it, I wouldn't bother putting it in an rc boat, as it produces the same amount of hp as a pinwheel.

yes, it is the coolest fucking pinwheel ever, but it isn't an engine.

Rabbit_Fighter · Post by **Rabbit_Fighter** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 4:28 pm

Is nobody going to challenge me on this?

Seriously, I want to believe. But unless it is the worlds quietest diesel(there is no ignition system), I don't think it is a real engine.

Bigshankhank · Post by **Bigshankhank** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 5:22 pm

Rabbit_Fighter wrote:Is nobody going to challenge me on this?

Seriously, I want to believe. But unless it is the worlds quietest diesel(there is no ignition system), I don't think it is a real engine.

Yeah, I was wodnering about the ignition thing myself. How would those tiny little spark plugs not glow red hot everytime they spark?
I think this is a motor, as in electrically powered to rotate movable parts.
In fact, fuck this guy, thinking he did something totally awesome. He's nothing but a fraud with a mini-lathe. Christ, he doesn't even have the common courtesy to put real words in his video.

Sisyphus · Post by **Sisyphus** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 5:36 pm

This is why we can't have nice things.

calamari kid · Post by **calamari kid** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 7:20 pm

Rabbit_Fighter wrote:Is nobody going to challenge me on this?

Seriously, I want to believe. But unless it is the worlds quietest diesel(there is no ignition system), I don't think it is a real engine.

Oh, crap, didn't notice you were asking a serious question. Definitely not a real engine, it runs off compressed air. It's a replica of some sort of marine engine built for a museum.

Rabbit_Fighter · Post by **Rabbit_Fighter** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 8:33 pm

calamari kid wrote:
Rabbit_Fighter wrote:Is nobody going to challenge me on this?

Seriously, I want to believe. But unless it is the worlds quietest diesel(there is no ignition system), I don't think it is a real engine.
Oh, crap, didn't notice you were asking a serious question. Definitely not a real engine, it runs off compressed air. It's a replica of some sort of marine engine built for a museum.

Not exactly a serious question. I just got disappointed, because I briefly found myself believing it was a real gas burning engine. Maybe everybody else knew it was compressed air from the start, but my brain actually skipped over a few details as he was putting the thing together and I let myself momentarily believe it was actually burning something.

Don't get me wrong, I think it is amazing workmanship and love it.

calamari kid · Post by **calamari kid** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 10:07 pm

Of course the Germans have the gas version.

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guitargeek · Post by **guitargeek** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 12:53 am

Don't feel bad, I thought Christopher Walken was running for president and that Erik Buell was starting Bomber Motorcycles.

Bigshankhank · Post by **Bigshankhank** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 4:25 am

guitargeek wrote:Don't feel bad, I thought Christopher Walken was running for president and that Erik Buell was starting Bomber Motorcycles.

Oh my fucking doG I would totally buy a motorcycle from Bomber, whether or not EB was affiliated. I even had a dog named Bomber.

Vitiare · Post by **Vitiare** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 7:54 am

DerGolgo wrote: Truly, and effort with no practical application while being beautiful and obviously well thought out at the same time.
I applaud.

Kinda like Bugatti.

Trav · Post by **Trav** » Sun Nov 27, 2011 2:09 pm

Man, I know I posted this shit somewhere, at least a year ago. Maybe I meant to...

Zer0 · Post by **Zer0** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 9:24 am

Sounds exactly like something I'd do. After putting everything all together, on precisely hour 1220, I see all the gaskets on the far corner of the workbench.

Bo_9 · Post by **Bo_9** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 11:08 am

This is the definition of obsession.
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I would not want to check the valve clearances on this thing

I would not want to check the valve clearances on this thing