"World's Smallest Four-Cylinder Engine"

[kstar]

Cool.




Most likely the world's smallest four-cylinder engine, this tiny aircraft mill is the work of miniaturist George Luhrs ( http://www.sherline.com/jmfluh01.htm ), from whose basement workshop has emerged a number of tiny functionals. Not quite new news, the four-cylinder, four cycle ignition engine won first place in the Sherline Machinist's Challenge in 2000. He designed and built it from scratch, taking more than 600 hours to complete it, before being confined to a home for the very, very skilled. More miniature engines here ( http://jalopnik.com/cars/novelties/profiles-in-gearhead-nuttiness-clen-tomlinsons-mini-triangular-marine-diesel-156968.php ) and especially here (World's Smallest Supercharged V8 Engine with video here: http://jalopnik.com/cars/novelties/worlds-smallest-supercharged-v8-engine-++-now-with-details-251109.php ).[Tech e Blog]

Source: http://jalopnik.com/cars/gadgets/worlds-smallest-fourcylinder-engine-312828.php

FYI.

Best,

Kurt

[Aerkuld]

you've been tricked. All he's done is make a giant quarter!

[kstar]

Originally Posted by Aerkuld

you've been tricked. All he's done is make a giant quarter!

LOL!

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Kurt

[GDSOB]

What kind of equipment do you use to make parts that small? It must be extremely difficult trying to fixture those parts to machine them.

[svandamme]

i prefer the tiny 1:3 scale V12 that was made by a frenchman, to run his small scale 312PB



i mean, at least you can train a pet hamster to drive it around the house
and it's a V12, and has Le Mans pedigree!!

[Mo_Gearhead]

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[sjf911]

Originally Posted by svandamme

i prefer the tiny 1:3 scale V12 that was made by a frenchman, to run his small scale 312PB



i mean, at least you can train a pet hamster to drive it around the house
and it's a V12, and has Le Mans pedigree!!

Isn't that an H-12?

[svandamme]

got me there!
forgot that Ferrari did H12's to in a long gone past

[slakjaw]

before being confined to a home for the very, very skilled

huh??

[azasadny]

He was awarded the prize back in 2001 in my town (Wyandotte, MI)! Pretty cool!

http://www.sherline.com/jmfluh01.htm

[HarryD]

Originally Posted by kstarnes

Cool.




Most likely the world's smallest four-cylinder engine, this tiny aircraft mill is the work of miniaturist George Luhrs ( http://www.sherline.com/jmfluh01.htm ), from whose basement workshop has emerged a number of tiny functionals. Not quite new news, the four-cylinder, four cycle ignition engine won first place in the Sherline Machinist's Challenge in 2000. He designed and built it from scratch, taking more than 600 hours to complete it, before being confined to a home for the very, very skilled. More miniature engines here ( http://jalopnik.com/cars/novelties/profiles-in-gearhead-nuttiness-clen-tomlinsons-mini-triangular-marine-diesel-156968.php ) and especially here (World's Smallest Supercharged V8 Engine with video here: http://jalopnik.com/cars/novelties/worlds-smallest-supercharged-v8-engine-++-now-with-details-251109.php ).[Tech e Blog]

Source: http://jalopnik.com/cars/gadgets/worlds-smallest-fourcylinder-engine-312828.php

FYI.

Best,

Kurt

Kurt, for the Supercharged V-8, here is the Web Site (http://www.weberprecision.com/) of the guy who built it. Lots of cool details.

[kstar]

Originally Posted by HarryD

Kurt, for the Supercharged V-8, here is the Web Site (http://www.weberprecision.com/) of the guy who built it. Lots of cool details.

Thanks, Harry.

That blown V8 is amazing.



WOW!

Best,

Kurt