9 Cylinder Engine

[Eug]

http://www.atomracing.se/6M.html

Max power (est.): 526 hp@ 10700 rpm

Max torque (est.): 380 Nm ( 280 lbs-ft)@ 7200 rpm

[lingeringsoul]

HAHAHAHA....looks pretty gay.....

[GMan]

uumm....no thanks

[s13onevia]

wouldnt mind the 1000hp tri turbo opition... this engine would prob fit great in a mid or rear engined car

[dontfeelcold]

A bit odd looking, but amount of machine time that would go into that is impressive. Berrilium-copper valve seats, thats an interesting choice of material.

If it took 13months to develop from scratch, it shows you how quickly a car manufacturer could churn an engine out with all the experience they have.

[PHATR32]

ye but how reliable is it?

[scandyflick]

wow thats queer looking.

[32vspecII]

i like it

nice exhaust manifold too

[kralster]

Just seems pointless to me, unless you are looking at it from a concept point of view.

It would need lots of counter balances by the look of it and they would just add weight and suck power.

Whats wrong with just making a v8 or v10?

[Savage Bliss]

i like it

nice exhaust manifold too

Same here... can't see much wrong with it!

[Cubes]

Thesis...

Would have been quite a fun project to work on.

Now bolt it in to a gocart and hope a rod doesn't spit out the side of the block and straight through the base of your skull. :S

[VB-]

i do like the idea of the engine, its compact, and would fit small cars nicely (ones with a short front end) but dont know about the balancing (i'm sure it could be worked out) and the manifolding. the exhaust/intake on that just seems wierd to me.... and exhaust manifold running up over the engine doesnt excite me....

that said, would be good to see one in an MX5 lol

whose gonne be first to make an X engine?

edit - forget the X, i actualyl thought about it and its not practical. lubing it would be a b1tch

Edited January 25, 2007 by VB-

[Yo-Yo]

Wow...

I'm gonna bolt that into the skyline,

So when I fly past a v8 bogan cruising in a 60 zone I can tell THEM that they're missing a cylinder

[Cubes]

Such a pitty he hasn't hosed a wav file of it in action.

Would be a very interesting note.

[VB-]

it makes peak power at 10700 rpm, and peak torque at 7200, this would be a dog on the street... well thats my guess without actuall seing a dyno graph

[mid life crisis]

i like when people think out of the square good luck to the bloke who had it built i would love to see it in action .it is easier to knock someone than to have a go at it yaself ..i love it for all you younger kiddies you should have heard the fuss whn mazda made to 10a in the r100 or when suzuki made a rotery bike .for all we know this prototype maybe the next gen donks in our cars

[PHATR32]

dont old planes have pistons all round?

i do like the idea of the engine, its compact, and would fit small cars nicely (ones with a short front end) but dont know about the balancing (i'm sure it could be worked out) and the manifolding. the exhaust/intake on that just seems wierd to me.... and exhaust manifold running up over the engine doesnt excite me....

that said, would be good to see one in an MX5 lol

whose gonne be first to make an X engine?

edit - forget the X, i actualyl thought about it and its not practical. lubing it would be a b1tch

[Adriano]

it makes peak power at 10700 rpm, and peak torque at 7200, this would be a dog on the street... well thats my guess without actuall seing a dyno graph

Actually, i think quite the opposite, the further apart the peak torque is to the peak power, the more tractable it is, imagine it would probably pull quite well from 4500-10500, thats a nice wide torque band.

[bubba]

dont old planes have pistons all round?

Yes but those radial engines are actually anchored to the firewall and the whole piston assemblies spin with the prop.. not very practical in a car

[dontfeelcold]

edit - forget the X, i actualyl thought about it and its not practical. lubing it would be a b1tch

I think he was wondering how you oiled a piston that was upside down.

Edited January 26, 2007 by dontfeelcold