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Old Aug 8, 2003 | 03:23 PM
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Has anybody seen these? I watched some of the videos and the mini V8's are cool. Check it out.Mini Motors
 

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Old Aug 8, 2003 | 03:44 PM
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Those are cool. A buddy of mine got a clear plastic one from Auto-sone for like $50. He put it together, ant it has a hand crank that pooerates the crank, pistons, cam, and even the valves open and close!! it also has a fan and alternator. Very useful for explaining engines to people that have no idea.
 
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Old Aug 8, 2003 | 03:51 PM
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Way Coooool, I could do amazing things with tiny engines like that...

Theo, drooling happily
 
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Old Aug 8, 2003 | 03:54 PM
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I thought you were on a diet, theo. Iron might throw off your tri-glyceride/monoglucomic levels....

(I made that up and have no idea if that is even a real word)
 
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Old Aug 8, 2003 | 04:05 PM
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Those little V8's sound so much like their bigger counterparts it's unreal.
 
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Old Aug 8, 2003 | 04:20 PM
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I bet they're expensive. I'd love to see one of those V-8's in my lawnmower. I wonder if he'll come out with an I-6 just for lawnmowers.......???
 
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Old Aug 8, 2003 | 05:00 PM
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I havent seen those, but I have seen the clear plastic ones.
I have one and I only paid 12 bucks for it at a hobby store.
Sorry to hear your friend paid 50 for it
 
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Old Aug 8, 2003 | 05:24 PM
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I need some of them thangs lol..
 
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Old Aug 8, 2003 | 05:36 PM
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holy crap that's the coolest thing I've ever seen.... shoot, probably has more power than the 302 in my bronc..... lol
 
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Old Aug 8, 2003 | 05:48 PM
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I'd like to see how much power them things make.
 
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Old Aug 8, 2003 | 07:31 PM
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I jsut sent the guy an email. tryin to get power numbers and a price. I also have one of the clear plastic ones, need to make another one, i put the thing together in about 2 hours, rather shoddy job...was TOO sleepy...(it was about 3 or 4 in the morning)
 
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Old Aug 8, 2003 | 08:21 PM
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I tell ya what - that guys page sure uses some intrigueing HTML extensions....

Have to check them out later.
 
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Old Aug 8, 2003 | 08:32 PM
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We have some irrigation pumps that take about 70 HP to turn. I wonder if one of those little things wouold save us from having to run two generators to feed an Electric motor, which is very old.
 
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Old Aug 8, 2003 | 08:59 PM
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http://www.conleyprecision.com/

These Conley engines in the link above have been around alot longer and run on nitromethane. They are glow plug type 2 strokes. I have personally seen a 5 ft dragster go 130 mph in at the Houston drag strip. I'll bet those mini engines in the first post could do much better since they can be supercharged!
 
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Old Aug 8, 2003 | 08:59 PM
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I am getting rid of that Kohler on my lawn mower and put in one of those! I love the exhaust on those things, talk about bark!
Hopefully, these can replace the 4-bangers in Honda's!
 
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