railfancwb Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 11 hours ago, Eric said: What type of engine is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borg warner Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 4 hours ago, railfancwb said: What type of engine is that? Radial aircraft engine. 2-stroke maybe? Yes. I guesed right. That is a Monaco Trossi 1935 Grand Prix Racer. It had an air cooled, 16-cylinder, two-stroke radial engine was mounted at the very front of the car. With a 65 mm (2.56 in) bore and 75 mm (2.96 in) stroke, the engine displaced 3,982 cc (243 cu in). The cylinders were arranged in two rows of eight with each front row cylinder and rear row cylinder paired together. While having two cylinders and two pistons, each cylinder pair had a common combustion chamber and spark plug. The eight two-cylinder pairs were positioned around the crankcase. Being a two-stroke engine, there were no intake or exhaust valves. The inlet ports were in the rear cylinders and exhaust ports were in the front cylinders. The crankshaft was a three-piece design and the crankcase was made of duralumin. For both cylinder rows, the connecting rods were of the normal radial engine type with one master rod connected to the crankshaft and the seven articulating rods connected to the master rod. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted July 11, 2020 Author Administrators Share Posted July 11, 2020 6 hours ago, railfancwb said: What type of engine is that? The car is a 1935 Trossi-Monaco race car, built by Carlo Felice Trossi. The engine is apparently a 16 cylinder, two-stroke, two row radial engine. The car has been referred to as a 'spectacular failure'. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Felice_Trossi 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted July 12, 2020 Author Administrators Share Posted July 12, 2020 I LOVE wagons like this. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 10 minutes ago, Eric said: I LOVE wagons like this. That paint's almost as thick as what passes for sheet metal nowdays. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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janice6 Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 19 minutes ago, pipedreams said: Story was that back then, the DeSoto had the fancy stuff first, then if it panned out, the fancy stuff went to Chrysler Products. Our 46 Chrysler had Fluid Drive, It was like an automatic in each pair of gears. You started in the lowest gear and let up to shift it to the next gear without using a clutch. The clutch was there if you preferred to use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipedreams Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 43 minutes ago, janice6 said: Story was that back then, the DeSoto had the fancy stuff first, then if it panned out, the fancy stuff went to Chrysler Products. Our 46 Chrysler had Fluid Drive, It was like an automatic in each pair of gears. You started in the lowest gear and let up to shift it to the next gear without using a clutch. The clutch was there if you preferred to use it. I had a DeSoto about 1958, don't remember much about it other than it was two tone and built like a tank. That was my first car, it was several years old when I got. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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