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Neander Turbo Diesel Finds a Home on the Water as the Dtorque 111 Outboard

By Paul Crowe

Dtorque 111 turbo diesel outboard

Way back in 2006 and 2007 we wrote about the Neander turbo diesel engine and the motorcycle built around it. The engine's design was unique due to its counter rotating crankshafts with a pair of connecting rods, one from each crank joining together to drive a single piston. It was a great way to eliminate the vibration normally associated with diesels and it looked like a fine … [Read more...]

Design and Build a Two Stroke Engine with No Machine Shop?

By Paul Crowe

2 stroke home build partial assembly

If you're one of those people that loves to learn, you'll simply learn, all the time at every opportunity. If you keep learning long enough, sooner or later your mind will begin to overflow into the real world. That pretty much describes J. Joachim Hall. He's a self taught and home schooled builder and college student. He's quite a maker who loves everything mechanical, … [Read more...]

Russell Sutton’s 14 Cylinder XV Radial Engine Project Moving Forward Nicely

By Paul Crowe

Russell Sutton's twin row 14 cylinder radial engine based on cylinders from a Yamaha XV

While I took some time away, it was obvious a lot of work was still going on elsewhere and, case in point, is our friend, Russell Sutton. His 14 cylinder Yamaha XV radial engine project is moving right along due to his dogged persistence and commitment to making it happen. When you look at the engine, you'll see he's managed to fit exhaust manifolds from each of the 14 … [Read more...]

Russell Sutton’s 14 Cylinder Radial Engine Gets a Propeller

By Paul Crowe

Russel Sutton's radial get a 3 blade prop

Work is progressing nicely on Russell Sutton's 14 cylinder radial engine, but while he was out in the shop, he thought he would mount the 3 blade prop he intends to use and took this photo. I was going to say it looks pretty sweet, but that's not the right word, maybe something along the lines of mean and nasty. For those of you who were looking at the engine before with … [Read more...]

Exclusive First Look at Yamaha Based 14 Cylinder Radial Engine Project

By Paul Crowe

Russell Sutton's 14 cylinder radial engine

Mention radial engines around The Kneeslider and the first name that comes to mind is Russell Sutton. As many of you already know, he's the engine builder from down under who built an amazing 9 cylinder radial engine using the cylinders from a Honda XR600. As we noted several years ago, as he was wrapping up that project, he had already started on his next build, an even more … [Read more...]

Official Rollout of the Milwaukee Eight Engine From Harley Davidson for 2017

By Paul Crowe

All new Harley Davidson Milwaukee Eight V-Twin engine

It's official, Harley Davidson has introduced their next big twin engine family, the Milwaukee Eight. It comes in two displacements, 107 and 114 cubic inches with either oil cooled or liquid cooled heads, depending on the model and each head runs dual spark plugs. It has a single chain driven cam and valve lash is set at the factory for life. Interesting. The engine weighs the … [Read more...]

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