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Russell Sutton’s 14 Cylinder Yamaha XV Radial Engine Meets the Neighbors

By Paul Crowe

Russell Sutton's home built Yamaha radial engine

New visitors stopping by The Kneeslider recently may not have seen Russell Sutton's radial engine project before. He's been working on it in his shed for about 4 years now since we first wrote about it and it's coming together quite nicely. Just think, a twin row, 14 cylinder radial engine utilizing 14 cylinders and heads from a Yamaha Warrior XV 1700, fitted to a crankcase and … [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...]

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