Amazing mini V12 car engine

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By Gareth Branwyn
Posted 2008/10/07 @ 11:52 am
Category Craft, Energy, Fun & Games

Whoa. A miniature V12 engine for BIG R/C vehicles. The home-made motor is a valve-operated 12 cylinder 4 stroke engine with two low operated camshafts with oil lubrication and air cooling. The builder is hoping to eventually offer the engine as a kit.

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6 Responses to Amazing mini V12 car engine

yh on October 7th, 2008 at 1:27 pm said:

HOLY CRAP THATS AWESOME! Thats how a model car should sound. I wonder what kind of power a mini V12 would put down? Looks like you could use one of these for a 1/5 or 1/6 scale model.

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Gareth Branwyn on October 7th, 2008 at 1:35 pm said:

Here are some of the stats from deeper in the site (In German and English):

Ventilgesteuerter 12-Zylinder-4-Takt-V-Motor mit zwei unten liegenden Nockenwellen, Gemischschmierung und LuftkÃ¼hlung.

Valve-operated 12 cylinder 4 Stroke Engine with two low operated camshaft with petrolmixture lubrication and Aircooling.

Bohrung 21 mm ( inside diameter)
Hub 21 mm (stroke)
Hubraum 87 cmÂ³ (engine displacement )

The torque and power….. more than 5 Newton meter (Nm).

Hubraum von 7,25 cmÂ³ pro Zylinder.
( cylinder capacity)
VerdichtungsverhÃ¤ltnis 1:10 (compression)
Gewicht ca 4800 g (weight)
Drehzahl von 950 – 5000 1/min (revolutions per minute r.p.m.)
PropellergrÃ¶ÃŸe von 20×10″ bis ca. 24×10″(air-screw dimension)
LÃ¤nge,Breite, HÃ¶he 350mm—160mm—140mm(length, with and height)
Auslass Ã¶ffnet ca 30 grad KW vor UT (discharge unit)(length, with and height)
Auslass schlieÃŸt ca 10 grad KW nach OT(outlet 10 degrees before top dead center = ot)
Einlass Ã¶ffnet ca 10 grad KW vor OT (inlet 10 degrees before top dead center = ot)
Einlass schlieÃŸt ca 30 grad KW nach UT VentielÃ¼berschneidung ca so grad KW

Leistung ca 6-8 PS (Horsepower 6-8HP)

Kerze Viertakt Kerze von Graupner (glowplaqe 4 stroke GRAUPNER)

Treibstoff Methanol, mit 5-10 % Nitromethan und mindestens 10% synthetischem Hochleistungsschmierstoff

(fuel= Methanol,5-10 % Nitromethan and minimum 10% syntetic hi-perfomance-lubrication)
The estimated consumption is about 100 milliliter per 10 minits.

Nockenwellen SchmierÃ¶l normales MotorenÃ¶l zum Beispiel 15 W 40 (camshaft lubrication use ordinary egine oil)
FÃ¼r hÃ¶chste Laufsicherheit ist ein GlÃ¼hautomat zu empfehlen.

for hi perfomace use a glowautomat

A Engine is like a …

a piece of art,

you Know what i mean.

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maushammer on October 7th, 2008 at 1:54 pm said:

I would learn to skateboard if I could get this engine installed in one!!

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dr_gonzo on October 7th, 2008 at 11:57 pm said:

it’s a frenchmen that made a miniature,you guessed it , Ferrari BB512

with a miniature V12, gearbox, pedals, gauges,
all made, exactly like the big one, and all components work

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Luizzle on October 8th, 2008 at 6:37 am said:

There’s no way that thing makes 6HP

NO WAY!

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Bert on October 8th, 2008 at 11:25 pm said:

Made in Germany?
The guy in the movie talks Flemmish!

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