Posted on 10/03/2012 7:19:57 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
Unless you're into model cars (like, really into them) you may not have heard of Conley Precision Engines. That's a shame.
Why? Because they build the Stinger 609, the world's smallest supercharged four-stroke V-8 engine, which has finally entered production.
At just 6.09 cubic inches (hence the name), or nearly 100 cc, it's a very small displacement V-8. Despite the small displacement, the engine revs to 10,000 rpm and produces 9 horsepower.
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The guy in the video specifically said it is not supercharged.
Still more power than a Prius.
Duh. . .clicked on this post encouraged with the thought that I wouldn’t have to try to get my 92 year old mother to drink as much V8 energy drink as I do. ;)
I am hoping someone else out there thought the drink, too.
“Despite the small displacement, the engine revs to 10,000 rpm and produces 9 horsepower.”
Wow, twice the power of the Cheby Dolt.
Super-energized V8 juice would be invigorating.
That would make one hell of a skateboard!
I see a supercharger on the pic........
Okay what’s the mpg?...............
There is a supercharged version also.
I can't watch the video at the moment, but that really looks like a gear-driven supercharger on the top of the engine, under the carburetor.
Did he explain what it was?
Might throw the balance off a little bit on a weedeater and a chainsaw.
I got it, garbage disposal.
The one in the video #1 is obviously not supercharged. It’s just carbs on a intake.
Video #2 shows a supercharged one. You can tell when he revs it, it really is a roots on top. Notice how much quicker it accelerates when he blips the throttle, than the carb’d version in video #1. You can also hear the blower wine, ever so slightly.
Zero. You pour gas into it, it revs and sits there not moving. Kind of like a Saturn I had with a bad transmission.
I seem to remember that my 80cc motocross bike (2 stroke) produced 19 hp.
Still, this is a very compact V8, and very cool.
That’s like, 90hp/L!! :)
I want one, even though I’ve never paid that much for an entire car.
The gas engine in the Prius produces 98 horsepower.
The gas engine in the Cheby Dolt produces 80 horsepower.
Wow, a tiny dry-sump oiling system. I’ll have to read through the build log, thanks for posting this. I love these tiny scale engines - I recall seeing one that was a shrunken Rolls-Royce Merlin, about a foot long.
14 in. long and 9 HP. So what’s the application? Lawn mowers? New engines for the Autopia at Disneyland?
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