I thought about putting this into the Lounge, but I figure some might see the technical coolness...

1/6 of a Chevy 327

http://www.moyermade.com/chevyV8.html

 

That guy is one good machinest.

 

That's really cool. That guy had alot of time on his hands, it took him 7 years from the time he started it to get it to run.

 

Thats amazing. I wonder how high it can rev? Better yet, how much hp its putting out lol.

 

Truly amazing workmanship.

 

That is awesome. i want one when it's done for a remote control car. that would be sweet.

 

It is done.

 

A friend of my dad's and actually a far off relation can build amazing stuff like that. Here is a link to an old story about him.
http://www.farmcollector.com/article...999-02-01.html

He built those minature tractors 100% correct and did everything himself. He made the gauges, cast the mini spark plugs it was nuts. I remember I went over there and he had what would of been the worlds smallest engine. It ran on a little bottle of propane. He built the worlds smallest functional tractor but spilt coffee on it and ruined it as it was the equivalent of a flood vehicile. I remember he said one of the greatest challeges was not losing the parts. He'd spend hours and hours machining a mini part then drop it on the shop floor only to never find it again.
His grandson is a friend of mine and he has some old guns that his grandpa had built one was a 15 shot .22 revolver. Its been a few years since I have been over to Denny's but last I knew he was building another mini tractor, and was showing me the mini distributor cap he had cast for it, and the mini oilers he had built for it. Simply amazing. The crazy thing is he never even finished school.

 

Ya but it would be nice if they sold a kit you could do yourself. That thing is sweet.

 

x2.

 

Wow! That is awesome. I wish they would make that into a kit so I could build one too.

 

They have 1/6scale kits, but nothing as accurate or functional as this!

Reminds me of trophy for NASCAR race, where it was a v8 that had everything there, I think it might have been 1/6 as well. also had some see through bits to see like the timing chain.