Honda XR600 9 Cylinder Radial Engine

[DHC6twinotter]

Hey all,

I have a bit of an infatuation with radial engines, and while doing research on radial engines used in some WWII tanks, I ran across this:

http://thekneeslider.com/images/2010/04/xr600-radial-gears.jpg

http://thekneeslider.com/images/2010/04/xr600-radial-gears-2.jpg

It's an 8 liter 9 cylinder engine built using Honda XR600 top ends, custom crank case, custom crank and rods, GM comodore V6 pistons, Nissan starter, Chevy 5.7 throttle body, etc etc.

Full story:
Part 1: (http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2008/05/23/honda-xr600-9-cylinder-radial-engine/)
Part 2: (http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2009/03/16/honda-xr600-9-cylinder-radial-engine-update/)
Part 3: (http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2010/04/22/honda-xr600-9-cylinder-radial-engine-progress-continues/)

Pretty cool I thought. :drool:

[Seanz0rz]

wonder if that would fit in my VW?

thats fricken cool!!!!!!! i think im having a 'crisis'

[DHC6twinotter]

wonder if that would fit in my VW?

thats fricken cool!!!!!!! i think im having a 'crisis'


Would be awesome in a VW! This engine is probably fairly light since it's all aluminum. I would love to build my own.

I would like to build a rat rod with a radial engine. Maybe use a Continental (Wright Whirlwind) R975 9 cylinder radial from a Sherman Tank.

[Crinale]

just read through all 3 pages... that is amazing! i want to hear a video of that thing starting up :drool:

[corax]

Wow, that's cool - I like when someone uses a mish-mash of engine parts to build one king-hell-freak of a creation (like using 2 'Busa blocks to build a V8).

While these aren't home built engines, I thought you might like:
http://thekneeslider.com/images/radialmotorcycle.jpg
http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2006/05/10/radial-engine-powered-motorcycle/

http://thekneeslider.com/images/radialmotorcycle1a.jpg
http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2006/08/03/radial-engine-motorcycle-at-oshkosh/