Ok, here's a fuller report since last night. I had set up next to Ron and across the isle was this 426 hemi.
I must admit that it really made an impressive sound. He had an RC midget car driven by a Sealion engine.
This one he started by putting it in gear and spinning the back tire. I was told (If I recall properly) the midget spins at 11000+ rpm and the Hemi 8700ish rpm.The next couple were down the table from me.
On the other side of Ron were these engines
I'd like to add the following note to the following engine. Although it might look like a take off of the Henry Ford motor, it was an exercise to show that an engine could be made with simple hand tools and a drill press. It was a two stroke water cooled, that is a piece soldered together and slid onto the cylinder. The piston is made of JB Weld packed into an oiled copper tube the same size as the cylinder. I asked him how fast it was running and he stuck a digital tach on it 2800rpm, I was quite impressed. The crank was made of a pair of studs clamping onto the shaft and extending out the other side for the counter weight, I can only assume he added nuts onto it until he achieved some sort of balance. the only part turned in a lathe was the flywheel.
Across the isle next to the hemi was these ones.
and then there was this intriguing piston machining fixture he made
Well that's all for now or else I'll have a novel here. All these engines were within 50' of me.
Art
PS. I once again neglected to take any photos of my self or engines
