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Thank you for your answers. I will look for the mentioned thread. The reason is looking for an easy find raw material here, in Romania. Mihai

Hi gg89220. I very much appreciate your project. I think you are only at the middle of it. There's no doubt that an IC linked with a compressor will work, especially if mechanical chain is reduced to a minimum. Please go further! I know you want to prove yourself something and I'm preety sure we...

Thank you for your warm welcome! I think everybody needs support -technical and not only - and beginners are the the first in need. Mihai

Thank you for your answer, UpshurEngineWorks - rocketr.net looks very appealing.

Why ductile cast iron is not an acceptable alternative for cylinder liner/ piston rings? I know the the grey iron has favourable tribological properties but steel is also used for liners/rings. From my experience ductile iron is in the middle concerning machinability and wear behaviour. It also...

Thank you, the same to you!

Hi, I am looking for plans/ideea for my first builds. My targets for the moment are rather utilitary engines -though I'm not intending yet to use them in any project. They should be small capacity 4 stroke singles - side valves/ OHV and OHC, also have in mind a boxer twin of same type and maybe...

Hi, I am from Deva, Hunedoara county, Romania. I have turned to pieces few real size car engines and brought them back to new life. I've read some old-style books about internal combustion engines; clasification, basic thermodynamics and mechanics, design, machining techniques, development...