Opposed Piston Opposed Cylinder Engine

[tomtoc]

video and article here: http://engineeringtv.com/blogs/etv/archive/2008/07/01/opposed-piston-opposed-cylinder-engine.aspx

Analyzing the two stroke scavenging, the side-injection combustion, and the structure of the key components shows the potential of the OPOC concept. It is predicted for the 465 kW (650 hp) OPOC truck engine

 

[Gunner]

HOLY CRAP! THEY DISCOVERED THE VOLKSWAGEN ENGINE!

Acutally it's a pretty clever idea. The only weak link that I could see is the outside connecting rods........they don't look as stout as the interal ones.

Gunner

 

[A_G]

when the bearings where on the journals. Bam pistons are going to hit and its going to get bad, i dont think there will be a rebuild in that case.



Wheres the sparkplug at or are they running diesel.

just because of gravity you think the rings would wear on the lower side more than the upper?


interesting to see a running prototype.