Lincoln V12 with ARDUN heads.

[misterNNL]

Is the resin engine you bought made by The Parts Box in Australia?

[landman]

27 minutes ago, misterNNL said:

Is the resin engine you bought made by The Parts Box in Australia?

Tom, if you are referring to this one, it is 3D printed by Ron Olsen on Shapeways (3D Model Specialties)

[Big John]

Howdy  Landman, Comp1839,  The plug locations are pretty much how I figured they would be too.  Yeah I love the modern take you did on the Beast Comp1839 not sure I've seen it in this finished sate. beautiful machine work!!!

I've scaled way back on production because I like working out the prototypes too much and have to many projects on the bench already however now that we are into extended 'retirement' I am feeling the need to fire back up the resin works and sell a few more kits.  I did finally get the Potvin project fleshed out.

 

Edited January 15, 2021 by Big John

[landman]

This is what I ended up with.

[Vettegasser]

On 10/19/2020 at 12:54 PM, comp1839 said:

love this thing dude. i did this engine a while back in a more modern configuration for a salt flat car. one day i'll get  to finish it. LOL.

This thing is awesome

[comp1839]

thank you.

[landman]

On 1/15/2021 at 3:16 PM, Big John said:

Howdy  Landman, Comp1839,  The plug locations are pretty much how I figured they would be too.  Yeah I love the modern take you did on the Beast Comp1839 not sure I've seen it in this finished sate. beautiful machine work!!!

I've scaled way back on production because I like working out the prototypes too much and have to many projects on the bench already however now that we are into extended 'retirement' I am feeling the need to fire back up the resin works and sell a few more kits.  I did finally get the Potvin project fleshed out.

 

 

 

Are those 1/8 John?

[comp1839]

we also did a "one off" liberty 5 spd. trans. and shifter in 1/8 scale to back the monster up.

 

[NOBLNG]

These are kinda nice lookin.

[Big John]

On 1/17/2021 at 4:18 AM, landman said:

Are those 1/8 John?

Yes 1/8.  I got the bug when I had the Monogram flathead and did an Ardun set for them and read some post on another forum about a Potvin V12 that's when I developed the Lincolnstein project to make the big 12.

[Big John]

On 1/15/2021 at 1:16 PM, landman said:

This is what I ended up with.

But we digress from landman's wonderful 1/24 build.  Just a note on the distributor, I liken it to a cross between Darth Vader' helmet and Princess Leia's buns.

Edited January 18, 2021 by Big John

[Big John]

On 1/17/2021 at 4:36 AM, comp1839 said:

we also did a "one off" liberty 5 spd. trans. and shifter in 1/8 scale to back the monster up.

 

Awesome!

[misterNNL]

Somehow I can see the crank driven supercharged version in the back of a belly tanker on it's way to the salt flats.

[Big John]

I have been toying with a similar concept but a streamliner.

[Bainford]

2 hours ago, Big John said:

I have been toying with a similar concept but a streamliner.

Oh yeah! I like that. 

[foghorn62]

On 10/17/2020 at 10:44 AM, Ray Bell said:

You realise it would never work?

There was a reason for the spacing of the spark plugs on the V8, simply following the same lines with the V12 would mean that you have two plugs in one hole. Or something.

Look at the way four cylinder engines get converted to sixes, the L16 Nissan being a good example. When it was changed to a six for the bigger sedans and the 240Z the spacing of ports was altered accordingly. Things like this affect spacing of spark plugs, so you have to look to the design to see what that spacing will be.

A couple of designs, first the Nissan:

 

Thought you folks might be interested in this one.

TS

[misterNNL]

On 1/17/2021 at 9:33 AM, NOBLNG said:

These are kinda nice lookin.

Very impressive!

[Big John]

On 1/5/2021 at 11:31 AM, comp1839 said:

just eyeballin' it. i think you could get pretty close.  give me some real  dimensions and i'll make an accurate representation.

This would be the cleanest location for the plugs.  The center spacing woud match the stock Arduns

[Big John]

Lincolnstein heads, this is based on prints shown in Rodder's Journal. I admit that I fudged the location on my  actual models just a tad in the name of symmetry.

Edited March 26, 2021 by Big John

[Big John]

22 hours ago, foghorn62 said:

Thought you folks might be interested in this one.

TS

Very Nice!  Love the brass work.

[comp1839]

i would say my "edumacated" guess, was pretty close.

 

[Big John]

No. 2 and 4 plugs could go either way since we are making up our own design.  Once I had a message from someone who was actually working on a set of hemi (Ardun?) heads for the 1:1 Lincoln V12.  He was busy flow testing combustion chamber and porting combinations.  I regret I lost his e-mail contact info so I don't know if he ever finished the project.  I believe he intended to run it a Bonneville.

[landman]

The Ron Olsen version has been adjusted to this configuration.

[comp1839]

13 hours ago, Big John said:

No. 2 and 4 plugs could go either way since we are making up our own design.  Once I had a message from someone who was actually working on a set of hemi (Ardun?) heads for the 1:1 Lincoln V12.  He was busy flow testing combustion chamber and porting combinations.  I regret I lost his e-mail contact info so I don't know if he ever finished the project.  I believe he intended to run it a Bonneville.

i realize that John.  the plugs could go on either side of any of those combustion chambers or put dual plugs in each combustion chamber.  the reference was to the fact that it was indicated that your head / spark plug spacing didn't work with that v-12 block when in fact it does. that is what i was pointing out. 

[Big John]

Dual plugs would certainly help the combustion process.  From what I see on the stock Ardun heads they would have had a problem with the spark plug not being far enough into the chamber so ignition would be marginal.  I thought about slant plugs to get the tip down into the chamber but that raises other issues.