Zippi Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 This is my second engine from Iceman Collections and IMO the quality is outstanding. Very little cleanup and smooth resin parts. The top two pics are of the BAE Top Fuel engine and the last two pics are of the Blown Supercharged Hemi engine. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrb124@sbcglobal.net Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 Looks like a real race car engine. Exceptional! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Kren Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 Just finished this one great product all the way!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Force Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 (edited) I'm sorry but the mechanic side of me can't let this go. The BAE engine looks weird because of the spark plug location and the strange shape of the valve covers. Real BAE engines are based on the 426 Hemi and the valve covers looks like this, they have the spark plug location in the same place as on the original 426 Hemi covers...pretty much in the middle and not near the top like they are on a Ford 427 SOHC. The blown Hemi is also a bit strange, the blower drive belt goes from the water pump and has no connection with the crank shaft below wich only has the harmonic damper on it, this setup will not work as you have no drive for either the water pump or the blower, because the crank should have pulleys there to drive them both as it's the only thing that can do that. Here is how it should look like, the blower drive goes from the crank up to the blower and an idler wheel wich is there for the tension of the belt, the water pump is not a part of the blower drive and has a separate V-belt to drive it and the pulley for that sits behind the blower drive pulley on the crank. Edited September 20, 2023 by Force Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 The blower belt also seems very anemic (narrow). But what the heck - these are just models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippi Posted September 21, 2023 Author Share Posted September 21, 2023 On 9/19/2023 at 10:15 PM, rrb124@sbcglobal.net said: Looks like a real race car engine. Exceptional! Thanks Robert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippi Posted September 21, 2023 Author Share Posted September 21, 2023 23 hours ago, Tom Kren said: Just finished this one great product all the way!!! Nice looking. Yup, Pretty good stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippi Posted September 21, 2023 Author Share Posted September 21, 2023 23 hours ago, Force said: I'm sorry but the mechanic side of me can't let this go. The BAE engine looks weird because of the spark plug location and the strange shape of the valve covers. Real BAE engines are based on the 426 Hemi and the valve covers looks like this, they have the spark plug location in the same place as on the original 426 Hemi covers...pretty much in the middle and not near the top like they are on a Ford 427 SOHC. The blown Hemi is also a bit strange, the blower drive belt goes from the water pump and has no connection with the crank shaft below wich only has the harmonic damper on it, this setup will not work as you have no drive for either the water pump or the blower, because the crank should have pulleys there to drive them both as it's the only thing that can do that. Here is how it should look like, the blower drive goes from the crank up to the blower and an idler wheel wich is there for the tension of the belt, the water pump is not a part of the blower drive and has a separate V-belt to drive it and the pulley for that sits behind the blower drive pulley on the crank. I hear ya man. Good quality parts even if it isn't a perfect match to the 1:1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippi Posted September 21, 2023 Author Share Posted September 21, 2023 21 hours ago, peteski said: The blower belt also seems very anemic (narrow). But what the heck - these are just models. Yup. It's what comes with the engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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