Soldato
Christ, I bet that thing smells divine 
Excuse me while i crack one off ...
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heh, she's just got home from work and seen the photos, she was, umm, impressed, yes that's the word impressed.
That or "foaming"
That or "foaming"
Phnom_Penh said:
Most diesel engines will run on vegetable oil as long as it's reasonably clean (i.e. filtered). I know a couple of guys who run their cars on used oil from the chippy.
Stan
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AthlonTom said:
ROLF LOL
Good old 24hour bauer
gord said:
qui?
1st engine was the SR1 (green) called Dave (Lister)
2nd engine is a CS 6/1 (red) called Red (my imagination knows no start)
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SB118 said:qui?
1st engine was the SR1 (green) called Dave (Lister)
2nd engine is a CS 6/1 (red) called Red (my imagination knows no start)
If you get another red one can you call it dwarf?
KaHn
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You seem to be very excited about it all, so good for you, but this all raises a 
from me. Whats the point in it.
from me. Whats the point in it.
Soldato
I saw a Lister engine lying under a load of tat in a scrap yard the other day, are they worth much?
Man of Honour
i had a cheeseplant called dave.
just though you might want to know...
just though you might want to know...
Soldato
giggles at thread title.
Locrian said:You seem to be very excited about it all, so good for you, but this all raises a
It'll run on used (and filtered!) vegetable or motor oil. And when coupled to an alternator will produce enough electricity to run my flat during the day. For nothing. And provide hotwater for a basic heating system. For nothing.
neil-ste said:
Depending on the condition, lots. If it was in a scrap yard it must have been a total write off, scrap dealers aren't daft, they know what quality old iron can be sold for, if they were scraping it and not selling it, it's a dead'un.
I picked up this pile of bits for a fart over 100 quid. I missed out on a fully operational (and smaller) engine the week before on eBay, it sold for just under 400 pounds.
People often equate old for worn out. With modern production methods, that is true, but these things were built in a time when build quality meant more than "no sharp edges", my latest addition must be at least 30 years old, it wouldn't surprise me if that was nearer to 40-45 tbh. Over engineered, heavy duty and slow, all things that give an engine an incredibly long working life.
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It was in a pretty bad way, as though it had been stood a while.
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SB118 said:
Ooh, very sustainable.
/nods head approvingly.
Best of luck with it.
Soldato
Won't the neighbours be a little annoyed at the new noise?SB118 said:
Soldato
A lister engine (or its derivatives) can be made to be EXTREMELY quiet with very llittle effort.
Being that (I believe) thier redline RPM spots out at about 500-1000, they really don't make that much noise to begin with, but a normal car silencer with a baffled tip and all you'll hear is the "pfft, pfft, pfft" of the air escaping, kinda' sounding like a small steam engine.
The noisiest part of it at that point will be if the conn-rod bearing isn't completely up to snuff, you'll hear a slight "clanking" at about 250Hz.....
Rig up a Hugh Piggot style axial flux PMG to it, and you'll have enough power to run a good sized two bedroom house, including entertainment and computers.
Being that (I believe) thier redline RPM spots out at about 500-1000, they really don't make that much noise to begin with, but a normal car silencer with a baffled tip and all you'll hear is the "pfft, pfft, pfft" of the air escaping, kinda' sounding like a small steam engine.
The noisiest part of it at that point will be if the conn-rod bearing isn't completely up to snuff, you'll hear a slight "clanking" at about 250Hz.....
Rig up a Hugh Piggot style axial flux PMG to it, and you'll have enough power to run a good sized two bedroom house, including entertainment and computers.