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Land of Oz
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June 2004
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Re: Possible stupid question regarding valves.
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Fri, 08 October 2004 12:13
 
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Hi,
Bristol/Hawker-Siddely, in WW2, made a sleeve valve engine. It was a sleeve that was on the outside of the cylinder and it rotated back and forth, with ports in the sleeve to match up with the intake and exhaust pipes.
It was very efficient, reliable and very quiet. However, it was used only on a few engine designs, but their biggest and last engine to use it generated 3,500bhp with a 45litre capacity and 18 cylinders. It generated over 4,000bhp with water-menthanol injection.
There was no attempt to reduce this engine to something that could fit into a normal car, and these engines faded into history.
seeyuzz
river
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oldcorollas | Fri, 08 October 2004 03:11 |
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Ben Wilson | Fri, 08 October 2004 03:24 |
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Henn | Fri, 08 October 2004 03:59 |
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spirokeet | Fri, 08 October 2004 05:10 |
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river | Fri, 08 October 2004 12:13 |
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mrshin | Fri, 08 October 2004 13:03 |
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spirokeet | Fri, 08 October 2004 15:37 |
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510rob | Fri, 08 October 2004 17:41 |
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