Flat plane, right?

Did it ever start

Timing off a bit…..maybe.I would like to hear it run.

There's another engine running in the background .. so you can't really hear THIS engine. FAIL

Close but No Wee-Oh!

Magic to see the valves opperated , this 200 BHP engine must produce some serious torque when you concidder the low rpm of about 1500 ! Most modernday cars still don't produce 200 BHP at 6000 rpm ........ Just smashing !

Thumbs up, it did run!😜

Great!... 218 🐄🦉🏴‍☠✝

Great!... 176 🐄🦉🏴‍☠✝

That'd make me late for work.

Is it a flatplane?

Sound like they still be used in American cars

What a monster.

Love to hear it running on all 8 cylinders. 3rd exhaust pipe back was not getting hot at all.

The cylinders have a meeting before deciding to run. Then they have another meeting on which one of them will start firing first, & second, & so on.

Tune it up and I bet it would come out of the hole like a bat out of hell!!!!

Ole grandaddy knew how mean ass ole engine!!!!!

Dang, wouldn't want to be stalled out during rush hour traffic

Damn-WHATTA CAM!!!

Relative to the SU carbs and their size one has to remember such an engine revved slowly by today’s standards and therefore the cfm of air consumed would be relatively low. The aim would be to provide a ratio of 14:1 air fuel when flat out so those Skinners Union units may not be as undersized as might appear. As for oil smoke remember the water cooling system is not connected so their might well be some ucl to aid initial running lubrication.

This engine is as old to us today as the high-pressure steam engine was when this came out

What a beautiful old monster!

IMAGINE THAT OUTSIDE YOUR HOME EARLY IN THE MORN STARTING UP LOL

Love the starter, engine belches, farts, coughs, shudders and bangs into life... Starter falls to pieces to celebrate..

Eight years later... Is it running? Sounds like the timing is a bit advanced..

That's an awesome old school turd. I bet it's fun to drive. Cough my entire house smells like a lawn mower now

True engine

Is this ULEZ compliant?

Ultimate rat rod motor

So glad people care, keep history ALIVE 😎

The starter motor fitted to this car is better than a modern one.!!!! 15 years as a RAC man i have heard this *im not going to start noise* several thousand times...

There is no point in trying to continue turning it over. If it doesn't fire right away something is off , why continue cranking it ?

Why do foreigners always comment in their own dialect. Most don't have a clue what folks are saying 😂.

POS.

Save the sparkplugs and use Ether. Common mistake.

with no coolant the engine gonna overheat

major Oil Burner

Is it just air cooled?

Forget to install the deframulater. Obviously.

Good enough for the FAA. Take 'er up.

I think they're running it a tad rich.

No estoy seguro si entiendo bien, que lo están intentando arrancar 97 años después de la última vez. Si es así, Chapó

Todo el mundo empieza por algún sitio y estoy seguro que esos motores mejorarían con el estudio. Enhorabuena por el video.

Load it up werr going to the dragstrip 🤣🤣🤣

Fuel injectors 3,4 and 7 seem plugged and the crank shaft hall position sensor ground lug likely corroded causing the misfiring. After 97 years, the computers eeprom factory calibration values for the map servo loop would be gone, check the engine light just to be sure guys.

Hey dunce know how to set the timing. I mean really I guess cranking it for an hour works for you What kind of fool are you... ? This is third grade mechanics. Oh well welcome to america Where you can be as stupid as you want and it's ok. Wha hoo

Smelly noisy and totally awesome all at once

Sounds like the compression is low in cylinder 3

Seems like a pretty problematic engine. Cool though.

How often did the exposed valvegear have to be lubricated?