1934 Offenhauser Part 2 - Fountainhead Museum - Fairbanks Alaska

Overview of our engine rebuild - Part 1
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[@johngamer6255]

I want to work on these engines myself one day because these things seem amazing and so different

[@derekmark3847]

Beautiful stuff. I am glad people like you keep these machines alive. Thank you.

[@oldschoolmotorsickle]

I hope the restoration was completed. Feature this; the engine design is about a hundred years old now, and many of its hallmarks are being used in engines of today. What genius!

[@9traktor]

beautiful engine, well explained!

[@yahatinda]

Wonderful, great engineering. Should Sound and look great on YOU TUBE.

[@markgiraldes4062]

What was the rpm range on these masterpieces ?🇺🇸

[@v12tommy]

That is awesome. I don't think I've seen a carbureted Offy before. Are they Miller carbs by chance?

[@snapon666]

friend had one in his after martket speedway t speedster that had actually been raced at Indy ..even N/A it was fast

[@rosewhite---]

Aston Martin used same crankshaft design for early racers.

[@broadside1944]

Totally over complicated, a conventional block and detachable head would have produced the same original 90 BHP for a quarter the cost.

[@jamesgeorge4874]

Sad, jealous little comment.

[@oldschoolmotorsickle]

Possibly so, but it wouldn’t have survived the insane boost levels that the engine later endured at Indy, when it was producing nearly 1000 hp in qualifying and 750+ for 500 miles! They stayed with that engine for years and years after the Cosworth was demonstrably a “better” engine.

[@broadside1944]

@@oldschoolmotorsickle Well, what you say maybe true but the article is about a midget car engine that was supplanted by a heavy cast iron pushrod motor that was yanked out of a passenger car and an equally heavy half V8 pushrod motor. Both were simple to maintain with out the need for very specialized equipment. Still love the sound of an Offy though!