Vintage V-12's - Engine Shop Visit - Part 2 of 3

[@specforged5651]

“That a squirrel or a fox?” 😂 Thats a big bass squirrel! I could look at this stuff all day. Absolutely incredible.

[@1boortzfan]

This community of enthusiasts has to be the most gracious bunch of people in the world. You folks are great! You are preserving history for future generations.

[@sargepent9815]

If only I had Chief Weeks resources......but I admire and appreciate his work keeping those warbirds flying.

[@kato1ist]

Where else if it wasn’t for Kermit where would you get all this incredible information love These video’s god I hope Kermit lives for EVA THANKS a million for Kermie cam it’s like hanging out with the coolest 😎dude on the planet see you in the next video ✈️

[@greghelms4458]

Just glad to see so many out there still being ran.

[@wlogue]

You mean Bernie Little, one of The Godfather’s of hydroplanes. He’s kind of a big deal where I’m from. Thanks for the video Kermit, enjoyed the series.

[@terryforbes4038]

Yup. That’s Warbird engine heaven Also. I see nothing wrong with a faithful reconstruction of a FW-190. Keep them flying. Thanks Kermit Terry&thepirates

[@betaenterprises2840]

That V-12 Merlin sort of looks like the V-12 in the new Rolls Royce. I think it's called an N74 by BMW who supposedly makes it ???

[@shortribslongbow5312]

That tour your doing brings back a time when I wore a younger mans clothes and loved working on round engines. Thanks for sharing Kermit.

[@bobdyer422]

I'm a R-2800 guy, but what a treasure chest and toy box combined! Oh, but wait a Centar! I saw that! NICE! Now the drool is out of control!

[@Chakirisan]

I would volunteer to work in that place lol. Incredible facility.

[@qibble455]

Holy cow all those engines. Good to know there's a good supply at least for now.

[@9traktor]

Masterpieces of aero-engines!

[@wn6904k]

WOW.....I am blown away by his stock of parts.

[@digsbollx4309]

Absolutely love this stuff... Please post Episode THREE asap! Thanks Mr Weeks

[@griffn14]

109 Kermie cam? Hells bells, that would be awesome!!

[@tempest957]

Absolutely AWESOME Kermit Videos ! Love them Many thanks Kermit from the UK!

[@KermitWeeks444]

Thanks! Keep watching. Share with your friends too.

[@ColeAviation]

😱There’s BILLIONS & BILLIONS of $$$ worth of parts and engines in these shops. Thanks for sharing all these videos Kermit!! 👍🏼

[@deeremeyer1749]

No there's not. The "value" of parts like that is ZERO until they're SOLD. Like the "value" of EVERYTHING. They're called "overhead" until that happens. When you've got parts sitting on the shelf that long and there's that little demand and you've got time and money in buying, transporting, disassembling, cleaning, inspecting, inventorying and storing those parts, what are they "worth" sitting on the shelf? And where could that "investment" have gone however many years ago it was "invested" in large paperweights? And don't think people don't see videos like this and IMMEDIATELY their "appraisal" of what "rare" and "special" and "vintage" parts, engines etc goes DOWN as a result.

[@ColeAviation]

DEEREMEYER1 - I’ve been flying and been around vintage planes about my whole life of almost 40 years and I can tell you right now that you will NOT go out and buy a Merlin V12 for no $20k. You wouldn’t even buy a set of heads for $20k. These are NOT your old Rolls -Royce car engines. I’m rebuilding my 1946 J-3 Cub right now and for a NEW rebuild 4 cyl Continental A-65 engine is $20. So if you can find Rolls-Royce Merlin’s for $20 all day long PLEASE let me know where they are and I’ll buy a tractor load load. Lol. And there’s a HUGE difference in being a Mechanic for 25 years VS being an A&P Mechanic. But thanks for somewhat of a history lesson. 😉😂👍🏼

[@howardelzey2760]

I have been around war birds for 30 years. I have flown several and wrenched on a few. There is a hanger at my home airport where a Mustang, Sea Fury, Tiger Moth and two Spitfires reside. I know the mechanics that take care of those aircraft. Trust me your are not buying a V-12 or radial of any sort for $20k or anywhere close to that. I have seen war bird owners that I know spend over $100k just to have their engines overhauled. I know of one Merlin which a friend had and sold that was not anywhere near airworthy condition go for $75k. I was the guy that helped load it up when sold and watched the money change hands so I know how much it went for. Just to rebuild a basic motor (Lycoming 360) out of a Cessna 172 will set you back $20k.

[@ColeAviation]

Howard Elzey - You right bro. I tried telling that idiot he was crazy. Lol. I’m having a brand new Continental C-85 built for my J-3 Cub and it’s costing me $23,000. With NO starter. Hand prop. That’s why I told him to show me where he can get them for $20 each and I would buy every one of’em. Lol. It looks like he went back and took out where he said you could buy a Merlin V12 for $20. Lol.

[@ColeAviation]

DEEREMEYER1 - Yeah I see you went back and edited your $20,000 comment huh? Lol. 🤣

[@bfmcarparts]

Hello Mr. Weeks! Another great vid! With snippets of info of projects that might grace the skies again. The bit of the Merlin 224 made me think "3 more and you have a full house for a Lancaster Mk 10.."

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

Lancaster Mk X was a canadian built Lancaster using PACKARD built Merlins !!!

[@sgt13echo]

Thank you for making and sharing your videos! I can spend all day watching them.

[@stacyobrien1729]

Love to see people are committed to restoring the warbirds and doing them right, could spend days there just picking their brains!!!

[@K-Effect]

This is crazy! I've never seen anything like this!

[@chrisvenning4021]

Looks like there are more engines than aircraft to put them in !!!

[@rcdogmanduh4440]

A warehouse of goose bumps!

[@drekor72]

Jaw dropping mate. Simply stunning!

[@ChrisB257]

What an amazing inventory! One heck of a facility too.

[@Budkeywest]

To get Kermit to say "WOW!" is pretty cool!

[@MrBook123456]

great video to watch

[@jerrytee2688]

Zeuschel Racing Engines, fuck yeah! What a cool connection.

[@Omnihil777]

Thank you, Kermit. Seriously! I'm not downloading many videos from YT, actually I almost never do, but THESE 3 VIDEOS are simply amazing. Just for myself. Love the Allison valves, and every other engine here too, of course. Learned so much!

[@ralphwatten2426]

Great video. Looks like a nice dry climate to store parts. Didn't see a lot of action in the shop though. I hope they're busy. Thanks Kermit.

[@augnkn93043]

Great video . Thanks Kermit.

[@dimitribartali2744]

Incredibile,i tecnici di vintage v12s sono i migliori nel restaurare i motori aeronautici della seconda guerra mondiale, specialmente i motori tedeschi,Daimler,jumo e BMW

[@sharonburns4788]

Thanks Kermit, that was really enjoyable.

[@FiveCentsPlease]

Thanks for Part 2, Mr Weeks! It's great to show the dedication by Vintage V12s to keep these engines alive. Very nice to see a peek at Yagan's 213 and I hope Vintage will put up a video of it on the test stand. Good luck with your projects!

[@CAPFlyer]

I'm sure Anderson Airmotive would love to take all that R3350 stuff off their hands. :) Great videos again Kermit. I'd heard about Vintage V12s, but had never had the chance to see what a wonderful place they have.

[@woooster17]

I could spend hours in there.. amazing!

[@chrisreynolds7164]

Wonderful,Kermit, Thankyou

[@Emeraude129]

Thanks for the shot of Dave Z.

[@awolb69]

Cool stuff for sure!! Still find it astonishing that there is any German stuff out there anywhere, but yet every year it seams another DB605 shows up in a 109 restoration. JUMO's and another BMW 801, truly a great time in the warbird restoration world if you got the cash!

[@K-Effect]

If I had all this stuff and time and money I would start building some crazy one off engines

[@MarcvanExel]

Like a kid in a candy store, freaking awesome!

[@johnterrell1103]

With regard to R-4360's, there are six in operation on flying aircraft today - the F2G "Race 57", Sanders' Sea Fury "Dreadnought", and the Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation's C-97 (which just recently flew again following a 15-year restoration).

[@PistonAvatarGuy]

I thought there might have been some flying on a Martin Mars, but those are 3350s, apparently. Bummer.

[@rolandalfonso6954]

As an aside...my father was both a crew chief and Flight Engineer on KC-97s. ( Crashed in one and was the only survivor.) Also the same for B-29s (3350s) As a boy I learned a lot about both...

[@marcelblom8371]

I love this !!!, Thank you....

[@Joes1989]

Love this sort of thing! Brilliant insight into what amd who it is that helps keep warbirds where they belong!

[@fight2flyphoto]

Glad to see they're still working on some Jumo's, and Argus engines... was hoping that one had 12 cylinders. I know FHCAM has a Fw 189 in restoration. And really hoping one of the Jumos is for the Stuka. One can dream. :-) Thanks for these awesome videos, Kermit!

[@pickle4293]

love your channel.

[@FiveCentsPlease]

+Fight to Fly Photography FHCAM just unveiled their partially-complete Stuka. Quite an amazing rebuild so far but still a ways to go before finished. Bare fuselage and wings are now on public display. Looking forward to your Stuka videos in a few years.

[@tempest411]

And I was feeling so proud for working on this little Porsche 944 engine I have sitting in my den...

[@angelreading5098]

What an amazing place,it must have taken years to have built up that kind of stock,the heart of the warbird industry.

[@philorkill]

wow....can't wait for part 3

[@blackdanter]

Thanks for posting these Kermit. It's amazing what's going on out there. ;O)

[@darrendrew3865]

That must be one of the coolest places to work.

[@pickle4293]

20:09 i've never been so hyped in my life, somebody is actually going to make a functional jumo211, and i really hope someone is going to build a ju87 B-2 (sirens included) and make it the world's only flying stuka.

[@FiveCentsPlease]

+The_Sack_Guy A Stuka is in progress, although slow due to missing engineering drawings needed for precise reconstruction--you can't fudge the structural strength in an aircraft. There isn't that much Stuka stuff around. Jumo 211s are planned for an He-111 project that has been in progress for many years, but I think those Jumos were done by a shop in Germany a long time ago.

[@pickle4293]

What kind of stuka?

[@FiveCentsPlease]

+The_Sack_Guy It's an R-2. There are a couple of R-4 wrecks and pieces out there but I don't think that they are active projects at this time. Dunno about functional trumpets, unless one comes out of a private collection to make a copy. I think wartime pilots sometimes removed them so to not announce that they were coming to the AA gunners. But it would be interesting to hear them.

[@pickle4293]

You mean the one at the Museum of science and industry?

[@FiveCentsPlease]

+Tha-Sack_Guy No, the restoration is from a wreck. The Chicago example was lowered for cleaning last year and while it was accessible it was 3D scanned with new tools and this could help to fill in some missing engineering data.

[@sultros]

Hey Kermit! Not sure if it’s this video, but you mentioned a story about a handful of merlins that were purchased and used in the Miss Budweiser racing boat. Well, i actually managed to stumble across one of them and I took photos. A client at work has a packard collection and sitting among his pre war cars is a Merlin V1650-9. He told me it was almost used in the race boat but the builder couldn’t bring himself to run it due to the motor still having hours left on TTO. I ran the data plate and it’s from a P51H. It’s still configured as is for use in the boat and has sat untouched ever since. If you would like to see it, I’ll gladly send photos and info.

[@FiveCentsPlease]

+ Escape Velocity There are a couple P-51H rebuilds in progress. Your client could give the builders a fair price for that Merlin, although if it is already modified for boat racing it may be useless for flying ever again.

[@fastcars1173]

Spotted some chevy parts @2:50.

[@ethanbrown1235]

all i wanted to hear about was the centaurus... next video i guess. love the vids

[@nicolas6226]

Amazing place ...

[@reubensandwich9249]

Kermit, can you please show us the Napier Sabre.

[@KermitWeeks444]

You can see three quick shots of my Sabre at 6:50 in this video. We're working on an update of the Tempest V which will feature a short segment on the Sabre.

[@FiveCentsPlease]

I hope that you can work with the Typhoon projects that are started now and pool resources. One project will have to do an extensive amount of parts manufacturing to have a complete Sabre again and will need good parts to measure and duplicate. While the second project managed to find what appears to be an NOS Sabre that was an instructional aid that is only missing the starter.

[@dingo5827]

Thanks `Kermit

[@fight2flyphoto]

I have a bunch of video of Paul Allen's BMW-801 that is currently the only working one of the type, also put together by these guys.

[@fookinspork1566]

Pretty sure thats the 801 in the video unless someone else got ahold of one..

[@marklockwood2146]

Love to hear one on s stand for a bit

[@bobdyer422]

So badly out of control, I hit comment by accident - RADIAL HEAVEN! NO 2800'S! NUTZ! Rejoice an 801!

[@j.settle6448]

Very Cool!

[@dyer2cycle]

...damned..he's got a Tony???!!? Please get that one going before either He or I pass on! Bucket list to see fly!....

[@FiveCentsPlease]

+dyer2cycle Several Tony's have been in rebuild to fly for many years, down in NZ if I recall. Slow work.

[@Mamiya645]

Lovely V-12s, now which one can we strap into a Hyundai Smart?

[@izzynutz2000]

I wanted to do a display engine with a v12 Packard for the PT boats organization one with a cutaway so you can see how all the engine inside works

[@FiveCentsPlease]

+Izzynutz Restorations Too many of these rare engines have already been cut open and ruined forever. It would be better in the long term to do it with animation software and CAD. Better yet, find some funding and have a Packard V12 printed in 3D (even in a smaller scale) and you can construct a display. This is doable because one engine hobbyist started with basically half of a Merlin and he has been 3D printing the missing Merlin pieces to make his display engine.

[@dyer2cycle]

Kermit is incredible...nonchalant..."oh, I got a '109 with a 605 going in it"...."I got a 603"....:-)

[@bradleycampbell5933]

how you keep track of all your engines and parts and projects? i would be forgetting things all teh time ! hahahaha

[@Wvanbramer]

All the cans outside? Some full?

[@AlbuquerqueImaging]

Kudos Kermit!! You never forget those engines are to be flown while you love the grease and oil. thanks for putting your money where your mouth is by the dc-3 load pardon the expression

[@Desertduleler_88]

Amazing technology they had during the 1940's in terms of engine development.

[@pietroseven8228]

Holy grall for aviation enthusiasts!

[@Alienasa1]

Jeez BMW 801. That's like a unicorn these days. As far as I know there's only one FW 190 flying with it right now. So there's another one in the making I guess.

[@FiveCentsPlease]

+Bas L Yes, the F-8 that used to with the White 1 Foundation was sold and is now being finished by The Collings Foundation. There is another original project out there but I'm unsure if they will be using another 801. I like how the Jumo engines are coming out of the woodwork and old sheds now, both 211 and 213.

[@Amrablack]

BMW_801 Gooood Kermit gooood.

[@nigelohr]

Awesome. Love it when you start talking Napier Sabres, Kermit... :-)

[@AnthonyHandcock]

A man with unlimited funds and unlimited free time indulges his engineering obsessions... I'm not even slightly jealous... No... Not jealous at all.... Not me...

[@PistonAvatarGuy]

I love the As 10, such a great looking engine. I always thought it would be awesome if someone used the parts from an IO-550 to make a modern version of it. DB 605 was a larger displacement engine than the DB 601 and had some pretty major improvements which allowed it to run at a higher rpm and handle more power. The Jumo engines had more freedom in cam design because they had separate lobes for the intake and exhaust, but they were also limited to using only one exhaust valve, which would have restricted the engine somewhat. They could have used a forked rocker to actuate two exhaust valves, like Allison did on the V-1710, it's anyone's guess as to why they didn't. Anyway, the DB engines actually had a huge amount of overlap when compared to the Merlins and Allisons, they just used a really wide cam lobe so that it could keep both rockers open at the same time. This also increased the duration of the valve actuation, and duration and overlap couldn't be modified independently without changing the geometry of the rockers.

[@zontral]

idontcare80 yes the valve timing was drastically changed from the DB 601a to 601E/605 www.enginehistory.org/Piston/Daimler-Benz/Daimler-Benz.shtml Great website on Daimler engines if anyone is interested.

[@PistonAvatarGuy]

It is an excellent website, thanks for posting the link, those never work when I post them.

[@zontral]

HiWetcam I agree with you on the fuel but the main focus of the article is the changes made to the engine. Even late war DB 605DB engines running on higher octane C3 fuel weren’t necessarily high boost. They were making around 1800HP on +11 PSI.

[@willythewave]

idontcare80 Leave a whole sentence space above and below the link as Peter Kuppers did and the links should work. I hope that helps you.

[@PistonAvatarGuy]

Doesn't seem to work for me. I get downvoted (and probably flagged) pretty often because I often encounter people who don't like what I have to say about certain things, I'm assuming that's why I can't post links. Thanks, though.

[@cmans79tr7]

At 4:30 in the background is that a radial engine surrounded by turbos?

[@kevlareditor7532]

That's a Bristol Centaurus. Sleeve valve Radial en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Centaurus

[@ColeAviation]

Kermit’s got so much stuff he don’t even realize where all of it is and forgot he even had it. Lol. I don’t think I’m gonna forget where I sent a $100k engine. 👍🏼😂👍🏼

[@deeremeyer1749]

You can buy Merlins for $20,000 all day and that's the ADVERTISED PRICE. Show up there with "$100k" in cash in your pocket and I'll bet you leave with at LEAST 5 "complete" engines. Not necessarily INTACT but COMPLETE. The old-airplane hobby is just like the old-car hobby and old-gun hobby. As time goes on fewer and fewer "enthusiasts" and "collectors" and "museums" who have the interest, money and desire to dump money into toys do so because they die off and replaced by younger collectors with different ideas about "old" and "vintage". But there's a "cutoff" where "warbirds" aren't "rebuildable" and "restorable" because they're JETS and there are NOT old engines and parts by the hundreds and thousands of tons lying around in warehouses for THOSE because they didn't BUILD thousands or tens of thousands of those airplanes originally, they were in service far longer and were usually "timed out" by the time they were "retired" with the airframes/engines not necessarily "worn out" and "dangerous" but according to the TEST DATA from when they were new and were "stress tested" and "fatigue tested" were at their "designed service life". And of course jet engines are SIMPLE compared to piston engines and are COMPRESSION IGNITION engines that once fired and running are pretty much impossible to "overload" or "overheat" unless they're run out of lubricant, the fuel system is faulty/malfunctioning, etc. They don't survive that kind of situation for long. SECONDS at best and they still haven't "survived" because even if they're still running, they've taken damage internally and they're going to have lower compression, lower power, etc. Even if they're NOT abused or neglected, eventually internal parts are worn out and unlike piston engine parts, you can't "plate" or "metal spray" or "knurl" or "sleeve" them back into specs and you can't find "undersize" engine housings. Jet engines/parts are throwaway units once they are "worn". Every day the list of "warbird enthusiasts" with the RESOURCES to "Invest" in this EXPENSIVE LABOR with their "own money" gets shorter. And "volunteers" willing to clean parts, etc. don't cut it when you need skilled labor and experience and somebody who can take a service manual and "rebuild" an engine and do it right and stand behind his or her work AND who has their OWN "resources" to be able to FLOAT that work and not get paid until its DONE to do something NECESSARY to make an old plane airworthy rather than something that makes the "volunteer" feel useful and wanted and maybe impresses "investors" into thinking the "restoration" is continuing. And as a professional mechanic of 25 years, the number of people willing to invest tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars of their OWN MONEY in an education, tools, ongoing training, liability insurance, etc. just to put more of their money and time into somebody's "toy" when that person is a "successful collector" and a royal pain in the ass you know is going to be a royal pain in the ass AFTER you've taken the job and are elbow deep in it and cleary "committed" is a lot shorter than the list of current and aspiring "warbird owners". And mechanics in general see and hear enough bitching, moaning, whining and shit-talking about how "crooked" and "stupid" and "worthless" and "lazy" mechanics are from people who can't/won't change their own oil and are fundantally butthurt about having to pay a "grease monkey" they've seen their whole lives as "beneath them" to do it for them. Kinda makes them wish they'd have TAKEN shop class in high school instead of "college prep" classes. If only they'd have known the difference between EARNING MONEY and MAKING MONEY back then and how ALL THAT MONEY THEY WERE GOING TO MAKE AT THEIR "WHITE COLLAR" JOB WAS GOING TO JUST MAKE THEM "RICHER" DEBTORS PAYING "CASH" TO FORMER SHOP CLASS TAKERS TO GET THEIR OIL CHANGED.

[@shanek6582]

DEEREMEYER1 pretty good rant and you make valid points but you can’t say shops aren’t charging too much, at least in automobiles. The mechanic may not be getting rich but the stealerships are putting a fucking on folks. All the shops around me wanted around $1500 to put brake lines on my duramax, it cost me $100 for all the new stainless lines and I did the job in two hours, if I had to do it again I could half that time. Bastards charged me $2500 to put a fuel pressure regulator on the fuel pump a few years ago, I just changed the entire pump in a few hours, I know it didn’t take them an hour to do the regulator.

[@randalljames1]

ME 109? must know Harold..

[@daveeagle4073]

In 2010 I located 840 RR merlin engines buried by the RAF MU. Surely to God these are worth getting out of the ground and using. They were Brand new RR Griffon engines in the original boxes. i met two old RAF guys who buried them in 20 very long slit trenches. I need to convince the landowner to allow a small recovery. This will cost 2000 UK pounds for the Digger and low-loader hire.

[@radiobikini6429]

What is turn around time if I dropped off a Merlin? 2 Years? Curious.

[@johnv9854]

I hate when I cannot remember where I got that extra plane engine from or why I have it... :-)

[@fookinspork1566]

Think that 801 ended up in the FHCs fw 190,is the only one ive heard about

[@FiveCentsPlease]

+Fooking Spork That 801 is going to the Collings Foundation for their new restoration to fly in a few years. The FHC collection engine was completed and operational ten years ago.

[@craigpennington1251]

It must be nice to have so much money that he can't remember what he has where. But what a great operation and dedication to that industry to keep those beautiful aircraft in the air. What happen's when the parts bins run empty? Is there current manufacture of parts running now? You guys need to contend with the EPA because those idiots want to turn off the gas, old aircraft, then cars.

[@FiveCentsPlease]

+Craig Pennington Yes there is manufacturing for new parts, pistons, bearings, new radial piston barrels, etc. Also custom manufacturing for tricky parts. There isn't manufacturing of complete engines yet. It could be done but it would be very expensive to start over with new tooling and Rolls Royce, Diamler- Benz etc still hold the license to their products. Regarding fuel, Shell has been testing a much cleaner avgas for a while, so it's a matter of adapting the old engines to it when the time comes.

[@SaltyDawg-wu5kr]

KERMIT, IS ANYONE CASTING CYLS FOR THE ROUND ENGINS?

[@FiveCentsPlease]

+SALTY DOG For some engine models. New cylinders for the 985 and 1340 are available.

[@leefithian3704]

Hey are these retrieved from boat racing in the 70’s 80’ ?

[@KermitWeeks444]

No, they're vintage aircraft engines from the 40's on, that the boat racers adopted for their preferred power source in the 60's.

[@leefithian3704]

Yes , what I meant was “ is that where the shops find them since I heard the boat racers used many up over the years , I was once in the old FBO in Clewiston when I believe You did a runway flyby in that Kingfisher lol

[@FiveCentsPlease]

@@leefithian3704 No, the boat racers basically destroyed all of the piston engines that they were able to get their hands on. They bought the surplus engines that were around in the 1950s and 1960s. The engines were never designed for that operation and the throttle changes and bouncing prop overheats the heads. Some newer rebuild techniques can save some of the boat engines, but in general once they were in a boat they became boat anchors. The tractor pullers continue to wreck anything that they can find. To fly you would basically look for an engine with a proper paper trail, still tagged and fully inspected. For very rare engine types, careful inspection and some manufacture of missing components will be needed (expensive.) There has been a small interest in returning to piston boat racing, but there are other engine options around to power them rather than another grab of rare WW2 engines or they can design and build their own piston setup.

[@alanhardman2447]

How about the Napier Nomad - anyone got one running?

[@flyboycpa]

great videos [as always], but pick up your feet when you walk, Kermit. It's almost as bad as the radio blaring in the 1st video of this series. :)

[@thethepills]

your dc3 engines probably came from aero recip in winnipeg

[@willythewave]

Jose looks and sounds just like a buddy of mine. I`m gonna tell him I found his twin. lol

[@tommyspencer7891]

Part 3???

[@KermitWeeks444]

Coming Wednesday 12/20

[@tommyspencer7891]

Great! Looking forward to the conclusion. Thank you!

[@jerrodl]

Haha...top secret. So everybody knows that the only secret project is Paul Allen's....not really a secret then, is it? Too funny. It is great that everybody else doesn't care....and glad that these dedicated people keep these engines turning, allowing the planes to keep flying!

[@bretz71]

All those engines and parts and no R-2800’s?! So who does R-2800’s??

[@FiveCentsPlease]

+bretz71 Several shops do the R-2800s around the country to keep the cargo haulers happy.

[@lestermiller2717]

I wonder if anyone is working on restoring any P-47 Thunder Bolt’s that is my pet favorite airplane

[@distortedreality4603]

Vintage V12s, the clue is in the name 😉

[@izzynutz2000]

Packard v-12

[@Sailbadthesinner666]

The Mother Lode!

[@Sirmellowman]

My God, I thought we were pack rats at our shop. This place is just unreal.

[@leefithian3704]

Sirmellowman truly amazing , what a treasure chest

[@mrkoolaidman5975]

Kermit why can't you just post all 3 I hate waiting man.

[@deeremeyer1749]

I don't see any valve overlap in those German engines either, and to be honest I'm struggling just to picture those valves in operation and I've been a diesel mechanic for 25+ years with quite a bit of experience with 4-stroke, SOHC 4-valve engines. Of course with a large-displacement, slow-running, long-stroke engine with a relatively low compression ratio, you don't WANT or NEED valve overlap to make "big power". Especially when you have forced induction involved. When you add boost you can subtract valve lift and duration and you want to minimize overlap to avoid blowing air-fuel mixture in the intake valve and have it head straight to the hot exhaust valve during overlap. Its going to ignite and you get high EGTs under high loads until you get the engine "wound up" enough that VE drops off and the time overlap exists is short enough that you just get the fuel-air flowing into the cylinder as the exhaust valve is seating and cooling and you get the "ram effect" to aid in cylinder filling at high engine speeds. Lots of overlap is what makes "cammed" engines "lope" as you get contamination of the fuel-air mixture and reversion with hot exhaust gas not being scavenged out the cylinders properly. Engines like that just start "running good" and "making power" at about the max speed as those old low-compression, long-stroke supercharged "aero engines" and that's not a coincidence. Those engines also aren't nearly as "powerful" as they seem when you consider the gear ratios, torque-converter "stall speeds", light vehicles, etc they're used with and in to make them look like they have ungodly "power". Plenty of "horsepower" from a biased-toward-high rpm horsepower formula but crappy low-end ACTUAL POWER AVAILABLE AT THE CRANKSHAFT CALLED "TORQUE" WHICH IS WHAT PHYSICALLY MOVES AND ACCELERATES ALL VEHICLES. You don't have HORSEPOWER until something is MOVING and WORK IS BEING PERFORMED and you have speed to measure to plug into the formula. TORQUE is a FORCE. Horsepower is a RATE.

[@FiveCentsPlease]

DEEREMEYER1 Here is an illustration of the DB series valve overlap: www.enginehistory.org/Piston/Daimler-Benz/Fig02.jpg If you watch a video of one running, you can hear that they have a lope: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWPKdYmZaZuJhKM And to compensate for low speed they had a low-speed by-pass passage in the throttle.

[@rodneynikora358]

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[@donaldparlettjr3295]

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[@MattMobb]

36th comment! And everybody caress!