OK, but look what happened to poor Noel. Part of the reason for starting
this thread is to find out what works and what doesn't. I don't see an
inherant problem with his design, but maybe there was.
Mickey Thompson's 4 engined car. Wired piece. Four engines, four ring and
pinions, four wheels and four throttle linkages to one gas pedal. No crank
connections that I could see. It worked.
John
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From: <ECTA845@aol.com>
To: <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 11:33 AM
Subject: Re: going fast
> John, As near as I can tell you would not need to have the engines hooked
> together.The Noel Black driven streamliner had the front engine
> mounted ahead of the front axle. Heres a PIC to wet your appetite.
>
> http://www.fortunecity.com/silverstone/detomaso/115/may19.html
>
>
>
>
> Randy Williams
> near Nashbilly, TN.
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