Strange S90 motor
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Strange S90 motor
People do some weird stuff, so it never shocks me when I see it, but it doesn't mean I understand it. I am assuming this Super 90 motor was in a dune buggy or something like that because the exhaust goes straight up, but while I have some ideas on what the strange bolt on the generator stand is/does, figured I would see if anybody had seen this before. Also, the re-configuring of the oil and coil is bizarre.
Any ideas?
Any ideas?
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Re: Strange S90 motor
Considering the strange location of the "zero" on the degree wheel, I would suspect that the stud probably anchored some home-made timing pointer.
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Re: Strange S90 motor
My guess is for a bolt-on pulley/belt guard, popular for open engine dune-buggy engines....
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Re: Strange S90 motor
Dune buggy with open stacks?
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Re: Strange S90 motor
Not so strange, Adam. Rather very "avant-garde".Adam Wright wrote:People do some weird stuff, so it never shocks me when I see it, but it doesn't mean I understand it, because the exhaust goes straight upAny ideas?
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janos- So Adam has an early application of the exhaust enhanced aero used in current F1 designs? If only Billy Bob had patented that idea when he built that Buggy!
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Re: Strange S90 motor
Yea, just like Michel May should have, with his winged 550C J Murray wrote:janos- If only Billy Bob had patented that idea when he built that Buggy!
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If anyone wants to read up on the new 918 Spyder decked out in Martini Livery, the Factory Press Release is on my blog:
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Re: Strange S90 motor
Adam, is the S90 engine for sale? I assume it has the early non-ribbed S90 heads.
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The 918 looks a lot like a Ferrari 360 except for the top and back of the rear end. I like it, but it will cost far more than I would be willing to pay for a car.
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Re: Strange S90 motor
Eric-
The engine is a late 63 Super 90 so it should have all the improvements like the reinforced heads, the larger oil stuff, and the counterweighted crank. We just got it in and planned to put it on the stand to see what we could see and hear. Check back with me in a few weeks and I will know more about price etc.
The engine is a late 63 Super 90 so it should have all the improvements like the reinforced heads, the larger oil stuff, and the counterweighted crank. We just got it in and planned to put it on the stand to see what we could see and hear. Check back with me in a few weeks and I will know more about price etc.
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Re: Strange S90 motor
OK. I will check back. I thought the serial number was 800,xxx, but I see it is 0800,xxx so it would be a late 63.Adam Wright wrote:Eric-
The engine is a late 63 Super 90 so it should have all the improvements like the reinforced heads, the larger oil stuff, and the counterweighted crank. We just got it in and planned to put it on the stand to see what we could see and hear. Check back with me in a few weeks and I will know more about price etc.
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I think we have an early S90 engine also, if that is what you are looking for, I can check in the morning, we have 2-3 Super 90's right now.
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Re: Strange S90 motor
Wow, this thread has wandered all over the place. But since we went there, was the winged Spyder at Montetey in 1998? Displayed rather than raced? I recall that it was being gassed up at a local station while I was there, but thought it was being driven by a German. Needless to say, I stood and watched / listened to it as it drove out of sight...
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Re: Strange S90 motor
My car is a 63. Original engine was 806855. 806855 supposedly still exists. It was installed in another 356 in Oak Ridge Tenn around 2003.Adam Wright wrote:I think we have an early S90 engine also, if that is what you are looking for, I can check in the morning, we have 2-3 Super 90's right now.
The car in my avatar is a rather sad 1965 C I picked up for parts recently, not the car I am restoring.