So yesterday you rose to the challenge in droves and answered the call to identify the strange looking rear end I posted. The winner of the BangShift shirt was none other than Mike Casella, the man whose work has been featured on our pages multiple times. Mike knows too much stuff so he is now banned from participating…forever. Seriously, he just got Lance Armstrong’d out of this biatch. Boom! Lots of you nailed it with the rear end belonging to a Packard of the 1930s vintage. Mike pinpointed it to being a 1937 Packard. It is a Super Eight model that is being upgraded electrically and with some driveline pieces (like a Gear Vendors so it can be comfortably highway cruised). It is a neat car and that rear axle is just one of the cool items that make it up. Ok, moving on to today….
Identify this massive engine! The tie breaker here will be to tell us what it was most commonly found in.
TEST YOUR GEARHEAD KNOWLEDGE AND COMMENT BELOW….HOW WRONG CAN YOU BE (OK SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN UBER-WRONG HISTORICALLY, BUT WE LOVE YOU FOR TRYING)?
Napier Lion
This Engine Gave The Idea To Engineer Joe Davies After WW2 Too Build The Davies Four Overhead Cam Two Valve Cylinder Head Conversion For A Flat Head Ford Block. The Camshafts On The Davies Are Driven From The Original Cam In The Block With Shafts And Bevel Gears Just As In The Picture. I Have The Davies 4 Cam Engine With My 1950 Indy Car. The Davies Was The First Four Cam Ford To Ever Run At Indy With Bob Scott in 1951, The BOB ESTES SPL> Post Dale Estes
Most commonly found in uberawesome racemachines…
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Napier lion – used in Older Supermarine aircraft –
Napier lion – used in older Supermarine aircraft-
Allison aircraft engine.
Napier Lion W12
Hispano-Suiza Aircraft Engine
At first thats what I thought but the middle row of cylinders as well as the fact that all the cylinders are round on the exterior was the dead give away … Napier Lion W12 ( which beat out VW’s W12 by a whole lot of years .. not to mention VW-Bugatti’s W16 … so much for VW’s idea of innovation )
OldsPowered nailed that one right outta the gate ..
Yes but VW’s W12 is not three rows of cylinders it has staggered cylinder bores on a classic V engine block configuration same for the W16
Just like the VW VR6 is not 6 cylinders in a straight line they are staggered in the block
Napier Lion, found in the Napier Railton!
1,465 cu. in. Napier Lion–used in Malcolm Campbell and John Cobb’s race cars; Hubert Scott-Paine’s Miss Britain III speedboat; and the Supermarine S.5 Schneider Cup winning aircraft.
Napier aircraft engine used in the Napier Railton 1930’s British super car.
looks to big for a car
NAPIER LION, W12 aircraft engine
manufactured by Napier & Sons starting 1917 ending 193?
“particularly well known for its use on a number of racing designs, in aircraft, boats, and cars”
Napier Lion aircraft engine.
Most common application: de Havilland DH9 bomber aircraft. 4091 units (not all Napier powered).
Source wikipedia
Pretty sure it is for a Prius.
1905-1915 Anzani inverted Radial Y or Fan engine or W or W-3 engines. First used in Air Craft and Bicycles (3 cylinders only). 1908 Aluminum Case and heads, Over head Cams, Cast iron cylinders. First ones Flu the English Channel and were used for short flights. Then later went into Bomber, Recon, Troop transport and Supplies.
I have no idea, but that is a freakin awesome shaft and gear cam drive. OHC at that.
Lorraine Type 12 EB…
the next Hyabusa motor!
Ranger aircraft engine
I don’t care what it is, I what to hear it.
Agreed !!!!!
( but we do know what it is … Wikipedia the Napier and you’ll see )
I thought you had this engine here before? Second time you’ve had a Napier Lion on… I mean you’re using the pic from the Napier Lion wiki entry.
ITS A NAPIER-LION W12
THATS TIMOTHY MEEHAN NOT MEEAN SORRY