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Eldo case

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Hand made 1/6 scale chevy 327 engine
This is almost beyond comprehension.
This man has talents bordering on the supernatural.
This goes beyond what most of us can only dream about.
And he did it all on a Bridgeport milling machine. Sureal.
After viewing all of the pictures,
be sure to catch both of the film clips of it actually running.

Moyer Made - Projects: 1/6th Scale Chevrolet V8
 
Take a look at the photo.
The hand holding that tiny crank is not a young man's hand. It is a hand that has earned it's keep all these years. And it's still earning it's keep. Keeping an old mind sharp as the owner whiles away a few hours here and there.
And I'll be lucky, when my hands look that old,
to have a project that keeps me young like this one. That's what good it is.
But someone needs to tell me - 1/6th of 327 is about 55 cubic inches. Far bigger than the crank he's holding in his hand. What's up with that??


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1/6 of 3.48" is .580, that would be the stroke @ 1/6 scale. Bore would be .666, it doesn't look to far off considering he has average size hands and fingers.
 
The stroke length is wrong in the above post. I was thinking of a 350 cu in Chebbie. Not sure what the stroke is/was on a 327 but would be a little less than the 350. Bore is the same.
 
That Chevy engine is quite a master piece.

We have a man who builds small replica engines that comes to our annual tractor show every year.

I admire any one who does this.
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The 327 was 4" bore by 3-1/4" stroke. 3.250 stroke x 1/16 = 0.203125," according to my calculator. And 4.000 x 1/16 = 0.250" for the bore.

The crank in the picture looks to possibly be in that range, if my eyeballs aren't too fogged by excessive Christmas Eve bourbon consumption.
 
Simply amazing!! Even the "double hump" insignia on the front of the head is correct for that engine. (It represented the 2.02" intake valves.)

I am blown away.

Chuck
 
Displacement scales as the cube of the scale, which would be 1/216 of 327, or roughly 1.5 cubic inches.

Displacement = area of bore x stroke. Area of bore is given by pi x r^2. For 1/6th scale, r = 1/6th of the actual engine, and area = 1/36th of the actual engine. If stroke is also scaled by 1/6th, the displacement is 1/36 x 1/6, or 1/216th of the original size.

Assuming proportions are maintained, area scales as the square of the ratio, and volume scales as the cube.

Keith
 
What was that I was saying about excessive bourbon consumption? I should've figured 1/6 scale, not 1/16.

3.25 stroke x 1/6 = 0.541666667
4.00 bore x 1/6 = 0.666667, as someone mentioned above.

I knew when I made the previous post it didn't sound right...took a li'l more bourbon to figure out why. I'm going back to consult further with Professors Beam and Daniel.
 
The double hump does not mean they are 2.02" intake valves. There were quite a few with 1.94" intake valve. I have a set myself that came with 1.94" which I had open up to 2.02".

The double hump just means they are the hi-po head of the time, planted on the 283 (315 hp) & 327 (365 & 375 hp) fuel injected engines. Later the list included the higher hp carb engines: 327 (350hp hp) and the 302 (290hp).

Still, 7 years to make that small engine. I think I would have quite after the first week.....

bob
 
What he's holding looks to be about 5" long. I don't know the exact length of a full size crankshaft, but around 30" sounds right, doesn't it?
 
SIMPLY AWESOME.....

Bob ...I also have a set on a 327 that are 1.94" intakes....if I recall they are 462 castings...pulled it back out of a 65 Malibu I used to run ..I just sold the shell...also kept the Muncie for my 70 SS ...
 
Hi Eldo case,

Have you ever seen a antique pocket watch or wrist watch made in the 1700's ? There a guy set with a 6inch "pedal" powered lathe to make the case and fine multi-function movement including all springs, screws and gold inlayed dials, gold watch fob with hand made gold link chain, in under 60days.

Just amazing what great craftsmen could do with very few tools.

T_Bone
 
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