Sunday, December 29, 2019
Great Smith again
Following up on the item about the Great Smith, a surprisingly advanced car invented and made in Topeka.
Needless to say, I had to "build" one. This is far from finished; plenty of details and textures are missing or wrong; but Polistra wanted to try it out.
[Also, by tradition, I needed to take Polistra out of the predicament I depicted yesterday.]
Next up is the truck version, then the factory scene.
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Tech sidenote: Forming up the engine focused my attention on a distinction that I had sort of noticed before. Before WW1 most cars had LOW hoods. After 1915, most cars had HIGH hoods and TALL radiators, giving the impression of a locomotive. The extra height wasn't needed for the engine, it was needed for the downdraft carburetor. The upper half of the engine compartment was empty except for the tall stack of carb and air cleaner.
The Great Smith, built in 1906, had a little sidedraft carb way down below the intake valves. The cylinders were separate, and each cylinder had its own manifold pipe. When the intake valve opened, the cylinder had to suck the mixture upward on its own. This was probably inefficient but OK at the low revs of these long-stroke engines.
[Also, by tradition, I needed to take Polistra out of the predicament I depicted yesterday.]
Next up is the truck version, then the factory scene.
= = = = =
Tech sidenote: Forming up the engine focused my attention on a distinction that I had sort of noticed before. Before WW1 most cars had LOW hoods. After 1915, most cars had HIGH hoods and TALL radiators, giving the impression of a locomotive. The extra height wasn't needed for the engine, it was needed for the downdraft carburetor. The upper half of the engine compartment was empty except for the tall stack of carb and air cleaner.
The Great Smith, built in 1906, had a little sidedraft carb way down below the intake valves. The cylinders were separate, and each cylinder had its own manifold pipe. When the intake valve opened, the cylinder had to suck the mixture upward on its own. This was probably inefficient but OK at the low revs of these long-stroke engines.Labels: 1901
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