Haynes build your own combustion engine

[TotalControl]

Ordered one two days ago through Amazon. Came home after work today to find it waiting on my desk. Brilliant. I'm going to be having some fun tomorrow.

Anyone else built one?

[fildigger]

Got one for my 12 yr old a few weeks back, only just got it out of the box...it'll get done one day!

[Crease]

did mine a couple of weeks ago! pretty good i thought, although there is only so many times you can press the button :lol:

[TotalControl]

It's something nice to have in the office at home though.

[Eighteeteewhy]

Crease said:

did mine a couple of weeks ago! pretty good i thought, although there is only so many times you can press the button :lol:

Had one for Xmas. Works perfectly, but the electric motor that came with it(which is pre-assembled) is horribly noisy! Anyone else's the same?

[doosht]

What a shame that it does not actually fire up though. Hmmmmm wonder if a mini 4 cyl model engine is available cheaply? Probably not!

[Crease]

mines in work, sat on the desk in the office

and yes, the motor is really noisy, and it seems to go on and on and on and on, i get bored after about 10/20seconds! lol

i love it though, i love seeing how an engine works

[Eighteeteewhy]

[cpas]

Is that 2 of the straight 4's stuck together BL-styley?!

[BlueMR2]

cpas said:

Is that 2 of the straight 4's stuck together BL-styley?!

Its Australian, they don't do 4pots .

[v8will]

TotalControl said:

Ordered one two days ago through Amazon. Came home after work today to find it waiting on my desk. Brilliant. I'm going to be having some fun tomorrow.

Anyone else built one?

Hmm, still waiting on mine...

Love the V8 version posted, where to buy?

[dr_gn]

v8will said:

TotalControl said:

Ordered one two days ago through Amazon. Came home after work today to find it waiting on my desk. Brilliant. I'm going to be having some fun tomorrow.

Anyone else built one?

Hmm, still waiting on mine...

Love the V8 version posted, where to buy?

There are 2 versions (at least). The current ones aren't motorised and don't have a working distribtor/spark plugs. I'd try to get an old version off EBay - it's motorised and has got a proper distributor that work bulbs in the spark plugs, but you'll pay for it!

[mike50001]

got one afew years ago before haynes put there name to it.

just rebuilt it, great fun an no oil to get on the carpet, but the timings way out on 3&4.


think i need to upgrade to a V8

[TotalControl]

Well, I finished the build late last night, only to have run out of batteries.

[NiceCupOfTea]

Built one last year, it's sat in the dining room on the DVD cabinet and gets its button pressed whenever I pass

Fanbelt has snapped though

(Motor noisy on mine too)

[v8will]

Still waiting on mine, damn holidays!

Annoyingly the rest of my Amazon order appeared late last week.

[Eighteeteewhy]

Hi, the V8 model is made by Revell. I can only find them on import from America. They're about £50 with £40-50 delivery!

[v8will]

I've emailed Revell UK, will let you know what I find out. I'd be interested in buying one, pref from a UK source.

[dr_gn]

Eighteeteewhy said:

Hi, the V8 model is made by Revell. I can only find them on import from America. They're about £50 with £40-50 delivery!

...and thats for the non-motorised, no ignition version.

This is the one you want:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/REVELL-902-VISIBLE-V8-TR...

You get what you pay for!

These are the current engines:

http://www.revell.com/model-kits/engines/index.htm...

And here's the instructions for the current V-8 - half the features of the older version are omitted - it's not worth the effort.

http://manuals.hobbico.com/rmx/85-8883.pdf

[v8will]

Revell UK pointed me in this direction

http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/RV8883

But it would also appear to be sold out.