Pete Aardema Sheet Metal Engine

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Pete aardema sheet metal engine. Pete says the intake. When no one builds the engine you need build your own. Written by evan perkins on august 16 2016 when pete aardema couldn t find a short stroke big bore 4 cylinder to meet his class at bonneville he built his own. Astute hot rod readers will remember the full feature on his home brewed sheet metal engine made from tube plate and various other bits and pieces of steel and aluminum.

Eagle racing engines sheet metal intake fabracation wmv duration. When pete aardema couldn t find a short stroke big bore 4 cylinder to meet his class at bonneville he built his own. A normally aspirated engine s induction side needs the most help because it has to suck in air and fuel but the exhaust is aided by the piston positively pushing the air out. They christened it the sheet metal engine for it s use of heavy sheet metal to encase the billet lower crankcase and steel tubes used for cylinders in the.

4 aluminum zinc plate the aluminum zinc alloy coating of aluminum zinc plate is composed of 55 aluminum 43 4 zinc and 1 6 silicon at 600 c. Pete aardema aardema a life long tinkerer and braun a machinist have come up with experimental fusion engines that have broken a slew of records on utah s bonneville track outside wendover nevada utah. With 3 valves per cylinder chevy big block bore spacing and reciprocating components 4 375 inch bore and 3 00 inch stroke they christened it the sheet metal engine for it s use of heavy sheet. Pete aardema s v4 rear engine modified roadster dyno run.