Thread: One Way To Build A 12 Cylinder Ardun or not

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Pat-Thanks for all the suggestions and help, please keep them coming.

Ted- Yes the valve diameters are the same, I'm going to change that. I think they did that just to do everything they could to get it to breath.






We have got a lot done, I know the valve angle we are going to use, valve diameter and the geometry for the rocker arms.
We wanted to make sure that our drawings so far were accurate. So we took the drawing to our lazier cutter and had him cut us what looks like a very thick head gasket. Now we know we have everything in the right place, water passages, head studs and bore centers.
The next thing is the drawings for the valve train and intake and exhaust ports.
Just a side note on this, usually when you draw something like this you just draw a center line down the middle and draw one side then make a mirror image for the other side. Not the case with this engine!!
Ken

Ken I don't know how you do it. Work, then the 32 project and the Ardon all at once. Keep posting. Also what block are you using? Did ardon have a v-12? or is the block from something like a Jag? Hope I'm not repeating a question here!

Originally Posted by stovens

Ken I don't know how you do it. Work, then the 32 project and the Ardon all at once. Keep posting. Also what block are you using? Did ardon have a v-12? or is the block from something like a Jag? Hope I'm not repeating a question here!

Looks like one of the old Lincoln V-12 blocks, a very interesting engine considering when it was designed!!!!!

Steve- It's a Lincoln V12 flathead out of a '46 Lincoln coupe, like Dave said.
The Ardun project I work on it when I'm at work, that's not to time consuming for me. I'm just designing it, the real time comes in the drawing department, I can't do that. Then I go home and work on the roadster. My friend works nights, he's off for veterans day so we will pull an all nighter, the clock is ticking
Ken