Crazy Russian - wooden pistons

[AZjeff]

Laugh for the day. Skip to 9:40 to see the result.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/enthusia...ZlFR?li=BBnb7Kz

 

[Linctex]

Several engines on youtube with wooden cylinder heads.

 

[Eddie]

Some manufacture built an engine from thermo plastic and ran it. Ed

 

[SonofJoe]

Do you needs a low SAP oil for these wooden pistons or high Ash?

 

[JC1]

Originally Posted By: SonofJoe
Do you needs a low SAP oil for these wooden pistons or high Ash?


Maybe you need Murphy's oil soap in the crank case ;-).

 

[Whipcitywrencher]

Perhaps if they were made with some presure treated wood.

 

[andyd]

Wabbout a thin aluminum top on the pistons ?

 

[CarbonSteel]

What happened at about 9:30 in the video? Something was e-mailed out of the engine. Too funny.

 

[cjcride]

Originally Posted By: 2015_PSD
What happened at about 9:30 in the video? Something was e-mailed out of the engine. Too funny.

I saw that! The guys didn't even flinch.