What can you do with 5 flatheads?

Posted by Joe Cimoch on Saturday, February 21, 2009 at 15:39:11 :

Build the The Chrysler A57 Multi-Bank tank engine.

What do you do if it’s 1941, your country has just entered a war, and there’s an urgent need for an engine to propel a tank – an engine you don’t have? If you are the Chrysler Corporation, you develop a design that uses five of your six cylinder car engines, arranged around a common crankcase. The result was 30 cylinders, 21 litres and an output of 470hp at just 2700 rpm!

Pic from allpar

• The Chrysler A57 Multi-Bank Engine

Follow Ups:

• Re:win the war with american engineering - Mike Stone, IDAHO 19:56:40 02/22/2009
  • We still have the greatest engineering - Clint Dixon 10:09:56 02/24/2009
    • Re:Junior be nice - Mike Stone, IDAHO 18:17:19 02/24/2009
    • Re: We still have the greatest engineering - Paul (in NY) 10:38:00 02/24/2009
• Re: What can you do with 5 flatheads? - Ron M. in AB 01:52:09 02/22/2009
• Start a power wagon forum? nm - Chriscase 20:54:24 02/21/2009
• Re: What can you do with 5 flatheads? - Doc Dave 19:23:36 02/21/2009
  • Re: What can you do with 5 flatheads? - Joe Cimoch 19:32:23 02/21/2009
    • Re: What can you do with 5 flatheads? - Dave Speed 22:27:55 02/21/2009
    • Common Crank? - Ken C. 21:22:45 02/21/2009
      • Re: Common Crank? - Kaegi 22:02:40 02/21/2009
        • Re: Common Crank? - bbfl 22:54:44 02/21/2009
• Re: What can you do with 5 flatheads? - Tom Petroff (IL) 17:51:40 02/21/2009

Post a Followup