![]() ![]() The crankshaft is a 7-piece counterweighted unit with a 6-inch stroke and hard-chromed shafts. I machined a compact governor assembly and cam, and fitted them to a John Deere tractor timing gear set. The valve modules are 4140 steel, and contain 318 Mopar valves in bronze guides. The head is a 2-piece design to allow for tuning compression, and has an O-ring seal. ![]() An 8-inch 6061 aluminum round was finned and bored to accept a new cylinder liner from a John Deere 4020, and a modified 4-1/4-inch piston was fitted. The base is often mistaken as salvage from an old engine, but it is all welded and ground flat stock. After a few pages of sketches I set out to make some chips fly and built a homemade 3 HP hit-and-miss gas engine. I didn’t want a small model but rather a 3 HP-sized machine. Not being able to decide what to buy, I turned to my machinery and piles of bar stock for the answer. Steve McClellan's homemade 3 HP hit-and-miss gas engine.Ī few years ago I decided to get a hit-and-miss engine. ![]()
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