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Author Topic: Neunen Rally - 11/12 May 2008  (Read 2451 times)

listerdiesel

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Neunen Rally - 11/12 May 2008
« on: March 27, 2008, 08:59:39 PM »
We have committed to going over to Holland for the 2008 Neunen Stationay Engine Rally, and after a bit of too-ing and fro-ing, we are now also going to take one of the big Cat 1Y73 research diesels with us as an exhibit, albeit non-running.

We have one large engine frame (unwelded) in the workshop, and we also have a nice Heenan & Froude reconditioned dynamometer tucked away up at the storage area. There is also a couple of DC machines that we could add for loading, but weight starts to rear its ugly head. The frame is 6" X 4" box section longitudinally with 4" X 4" cross members. Look at the Ruston 1ZHR trolley on the website(s) that's the same dimensions.

So, 6 weeks we have, to get the engine out of storage, get the frame welded up nicely, get the dyno and engine lined up but with room for a speed increasing arrangement (the engine is relatively slow-speed, the dyno goes to 7000rpm IIRC) stick some wheels and means to steer it with and off we go....

Ferry has been booked, 7-1/2 hour trip to Holland and then about 2 hrs drive to Neunen (east of Eindhoven)

Watch this space!

Peter