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Title: What is this interesting Engine?
Post by: johnr on April 17, 2015, 03:23:28 PM

Does anybody know anything about it?

(http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb116/johnr39/Whats%20this.jpg) (http://s210.photobucket.com/user/johnr39/media/Whats%20this.jpg.html)

Title: Re: What is this interesting Engine?
Post by: youcanrunnaked on April 17, 2015, 03:32:18 PM

Clues:

http://www.v11sport.de/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=5067

http://wildguzzi.com/forum/index.php?action=printpage;topic=51983.0

http://www.guzziworld.ch/oldforum/thread.php?threadid=2490&sid=62ab1455f6e1477d646ec46a9787f479

Title: Re: What is this interesting Engine?
Post by: Jurgen on April 17, 2015, 03:33:40 PM

Certainly looks like a 4 cyl. liquid cooled single OH cam (one on each bank) Italian engine.  Probably 2 valve.  Where did the picture come from?  I'd be interested in knowing what it's provenance is.  

Title: Re: What is this interesting Engine?
Post by: Jurgen on April 17, 2015, 03:43:19 PM

I was faked out by the 4 exhausts, the german link shows the 2 cyl heads with cross valves, each with its own port.  But it is liquid cooled.

Title: Re: What is this interesting Engine?
Post by: rocker59 on April 17, 2015, 03:48:41 PM

4v cylinder head with dual exhaust ports.

Title: Re: What is this interesting Engine?
Post by: johnr on April 17, 2015, 04:17:34 PM

Quote from: youcanrunnaked on April 17, 2015, 03:32:18 PM

Clues:

http://www.v11sport.de/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=5067

http://wildguzzi.com/forum/index.php?action=printpage;topic=51983.0

http://www.guzziworld.ch/oldforum/thread.php?threadid=2490&sid=62ab1455f6e1477d646ec46a9787f479

Those links did indeed provide a clue, but as I neither speak nor read German that's about all.

What I have gleaned is that it is a Guzzi motor that has been developed into a water cooled unit with a new head/valve arrangement by some German crowd.

The photo came from a photography blog with no info attached.

Title: Re: What is this interesting Engine?
Post by: Muzz on April 17, 2015, 05:55:44 PM

I think I could put up with that John. ;D

Title: Re: What is this interesting Engine?
Post by: youcanrunnaked on April 17, 2015, 06:23:17 PM

John, try reading it in Google Chrome.  Right-click on the page and select "translate to English."

Admittedly, the translations aren't great, which is why I said the citations give only a clue, but it is better than nothing.