Just for fun....

hope the whole family counts
2 xj's - 12
wrx - 4
ram charger - 8
tundra - 8
infiniti - 6
gmc van - 8
maxima - 6
2 saab's - 8
2 outboards - 4
century buccaneer - 8
2 century coronados - 16
2 mowers - 2
compressor - 1
weed wacker - 1
chainsaw - 1

93 at the house. xj's, 1 saab, wrx and buccaneer speed boat are mine 28 for myself
 
Uh-oh. I just realize I forgot boat motors. For actual working ones, we'd better add 5 (two twins and a single) to the original 54. And of course a couple extras in the barn that aren't counted. So, 59 looks pretty close.

So the next stage in this would be to try to tally up the total horsepower. Imagine starting them all up at once, and figure out how many HP/kilowatts or whatever you're generating. Those of us whose stable is poor in automotive power and high on the industrial and small engine scale will not do so well on this. I come up with a rough estimate of only about 1061, for a little under 18 horsepower per cylinder on average, despite the automotive engines' output of 30 or 40 horses per cylinder. The Deere with its 3.6 liter turbodiesel only puts out half of that, and the old Ford tractor a measly 7.25, not much more per cylinder than a big chain saw.

So I'm way behind some of you guys with lots of road machinery. I'd need a whole lot more old chainsaws to catch up!
 
Meh- only 17 cylinders here (Jeep, minivan, beater, lawnmower)

BUT--

AA2230- 16#
Unique- 2#
W231 - 1#
777- 1#
R19- 2#
H4350- 2#
H4895- 1#


I'm missing two, and I'm two lazy to go check what their numbers are, so that makes the sum total of gunpowder in the house= about 27#

Not bad, down from a few years ago.
 
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6-91 XJ
6-94 Dodge minivan
4-70 VW fastback
8-89 F350
8-72 Chevy truck
8-71 Chevy truck
8-79 Corvette
8-68 Chevelle
8-66 Chevelle
8-64 El Camino
8-67 Camaro
8-32 Chevy coupe
6-old Camaro I6
16-2 spare Chevy 350's
40-5 spare Chevy 348 motors
1-Honda Generator
1-Honda 90cc
2-lawnmowers
1-Weedwacker

=155
Damn, Thats alot.

 
6 - my XJ
8 - F-250
4 - Subaru Outback
6 - Dodge Caravan
3 - Dirt bikes (YZ80, YZ125, YZ400F)
1 - ATV (Kawasaki Bayou 300)
1 - Pressure washer
1 - Leaf blower
1 - chainsaw
1 - hedge trimmer
1 - weedeater
4 - Gravely lawn mowers
1 - Honda lawn mower

Total = 38

Burton58 said:
hope the whole family counts
It'd only be 14 if it were just me (XJ + F-250).
 
XJ-6
Ranger-4
Focus-4
F-250-8
Mustang-8
Fiat 128-4
Tr4-4
Jensen Healy-4
Herald-4
Stags- one with original V8, one with a Buick 6, so 14 for that
SpitfiresX2-8
Corvette-8
On stands;
Caddy 429-8
Ford 2.3T-4
Kia 1.5-4
SBC-8
SBF-8
Lawn mower, riding-2
Honda push mower-1
El Cheapo push mower-1
Rototiller-1
weed wacker-1
power washersX2-2
air compressor-2
That's 118, now how do you count rotaries? I have one of 'em too...
 
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Geez!!! If only I had known I wouldn't have bought an electric weedwacker. 12: See Sig
 
Now, this isn't intended to gage anyone - I guess it more shows who's got a compulsion for collecting things that run on gasoline/Diesel than anything else (like me with B&S & Tecumseh engines...)

As far as Wankels, I suppose you'd count each rotor chamber as one cylinder. So, if you've got an RX-7 with two rotary chambers, it's two cylinders. A little sticky to handle it that way, but it's the best compromise I can come up with ...

I've not met a Wankel that didn't have three combustion chambers per chamber, but that doesn't mean it's not out there. After, all, I haven't met an inline eight-cylinder engine, but they're about, aren't they?

5-90
 
jeep-4 1/2
chevy pickup-8
subaru-4
xl500r-1
rmk800-2

19 1/2 cyclinders!
 
Beej said:
I saw a Packard once at a car show with a 385ci inline eight. Now that sucker was a sight to behold and sounding amazing...

How about the old cadillac v-16's???

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5-90 said:
And a half? WTF, over?

5-90

remember, "sounds like a sh!tty one man band", my motor doesn't run it fights every combustion, im putting in 2qts. very 100 miles. i may have found a HO for a good price though. if not that, i do have the chevy 350... is a 1970's ish 350 4-bolt main too heavy?
 
Jeep....6
Buick GS455....8
Honda Nighthawk...4
Yamaha Zuma.....1
Yamaha Enduro....1
B&S 10hp....1
El Camino....8
Firebird....6
Buick V6 being built for sandrail...6
Toyota Pickup....4


45...with about 1800 HP total.
 
Cool Idea...So let's see. In the yard/garage currently

350 chevy in '51 chrysler - 8
322 Buick in 53 riviera - 8
460 in motor home - 8
'69 cougar - 8
74 amc stock car - 8
cherokee - 6
f150 4.9 - 6
intrepid - 6
Hyundai - 4
suzuki 750 - 3
HD 1200 - 2
suzuki 500 - 2
honda 150 - 1
suzuki 125 - 1
Mower, chainsaw, generator, weed eater, leaf blower - 5

76 plus some unassembled chevy small blocks.....

Jim
 
IcedXJ said:
AMC 360 Completely Rebuilt 8
I6 Pulled from an XJ 6

I got 14, damn good for not owning a house and still being in school
wait update

I am getting another XJ and a Harley...

so 22? Yes a higher score means I am that much better.
 
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