BRM H-16

[Rotgutsnotnose]

Hi

Anybody here have any info on the BRM H-16 engine from the sixties . Just curious as how it actaully works . Seems very complex . Somebody here must know about it .

Cheers

[Scuderia_Russ]

Click on H 16
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRM#H_16

[manchild]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRM
http://members.madasafish.com/~d_hodgkinson/brm-H16.htm

There are great photos of that engine here:
http://www.atspeedimages.com/donington_collection/

[Scuderia_Russ]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/ ... _nec95.jpg

A close up here. BTW That 4wd Cosworth is nuts Manchild!

[manchild]

I'm more amazed with this engine cover from 1948! Looks like engine cover from any V12 F1 car from the late '80s or '90s



Here is the big photo http://www.atspeedimages.com/donington_ ... d_rear.jpg

[Cyco]

I have a couple of sound clips of this engine running. I can e-mail them to anyone who wants them, or maybe you can reccomend a hosting site.

[manchild]

Cyco, do you have these BRM V16 sounds http://gpl.krej.cz/mp3.html or BRM H16 sounds?

Any on-board f1 sounds from turbo era?

If you're going to upload them you can do that for free on yahoo geocites with 5mb limit per file and overall free space of 15mb.

[Cyco]

Thats the same set of sound files I have.

[riff_raff]

"Just curious as how it actaully works . Seems very complex"

I've worked with lots of British engineers/designers. Technically, they are very good. But when it comes to the more practical aspects of design, especially mechanical devices, they tend to make things more complicated than they need to be.

The joke we (American engineers) like to tell about British engineers is: All British engineering students are required read the textbook "Complex Solutions to Non-Existent Problems".

The Brits love complex engines. Just take a look at the BRM H-16, the Napier Saber, the Napier Nomad or any of the Bristol sleeve valve engines. I must give them credit though. Even though all of those engines were complex, the engineers working on them got those engines to run quite well![/i]