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25 Responses to “Dual Engine 1918 Dodge Brothers Rat Rod Part 3”
Nice to see something a little different. The twin engine drag cars of days gone by were always eye catchers and the engineering to make it all work was interesting to say the least. With the touring car body and twin engines I must say that you have something unique and best of all it’s all MOPAR.
It would be nice if you could tie the engines togeather, valve covers that spanned the open space would bring them togeather more for the eye. An extra set of covers might be employed to fill the gap, maybe some sheetmetal betweent he engines, just daydreaming. That coupling is intresting, makes me wonder about frame flex when you have 720 cubes of torque. What a rod , hope it works out and you have a ball.
Even if it’s not done please,please add another vid I’m feverishly waiting,this is such a SWEET project I can’t wait to see it drive.And maybe do a burnout!!!
Your 720 inch V16 King of the Road is a mighty piece of engineering.Chassis design quite interesting but simple considering the problems its length must present.look forward toseeing more.
I’ve been moving frustrating slow. Lifes had a few extra wrinkles over the laast six months. I’m currently building the exhaust but since I have to build two sets fo headers it’s taking quite a while.
Great challenge you’ve given yourself here. Once the engines are mechanically synchronized at the crank and cams are degreed the same, you should be able to fire them off only one distributor. Just double up the plug wires, then both engines will fire at exactly the same time, without distributor advance curves figuring into the mix. If all else fails, talk to a tractor puller. They do multi-eng. all the time.
hey, that thing is sick. I cant wait for you to post a video of it rolling!
Just a stab at new knowledge here, but how the heck did you mount the rear of the front crank up to the balancer on the rear crank?
Another question; how do you plan on synchronizing the timing for the the distributors?
At any rate that is awesome. Are you gonna fancy it up or just rat it out like a manly man? (ha ha) whatever you do, good luck!
I hadn’t considered the body over engine idea. That’s a great idea. If the body I found wasn’t in the great condition that it is in I’d consider it. I found this body in the rafters of a barn. It’s estimated to have been the over 40 years and is in very good shape for a 90 year old piece of metal. I’ve avoided cutting or modifying the body as much as possible.
kool project good luck with it, did you ever consider mounting the body up over the rear engine and using the back seat as the front (making it a 2 seater)so it didnt look so long? either way its sick! good luck……
The engines, flywheel/clutch, balancers, and connecting hardware has not been balanced yet. I’ll get them set and test started a few times prior to tearing it all down and balancing everything all together.
ok..lets talk harmonics here?
how are you going to deal with it???
my guess unless you do something funky
you be poppin main bearings in very
short order..YES? even worse..shear
a crank…NIce lookin job!
June 28th, 2010 at 2:03 am
Nice to see something a little different. The twin engine drag cars of days gone by were always eye catchers and the engineering to make it all work was interesting to say the least. With the touring car body and twin engines I must say that you have something unique and best of all it’s all MOPAR.
June 28th, 2010 at 2:59 am
get it running
June 28th, 2010 at 3:49 am
It would be nice if you could tie the engines togeather, valve covers that spanned the open space would bring them togeather more for the eye. An extra set of covers might be employed to fill the gap, maybe some sheetmetal betweent he engines, just daydreaming. That coupling is intresting, makes me wonder about frame flex when you have 720 cubes of torque. What a rod , hope it works out and you have a ball.
June 28th, 2010 at 3:57 am
awesome man… congrats did u repaint the engines? or what? cuz they look better than they did in the orriginal clip
June 28th, 2010 at 4:47 am
that thing is awseom! can wait for it to be done great work!
June 28th, 2010 at 5:43 am
“They” have been chaining them together like that for decades =)
June 28th, 2010 at 5:49 am
Double not much shouldn’t be a problem.
Interesting to see how the coupler works out.
June 28th, 2010 at 6:44 am
Even if it’s not done please,please add another vid I’m feverishly waiting,this is such a SWEET project I can’t wait to see it drive.And maybe do a burnout!!!
June 28th, 2010 at 7:40 am
So how are you dealing with the dubble torque?
June 28th, 2010 at 8:12 am
Your 720 inch V16 King of the Road is a mighty piece of engineering.Chassis design quite interesting but simple considering the problems its length must present.look forward toseeing more.
June 28th, 2010 at 8:57 am
I’ve been moving frustrating slow. Lifes had a few extra wrinkles over the laast six months. I’m currently building the exhaust but since I have to build two sets fo headers it’s taking quite a while.
June 28th, 2010 at 9:14 am
Grr, hurry up on this thing I want to see it!
June 28th, 2010 at 9:42 am
cool project,and posted on my bday
June 28th, 2010 at 10:38 am
Great challenge you’ve given yourself here. Once the engines are mechanically synchronized at the crank and cams are degreed the same, you should be able to fire them off only one distributor. Just double up the plug wires, then both engines will fire at exactly the same time, without distributor advance curves figuring into the mix. If all else fails, talk to a tractor puller. They do multi-eng. all the time.
June 28th, 2010 at 11:15 am
Hey! Stop playing these damned old songs that I sing along to! It’s embarrassing.
Ha ha!
It’s a very impressive project. Are you sure about keeping a stock fuel tank?
LOL! She’ll run dry before the back axle joins the main road!! X-D
Anyway, 5 stars.
June 28th, 2010 at 11:34 am
great work mate good to see someone thinking outside the sqare cheers (-:
June 28th, 2010 at 11:39 am
Im not sure how its been done before(joining two motors) but what about rubber couplers to dampen the conection,or is it a balance and timing issue
June 28th, 2010 at 11:44 am
yea that is waycool cant wait to see it on road
June 28th, 2010 at 12:27 pm
hey, that thing is sick. I cant wait for you to post a video of it rolling!
Just a stab at new knowledge here, but how the heck did you mount the rear of the front crank up to the balancer on the rear crank?
Another question; how do you plan on synchronizing the timing for the the distributors?
At any rate that is awesome. Are you gonna fancy it up or just rat it out like a manly man? (ha ha) whatever you do, good luck!
June 28th, 2010 at 12:49 pm
great project man, cant wait to see it running!
June 28th, 2010 at 1:01 pm
I hadn’t considered the body over engine idea. That’s a great idea. If the body I found wasn’t in the great condition that it is in I’d consider it. I found this body in the rafters of a barn. It’s estimated to have been the over 40 years and is in very good shape for a 90 year old piece of metal. I’ve avoided cutting or modifying the body as much as possible.
June 28th, 2010 at 1:07 pm
kool project good luck with it, did you ever consider mounting the body up over the rear engine and using the back seat as the front (making it a 2 seater)so it didnt look so long? either way its sick! good luck……
June 28th, 2010 at 1:39 pm
The engines, flywheel/clutch, balancers, and connecting hardware has not been balanced yet. I’ll get them set and test started a few times prior to tearing it all down and balancing everything all together.
June 28th, 2010 at 2:16 pm
ok..lets talk harmonics here?
how are you going to deal with it???
my guess unless you do something funky
you be poppin main bearings in very
short order..YES? even worse..shear
a crank…NIce lookin job!
June 28th, 2010 at 2:57 pm
oh ok have fun with that awesome dodge