LS engine build w/ 50% more...

[Richard454]

How about a LS motor w/ 50% cylinders...as in V12...


http://www.corvetteonline.com/news/...he-ls12-the-inside-scoop-on-the-v12-ls-engine



http://ls1tech.com/forums/conversions-hybrids/1643786-v12-ls1-build.html

looks to be legit- at first I though somebody had done a really nice job photoshopping...

Richard

 

[1Michel]

Saw that, pretty neat.

Is this the same who built a V4 engine too?

 

[denpo]

Welded two part crank, holy shit

 

[Richard454]

Yep V4's- from the leftover LS they are chopping up...

Welded two part crank, holy shit

"Most of the cylinders are on 45 degree centers, with four cylinders on 90 degree centers. The crank has the inverse firing order on each side, front to back/back to front.

We are utilizing a 90 degree block instead of a 60 degree block. This is the only other practical solution other than an even fire crank. It should be a wicked sounding V12 that's really a cross between a v16 and a v8"

I hope they use loctite on the rod bolts....

 

[BBShark]

I read the thread over at ls1 and still not sure how some of these parts were joined. He mentioned furnace welding (the way aircraft engines are welded together).

I think the crank is bolted together. Counterweights are made into mating flanges.

That is really an incredible build there.