The Sleeve Valve Engine 

 PLANS ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE SLEEVE VALVE PROJECT.

AFTER THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF WORK,

 

 I AM UNABLE TO GET THE SLEEVE VALVE ENGINE TO RUN.

 

 " IF I KNEW WHAT TO FIX, I WOULD FIX IT "

 

I DO NOT SEE THE PLANS BEING AVAILABLE IN THE

 

FORESEEABLE FUTURE.  

 

 

PICTURES OF THE SLEEVE VALVE RIG

 

WHAT ARE SLEEVE VALVES ?

 

 WHY SLEEVE VALVES ?

 

SLEEVE  VALVE VIDEOS

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ASSEMBLY PICTURES OF THE 14 CYLINDER SLEEVE VALVE ENGINE.

 

The model is 1-3/8 bore by 1-5/8 stroke - 38 cu.in. displacement ( 550 cc ) 

 

I thought you might enjoy seeing the various parts.  

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Picture 1 :

The cylinders & cylinder heads mounted on the crankcase,

With those 29 gears. Notice the crankcase profiling.

    The crankshaft is installed and driving the oil pumps. 

 

The finished engine is getting closer !

 

This is why they call a sleeve valve engine - A Swiss watch running at 2500 HP !

 

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   Picture 2 : A group picture of all 14 Cylinders and Sleeves.

with the Heads and Pistons 

All of the Cylinders & Sleeves have been ported.   

 

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   Picture 3 : Close up of the Cylinders & 

               Sleeves with the porting complete.

               Shows the cylinder heads and pistons.

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   Picture 4 : Close up of the Cylinder Barrel

                     with the ports. 

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       Picture 5 : Close up of the Sleeve Barrel

                        with the ports 

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Picture 6 : Detail pictures of all the cylinder heads and a close up.  

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Picture 7 : Master

Rods \  Slave Rods

and the pistons.   

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Picture 8 : Piston Rings, Head Rings, Oil Control Rings and the Head Ggaskets.   

 

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Picture 9 : Close up of the Main Crank.

                 Notice the notch in the front 

        counterweight to clear 

            the sleeve drive socket.  

           

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  Picture 10 : Several views of the finished 14 Cylinder crank case.       
         
   

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Picture 11 : The crankshaft in a mounting

                   stand.

 

               Showing the sleeve crank gear,        master rod and slave rods.

 

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Picture 12 : The Impeller mounted on the crankshaft.

 

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Picture 13 : The front of engine case

            with the Drive Shaft,

          Intermediate Gears

   and the Sleeve 

Crank Gear. 

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 Picture 14 : Close up of the Sleeve Crank

 Gear. 

           ( and a Quarter for prospective ). 

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 Picture 15: Close up of the

                   Sleeve Crank

  ( and a Quarter for prospective ). 

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Some history of the sleeve valve project 

 

                      In the 1960's I was fortunate to hear a Willys-Knight sleeve valve automobile

               engine run.  I was fascinated by an engine with no poppet valves. Instead there

               were two concentric hollow sleeves moving vertically up and down with a piston

               inside. The nickname for the car was the " Silent Knight ", because of its very 

               quiet operation.  

 

                            I was delighted to learn, years later, that before and during WW II the Bristol

               Engine Company in England built a series of remarkable sleeve valve radial 

               aircraft engines. 

 

                            The principal was different from the automobile engine I had seen years 

               before.  In these engines, there was a single sleeve operating inside each cylinder.

               Each sleeve makes an elliptical path, operated by its own small crank, running at

               half speed of the crankshaft. 

 

                            The pinnacle of this work was the 14 cylinder " Hercules " and the

               18 cylinder " Centaurus ". 

 

                             I have been working on this engine for quite some time.

                I hope this gives you some insight into the project. 

 

 

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