On Tue, 3 Jan 1995, Roger Garnett wrote:
That Christopher Ball had written:
> > O.K. Any Mace has stumped me. Anyone know what a CoBra motor for a
> > Crosley HotShot is?
> >
> > Christopher Ball
>
> That's easy- Copper Brazed. As in, the water jacket. The pre-war, and early
> post war Crosleys used this (I think that version was a 2 stroke?) then
> they went to a much better cast iron, overhead cam, 750cc 4, which was
> "beefed up" used in many H-Mod racers in the 50's. Especially with the "hot'
> crossflow head from the marine version.
I am pretty sure that Cobra 4 cylinders were made, and used during the war
in stationary power applications (maybe in tanks, too). I think they were
used in early postwar cars before the advent of the cast iron engine. As
I dimly recall, they were brazed together largely out of sheet metal.
Imagine, an engine that can rust out.
Ray Gibbons
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