[Land-speed] Engine Coupler

[David in Durango]

Now I'm very curious . . .

Anyone know how Herbert Steen did it?  Any Herbert Steen folks on the list?

Seems IF everything was perfectly aligned it might work.  (Only inputting 
twisting effort)

Are "micro" power impulses "smooth"?????  Seems a couple of keys would be 
questionable - how about a spline (slip yoke) arrangement?

Anyone know any historical trivia relating to this???

David

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rich Fox" <v4gr at rcn.com>
To: "David in Durango" <adin at frontier.net>; <ddahlgren at snet.net>; "'Skip 
Higginbotham'" <Saltrat at pahrump.com>; <land-speed at autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 10:57 AM
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Engine Coupler


> Herbert and Steen? Al's twin SBC dragster couples the engines as 
> described. Double keyway male coupler on the rear engine forward engine 
> has a female coupler bolted to the crank flange. I don't know how other 
> people do it.  RF
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David in Durango" <adin at frontier.net>
> To: <ddahlgren at snet.net>; "'Skip Higginbotham'" <Saltrat at pahrump.com>; 
> <land-speed at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 9:38 AM
> Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Engine Coupler
>
>
>> Excuse me and my dumb @$$ . . .  didn't  I see a liner one year w/ 4 BBC
>> motors (Montana machine shop????) in a line?
>> How did they connect those?  I remember it just drove off the line like
>> anybody's Impala.
>>
>> Can't find a picture - red car.
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> David