[Land-speed] Obscure engines

[Wester Potter]

If you want to try your luck on some more obscure engines just go  
here:  <http://www.museumofamericanspeed.com/Collections/Engines.shtml>

They do identify the engines for you but there are several one of a  
kind engines in their collection that are just plain interesting to see.

The Museum of American Speed - Speedway Motors museum in Lincoln, NE  
has a large and interesting collection of stand alone engine displays

There's 4 and 6 cylinder engines in this collection and there are V8  
and V 16 engines here too but you can spend lots of time just enjoying  
the different engines on display.
When a block is painted white it is a stock block showing aftermarket  
heads and accessories.

I've been fortunate to have some freedom to just look around at the  
museum and also go on several guided tours.  Each docent does his or  
her thing so you get different
emphasis from each one.  When Speedy Bill does a tour you can learn  
stuff the other docents have no idea about and I've been on four tours  
Bill conducted.  Even those are
different depending on the visitors involved.  The Lincoln Continental  
Owners Club tour was far different from the one the five USAC guys  
got.  They told Bill stuff about
his engines even he didn't know.  I just wished I knew more about the  
individuals, the cars and races they were experts on.