I have spent the last week looking at model engine plans. The Nemett Lynx is all the rage right now, and I will be following all of the builds that are currently happening. However, as nice as it is, I prefer to see a lot of the moving parts in action,i.e. pushrods, rocker arms, etcetera. The one thing I don't like about the six internal combustion engines I have built so far, is that they all have open crankcases, and they sling oil all over the place. I know that quite a few have built the two cylinder Nemett Bobcat. The Jaguar is basically the Bobcat with one cylinder lopped off. It has exposed pushrods and rocker arms, but the crankcase and timing gears themselves are totally enclosed. It appears to have "splash lubrication" for the rod and the main crankshaft bearings. I have a copy of Malcom Strides original metric drawings, and I an going through them and modelling them in 3D solidworks, from which I will create my own detail drawings in British Imperial "inch" dimensions. I have already found mistakes in the drawings, so it definitely pays to model everything first. After I get the modeling finished, then I will step away, have a good look at what I have done, and then make changes which make sense to me. There will definitely be changes, and yet, by and large it will still be Malcom Stride's engine---with a Canadian touch.---Brian
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