[SEL] Abenaque engines

[Judge Tommy Turner]

Rick,

    I've heard it pronouned different ways.  I had a 5 HP several years 
ago and the guy I got it from in NH pronounced it  ab-a-neek.  But, I've 
heard others call it ab-a-nacky and another person call it a-ben-a-q.  I 
always pronounce it the way the gent from NH did.

Tommy Turner
Magnolia, KY


>That is a pretty kewl design!  Why is it carboning up that bad...too cool? 
>Maybe he designed it that way to increase the compression ratio :-)
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>How does one pronounce Albenaque?
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>Thanks pard
>RickinMt.
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>From: "Curt" <curt at imc-group.com>
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>Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 12:15 PM
>Subject: [SEL] Abenaque engines
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>>Things seem a little slow on the lists so here is something for
>>entertainment:
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>>Every once in a while I will pull the cylinder head off of the 6 HP
>>Abenaque and give it a cleaning. In preparation for our 3 day Cotton
>>Ginning Days show I pulled the head off to remove carbon. Would you
>>believe I scrubbed 2 full cups of carbon out before it was clean!
>>Last time I did this I did not have a digital camera, so this time I
>>took a few pictures and thought you might enjoy seeing a couple of neat
>>features of Abenaque engines.
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>>http://www.oldengine.org/members/holland/images/Abanaque/CylinderHead002.jpg
>>Shows the top of the cylinder with the intake valve on the right and the
>>exhaust on the left. Pretty good design in that you can fill the engine
>>with all kinds of gas and oil and it will simply drain out the valves to
>>clear itself.
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>>http://www.oldengine.org/members/holland/images/Abanaque/CylinderHead003.jpg
>>This view shows the fuel injector just below the cylinder. Fuel is
>>injected into the heated manifold below the cylinder where it vaporises
>>and waits for the next intake stroke. You can also see the ornate rocker
>>arms that operate both the intake and exhaust valves off of the side 
>>shaft.
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>>http://www.oldengine.org/members/holland/images/Abanaque/CylinderHead005.jpg
>>It's a bit hard to see but the cylinder head has a hemi shape to it with
>>the mag/ignitor sitting in the middle.
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>>The patents on this engine are listed as 1898. I think it is pretty neat
>>that engineer John Ostenburg designed features like fuel injection and
>>hemispherical combustion heads this early in the engine era.
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>>Hope you've enjoyed these.
>>Curt Holland
>>Gastonia, NC
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