[SEL] OT tractor engine question....

[Richard Strobel]

Hi Bill;
  Got an ole Cat dozer out front that has that feature.  I found it quite 
interesting.  Passage goes right through the middle of the engine.

  The hammer has dropped here also..5 above this a.m.

Regards,
RickinMt.




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> bill at antique-engines.com wrote:
>
> >Odd question:
> >VERY old and very early tractor, or other engines for that matter - some
> >designs seemed to integrate the intake "system" into the head casting - 
> >ie
> >no seperate intake manifold to bolt on. The passages were cast into the
> >head.
> >Who used that, when, and why?
> >I know some cars in the 50's did that, early 60's too, I believe.
> >Who was doing that first?
> >Did the tractor makers often preceed auto makers on advance designs?
> >What is the advantage to an integral intake rather than a "bolt on".
> >Is it heated quicker or more effeciently by the warming of the engine?
> >I'd think the exhaust on an external design would do that better.....
> >
> >Bill
> >Runnells.
> >The hammer has dropped - the cold is here. 70 -> 40 in under 3 hours
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