If a man were measured, not by horsepower, but by the number of (working) pistons he owned then what size of a man would you be?

4 in locost
4 in wifes car (in my name!)
5 in Volvo
I in lawnmower



[Edited on 10/6/04 by Jasper]

4 in my car and 1 in the bike.
technically 4 more in the locost, but it isnt running yet......although i do own the pistons...that count? i cant vote again, dang, it means i pressed wong button.

Mark

Four in the company car (but it's a diesel, does that count against), three in the wife's car (and thats a Matiz so probably losing more points there), and four in a pinto sitting on the floor of my garage??

What counts as working? Owning, running or roadworthy?

I went with 'running', 'owning' would have put me in the same catagory

Fiesta XR2 == 4
Fiesta mk1 == 4
Orion == 4
306 Cab == 6
Viento == 6
Lawn mower = 1
Strimmer == 1

Assuming the last two count that makes 26

There's also my other XR2 but the engine is out atm so technically not running.

Chris

[Edited on 10/6/04 by ChrisW]

primera 4, mx5 4, and v8 I own half of - 4.

damn my lawnmower is electric.

Ned.

Only 9

And I had to include my stripped down Pinto and the one in the wife's moped !!

would've been 18 last week but only 10 now...

long ago i once had 7 cars, which would've been 30.

how many car dealers have cheated and added up all their stock?!

woo hoo

WEAR YOUR RACE OVERALLS TO BED....20-30 pistons

26 in total


8 in locost
8 in wifes jeep
4 in my car
4 in wifes sensible car
1 in lawn mower
1 in kiddes go cart thing

Aww, before we killed them I would have had an extra 10 from the Ghia 4x4 and Cortina (both runners if not exactly street legal)...

But:

4 in the Puma.
4 in my half of the V8

PS. ChrisW, your 306 is a 6 cyl?!
PPS. Anyone american is certain to have an advantage here, they put V8s in fooking milkfloats over there.

Mackie,

Chrisw is having a 406 v6 transplanted into his 306 cabrio...

Ned.

What about rotary engine drivers? .

4 in van, 4 in locost, 2 in bike and 1 in chainsaw, 11 total. Not something I'd ever thought about before actually. Do the two in my compressor count as well? .

[Edited on 10/6/04 by Peteff]

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What about rotary engine drivers? .

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Mackie,

Chrisw is having a 406 v6 transplanted into his 306 cabrio...

Ned.

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Aah, so it'll handle worse than it does already

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Yeah the 1.7 is a cracking little engine. The nicest thing about it is the bags of midrange pull is has compared to most 16v engines of that size (thanks to variable timing it has a v flat torque curve and only 1000kg to haul).
I asked before if anyone knew of a seven using it and James said he knew someone with a Westy with that engine.
I think a more sane (and probably much cheaper conversion is to put a racing puma engine in it, that's 156bhp I think (same engine, just tuned by tickford). However It'd probably be cheaper to sell mine, buy a Racing Puma and insure it for a year or two!
The 306 should fly with that V6 though, they are about 210bhp, no?

4 in locost R1 engine
4 in VW polo 16v
4 in X-Flow sat on stand in garage
5 in model aircraft (1 diesel aero, 1 glow aero, 2 .3 Cu In. Heli, 1 .5 Cu In. Heli)
1 in Chainsaw
1 in Lawnmower

19, not too bad.

Kingr

Oooh, forgot about the radio control ones. That adds another 2 to my total!

Chris

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Originally posted by Peteff
What about rotary engine drivers? .

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not a real man as you'll have tips instead of pistons

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I have

1 in model compresion ignition engine
3 in strimmers (2 x stihl, 1 x honda)
1 in lawnmower
1 in honda c50
1 in BSA Fleetstar
2 in compressor
4 in vauxhall astra
4 in other vauxhall astra
4 in corsa
4 in Ford tractor
4 in P100 pick up
4 in rover 216
4 in daewoo nubira
6 in ford grandad

43 i think, this is sad, and yes my place is a bit like a scrappies, i bet this isn't unusual though

Beat this though we have 17 working toilets!





[Edited on 10/6/04 by liam.mccaffrey]

Fiat 128 =4
Fiat Bravo =4
Fiat Punto =4
Pinto =4
Lawnmower=1
Compressor=1 (is that cheating?)

2 model engines
1 strimmer
11 omega (including brake pistons)
9 Granada (ditto)
11 Sierra (ditto, but tenuous cos still own it but stolen)

Hey a piston is a piston. but a rotary engine aint got any.


Bet you all forgot about the brake & clutch pistons.

[Edited on 10/6/04 by jollygreengiant]

*Walks in with very large box*

1....2...3...<snip> 155...156.

Todays tip:-

Never go to an autojumble:

a. Drunk

b. thinking "mmmm loads of pistons - cheap as well"

Cheers

The Piston king.

BTW if anyone has a Moskovitch burning a bit of oil, call me..............

depends how many pints you have had as to how many "piston" things you have!!!!!!!!!!
V8's are for girlies anyway who are too scared to go round corners!

4 in locost
6 in cougar
4 in astra
14 in all and no radio controlled toys ,petrol lawn mower,or compressor

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V8's are for girlies anyway who are too scared to go round corners!

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Aha
4 =Brava
4 =Mazda MPV
4 =Engineers Laguna
4 =Engineers Ulyses
4 =Engineers 806
4 =Pinto
4 = 2xMicrolights
2 =Kawasaki Drifter
1 = Lawnmower
1 =Chainsaw
1 =Strimmer
4 =GSXR1100 engine (next project)
2 =New compressor pump
2 =Old compressor pump (got to take it the tip yet
1 =Nail gun compressor
Cheers,
Bob

8 in locost
8 on drive
2 in GT500
4 in Hayabusa
4 in Picasso (to be replaced with 8 v. soon
1 in OS FS26
1 in OS40LA
1 in OS FS52
1 in OS FS70
1 in OS FS91
31 Hehehe (soon to be 35)

ATB

Simon