Another Eastern Europe beauty!!

[Murphyv310]

http://www.saab-v4.co.uk/speedball/topic...ic_id=1639

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.tvr-car-club.co.uk/uploads/9/5/1/5/95156928/engine_called_essex.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjzsLDcsd_bAhVJZlAKHQg_DPAQFjAZegQIBBAB&usg=AOvVaw1r2vBnaeV7uEivzGtfevdq

[Murphyv310]

https://www.carthrottle.com/post/obsolet...thical-v4/

[Murphyv310]

Hi.
Sorry but I'm slightly wrong, an article I read stated that the dynamo and water pump were driven from the balance shaft but this is wrong they are crank driven as is normal practice. There is lots of demos on youtube showing the Essex V4 and the Cologne V4 running and it is quite clear that they do run clockwise just like the vast majority of engines, here is one clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG5Y6sTWTP8&t=174s

It is possible that the engine may for some reason have been modified to run in the opposite direction for marine use but not only would the camshafts have to be re-profiled but the oil pump would need to be replaced with one that would pump in the opposite direction and a distributor set up for the opposite direction too. Using the same distributor would give you vacuum retard instead of advance and whether the centrifugal advance would work I don't know along with static position.

[boater sam]

Ford V4 & V6 would only need a reverse helix gear and corresponding gear on the cam shaft as the oil pump and distributor both run off the same gear with vertical quill shafts.

[peter scott]

Volga GAZ-24, which registration documents state Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin as one of the former owners, was located by members of Smirnov Design Bureau.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GAZ-24-1972-t...Sw1tha~WSP

[Murphyv310]

That's a brilliant bargain Peter. Do you think they'd throw in a few Russian Rod Pentodes with the deal?

[peter scott]

Maybe just the one.

Peter