Stuart Engine

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

Originally Posted by jeff davis

Let an Aircraft Mechanic Have a Look at it .During the war Radials were made for Tanks and Lancasters.The Nanton Museam of Flight has one on display.
The Continental 4and 6cyl out of Cessna Planes are the same tech as the V.W bug engines.
Jeff davis

Lancasters used 12-cylinder Rolls Royce Merlin liquid-cooled engines, not radials. Tim's Stuart engine is actually an American 7-cylinder down-tuned prewar aircraft radial which nowadays is more prevalent in land applications than air. Tim is advised to strip the one he has, diagnose the faults, and rebuild it from there - he and his engine man will probably know more about it than almost any aircraft mechanic, anywhere.