Headless engine explained

A headless engine or fixed head engine[1] is an engine where the end of the cylinder is cast as one piece with the cylinder and crankcase.[2] The most well known headless engines are the Fairbanks-Morse Z and the Witte Headless hit and miss engine[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Goodsell, Don . Dictionary of Automotive Engineering . 2016-06-27 . Butterworth-Heinemann . 978-1-4831-0496-6 . en.
  2. Web site: Fairbanks Morse headless engine 1917.. www.practicalmachinist.com. 4 July 2013 .
  3. Web site: Headless Witte Engines. www.oldengine.org. 2019-11-22. 2020-02-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20200225115548/http://www.oldengine.org/members/cmsgma/2000show/headless.html. dead.

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