Headless engine

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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]

See also

An advertisement for a headless hit-and-miss engine Z Headless ad.png
An advertisement for a headless hit-and-miss engine

References

  1. ↑ Goodsell, Don (2016-06-27). Dictionary of Automotive Engineering. Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN   978-1-4831-0496-6.
  2. ↑ "Fairbanks Morse headless engine 1917". www.practicalmachinist.com. 4 July 2013.
  3. ↑ "Headless Witte Engines". www.oldengine.org. Archived from the original on 2020-02-25. Retrieved 2019-11-22.


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