Volvo T-10K, the never ending story

[320touring]

Ooooft ya basturt!

 

Ftw

[Jim Bell]

Can you sum up in a paragraph of simple terms, how a (this) twin engined car operates?

 

I'm sure there are many shitters as stupid as me, who would be interested to know how the two powerplants are ran in tandem.

[claymore]

Front engine drives the front wheels, rear engine drives the rear wheels. two separate fuel pumps, clutch pipe split into two, gear lineages synchronized and two throttle cables, that's it really, the two engines are always in sync as they are joined together by the road

 

this is a test of the rear engine.

 

[Matt]

RWD 850! How they should have been from the factory.

[explosive-cabbage]

Front engine drives the front wheels, rear engine drives the rear wheels. two separate fuel pumps, clutch pipe split into two, gear lineages synchronized and two throttle cables, that's it really, the two engines are always in sync as they are joined together by the road

 

 

The 'flexible coupling' in the drivetrain to match rev differences between the two engines is effectively the rubber tyres and the road...

 

Makes perfect sense to me.

 

 

 

Not that I have thought about doing it with a Peugeot 205.

 

Oh no, not me.

 

 

[claymore]

 

Not that I have thought about doing it with a Peugeot 205.

 

Oh no, not me.

 

 

Someone's beat you to it anyway

 

http://worldtuningfans.com/2012/01/martin-thompson-twin-v6-engined-peugeot-205/

[bub2006]

This has baffled me too. If one engine has less power than the other wouldn't there be drag or push?

[claymore]

Think of it like a tandem bike, one rider may be a more powerful rider than the other, but together they still add power to the bike.

as it happens my front engine is at 435bhp and initially the rear will be about 300bhp.

[explosive-cabbage]

Someone's beat you to it anyway

 

http://worldtuningfans.com/2012/01/martin-thompson-twin-v6-engined-peugeot-205/

 

Its been done with twin Mi16s in a 205 too

[Pillock]

This has baffled me too. If one engine has less power than the other wouldn't there be drag or push?

 

Think of it like a more manly version of a hybrid. In one of them things, the electric motor can "help" the petrol engine - the electric one is a different power output, but it adds to the petrol power output by being linked together.

In this, you've got a 300bhp motor "helping" the 435bhp motor, so it's like a hybrid but more evil. The link is the tarmac, that's what's keeping it all in sync.

 

It is an odd thing to get your head around, I remember reading about a Mk2 Golf that had two VR6 engines - but one was the Corrado 2.9, and one was a Golf 2.8 version. It gave me the same headache.

[bub2006]

Not going to lie,still baffling me. Be fun to see what can be shoehorned in the boot of a xsara though.

[andy18s]

Not going to lie,still baffling me. Be fun to see what can be shoehorned in the boot of a xsara though.

Nearly but not quite

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhVNxRyVOew

[bub2006]

Rwd looks fun and with an engine like that. Be even more fun if the car looked original though.

[Timewaster]

I suppose it's no different to a 4x4 with a split drive ratio eg: 60/40 front/rear

[Jim Bell]

I suppose it's no different to a 4x4 with a split drive ratio eg: 60/40 front/rear

Good point well made.

[Sloth in a bowl]

Important question, which manufacturer's front tyres last best from your experience?

 

On my Octavia I went through a pair of Continental contact sports in 15,000 miles and the replacement Goodyears aren't going to last any longer.

[claymore]

I wouldn't know, I use Syron Street Race which last about 4000 miles

[bub2006]

I suppose it's no different to a 4x4 with a split drive ratio eg: 60/40 front/rear

For some reason this makes it a bit easier to understand