Dragster Engine Staff Pick
- May 29, 2016
- 3,797 Downloads
- 79 Likes
- Blender 2.7x
- Render: Cycles
- Creator: ChrisKuhn
- License: CC-BY
Description:
Just for fun... a (semi-fictional) engine as used in the Top Fuel dragsters. This is by no means perfect, but I think it's good enough for most purposes. Even if you don't like the engine itself, there's a ton of mechanical junk that you can steal for other projects.
Note: If anyone's curious, these engines really do have 8 spark plugs on each side (2 per cylinder).
Enjoy!
Comments:
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MZiemys
Edited May 29, 2016One of the nicest models I've seen here. Really nice clean modelling. :)
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Mikel007
Edited May 29, 2016A typical Chris Kuhn :-) In my opinion it is a perfect engine. Thanks for sharing it with us.
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ChrisKuhn
Written May 29, 2016Thanks man... I took a look at your stuff - very cool work you've done!
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fouredgeddelta
Written May 30, 2016Thats one sexy engine right there. To the 2 sparking plugs per zylinder : I saw this before on several propeller engines. I thinks one is the + and one the - pole
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CaptainRex
Written May 30, 2016Thank you for sharing your work with us! You inspire me every time you post, to try something new, and to work harder towards a nice finished project :D
Thank you for your support of Blend Swap!
Cheers, Rex
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seeker47
Written May 31, 2016Absolutely nailed it!
Did you have blueprints or plans from which to work? If so, where did you get them?
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ChrisKuhn
Written May 31, 2016Thanks! I didn't have blueprints for this particular engine, no. But I'm generally familiar with car engines and I wasn't trying to model a specific one. So I took the dimensions of a generic V-8 block and relied on photo references to detail it.
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seeker47
Edited May 31, 2016You seem to have an excellent grasp of what a top fuel engine requires. I particularly liked the MSD mags.
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Peetoo
Written June 07, 2016Wow, this needs video of making, it has so much of learning potential... gotta admit, you really rocks :)
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rombout
Written July 13, 2016Wow! very slick model. You've got really nice and clean model here. Wondering how you pulled this off, need to step up my modeling skills. Im busy wit a Shelby Cobra and eventually i want to put in a engine as well.
PS did you use this image as reference, the hemi evolution engine http://www.dragracermag.com/hemi-engine-evolution-the-only-constant-is-change-especially-with-the-nitro-hemi looks almost the same
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ZeroMeetsInfinity
Written November 07, 2016Hi and thanks a lot for the engine. I used it here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxO94R-0phU
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mero909
Written November 16, 2017Wow, really nice job. I'm new to blender and 3D modeling generally and this stuff just blows my mind. Again, great work!
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Lukon
Written July 04, 2019Way cool lookin'.
I put it in Daz Studio and slapped some IRay shaders on it: https://www.deviantart.com/luqu/art/Dragster-Motor-by-Chris-Kuhn-804348696
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"...good enough for most purposes" ?? - it's totally awesome dude! You did a great job, thanks for sharing!