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stan_the_man
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28th Jan 08 at 14:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Only 24.99 in Argos.

Im ordering one for sure!

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Build a realistic working model of a combustion engine. Includes light and sound features, light up spark plugs and moving pistons, valvegear and fan belt. Includes a 'Haynes Manual'
Mather.16v
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28th Jan 08 at 14:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i could think of alot better things to spend £25 on
Shane
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28th Jan 08 at 14:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
wonder how big it is, could easily be made into a cool pc case with a bit of cutting
stan_the_man
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Finished model size 180 x 270 x 140 mm (H x W X D)
lil_g
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28th Jan 08 at 14:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I want one

whats the item number?
stan_the_man
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http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/0762977/Trail/searchtext%3EENGINE.htm
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The model is designed to be fun to put together, and to make it easer for you to understand how a full size engine works.

This box contains all of the parts and tools you need to assemble the working model. It comes complete with it’s own Haynes manual giving you clear step by step instructions to guide you through the build process, all you need to provide is time, two batteries and a little vegetable oil.

The on / off controller also includes a sound chip which reproduces the noise of an engine starting as the model begins to work.

• Discover how an engine works
• Includes every thing you need to built your own engine
• Over 100 parts
• Electric Motor
• Illuminating spark plugs
• Instructions and step by step diagrams
• Ages 10 years +
• Requires 2 x AA batteries & Vegetable Oil (not included)
lil_g
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28th Jan 08 at 15:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
What's the vegetable oil for?
nova_gteuk
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28th Jan 08 at 15:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Why is there fanblades on the pulley?

Other than that i think ill get one for my room lol
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28th Jan 08 at 15:05   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I had one of them when I was about 14. The cambelt skips teeth and it's noisy as fuck
andy1868
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28th Jan 08 at 15:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i'm getting one
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28th Jan 08 at 15:11   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Looks good
Superlite Ltd.
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quote:
Originally posted by lil_g
What's the vegetable oil for?


lubricaton

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Originally posted by nova_gteuk
Why is there fanblades on the pulley?


thats a common engine setup mate

normally on big diesel engines mounted for RWD

[Edited on 28-01-2008 by Superlite Ltd.]
mazdaspeed
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28th Jan 08 at 16:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5HH6eTvSgY
Paul_J
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Originally posted by mazdaspeed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5HH6eTvSgY


v8 is cooler... but using the drill and putting petrol inside
Nick-S
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28th Jan 08 at 16:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
thats ace
sand-eel
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ef3GnP9wTI
rather have this^^^^

someone on ebay sold the plastic engine thing for £30 and said it was one of a kind and you will never find another one again
lil_g
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rbwhPohLVs&feature=related


This looks exactly like one
CorsAsh
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Originally posted by Robin
I had one of them when I was about 14. The cambelt skips teeth and it's noisy as fuck
So it's a Ford engine then?
Doug
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28th Jan 08 at 18:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
That looks like a cool little gadget

I may invest
drunkenfool
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28th Jan 08 at 19:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I got one for a fiver a coupla years ago by using some dodgy codes on this website, it was the only thing on there that looked any good. Not a bad little toy but im glad I didnt pay £25 for it
dan-h
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they are quite cool, ive got one somewhere in my room,but they dont turn over fast enough though you get bored watching them after about 10 seconds
Adam
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28th Jan 08 at 20:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Could fitting bigger fan blades turn it into a funky desk fan or does it turn over too slow?
16V_1600
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Originally posted by Mather.16v
i could think of alot better things to spend £25 on
Superlite Ltd.
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I'd want one that actually used petrol and actually made a spark

but i guess then my room would be full of exhaust smoke

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