Can anyone help ID this Lycoming engine I just picked up? It's a big Lycoming straight eight. Obviously it was a stationary application, my guess is an irrigation pump as it came from a farmers barn. The intake and exhaust are made together. Uses a small updraft carburetor that bolts directly to the manifold log. The head is about 38" long and the engine itself is about 54" not including the PTO drive unit.
What are the casting marks visible at the bottom of the fourth picture? Is there any data on the plate on the top of the bellhousing in the ninth pic? If it was originally a stationary unit, it would have had a governor (probably removed when the Mallory was installed). Are there any signs (extraneous brackets, empty tapped holes, etc.) that a governor was removed? If you compare the number on the distributor to the Mallory distributor list, it may tell you what the original application was. I only saw one Lycoming: no. 187, a marine engine. Lycoming sold engines to a number of car and truck manufacturers, so it may be listed by that make.
Cool looking mill! Does it turn over? If it spent it's entire life on the farm I'm guessing it might have low hours on it. I see that thing painted a very dark blue or green and detailed to the max with all the small parts (side plates, plug wire tube, acorn nuts, etc.) chrome plated (ala Duesenberg) and the starter, generator etc. painted gloss black. Would look great in a hoodless, stretched out roadster. Or bust it off as is and stuff it in a TROG build style Model A roadster. Just pull the firewall and set those last 2 cylinders right back under the cowl...
How much does that monster weigh? It looks like there's a lot of possibilities to remove / replace big heavy cast iron pieces.
Did you try here Lycoming Engines | Piston Aircraft | General Aviation That is the same company I think.
Hey @Locomotive Breath That is indeed a very cool vintage LYCOMING straight 8 flathead engine. Feel free to get in touch with the "Auburn, Cord, Dusenberg" club, they will tell you the same thing, that particular engine is a stationary engine, and that wasn't the type that was used in automobiles. But you already know that! Even if the engine isn't stuck, there is no support for those engines, unless you have deep pockets and a connection to a very experienced machine shop, and even then, they will just smile and say to you, "Good Luck" on your journey to find viable parts etc, etc, etc! But hey, don't get discouraged, it will be interesting to see what you actually do with it or what you adapt it to! Thanks from Dennis.
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