In the first half of the 20th century, the automotive world employed an anything-goes policy when it came to engine design.
Continental, a successful manufacturer of automotive engines, purchased the rights for a Burt-McCollum single-sleeve valve engine design in 1925. Believing this technology might replace poppet valves ...
Bore and Stroke: 122 mm (4.8 in.) x 152 mm (6.0 in.) The Packard Diesel engine was designed and built by the Packard Motor Car Company, and won the 1931 Collier Trophy. The objective was to achieve ...