Headless engine

A headless engine or fixed head engine[1] is an engine where the end of the cylinder is cast as one piece with the cylinder and crankcase.[2] The most well known headless engines are the Fairbanks-Morse Z and the Witte Headless hit and miss engine[3]


See also
An advertisement for a headless hit and miss engine.

References
  1. Goodsell, Don (2016-06-27). Dictionary of Automotive Engineering. Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 978-1-4831-0496-6.
  2. "Fairbanks Morse headless engine 1917". www.practicalmachinist.com.
  3. "Headless Witte Engines". www.oldengine.org.


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