AEC V8

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coomsey:
I need some help with this please. Is it industry normal to design the engine, make one then see if it works? Cheers Paul

Yes Paul, at least it was in the 1960’s, especially so with a clean sheet design.

The stages of development for the AEC V8 should have been…

Concept
Design Drawings
Materials Selection and Testing
Prototype Working Drawings
Prototype Casting and Machining
Prototype Engine Assembly and Testing
Development Review (back to step 2 if required)
More Prototype Engine Testing
Another Development Review
Production Drawings
Production Tooling
Engine into Production

AEC went from step 6 straight to step 10 with the V8.

Aah! The 6 to 10 thing I get the reasons behind it. So when the V8 was on the drawing board was there anything that should have been a definite no no or was it a ■■■■ it n see thing? I ask these simple questions of you to try n make a bit more sense of this thread. Thanks Paul