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

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. 4 July 2013.
  3. "Headless Witte Engines". www.oldengine.org. Archived from the original on 2020-02-25. Retrieved 2019-11-22.


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