# Adams-Farwell Radial Rotary Engine **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [December 10, 2013, 12:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/adams-farwell-radial-rotary-engine/234205 "2013-12-10T12:06:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 12:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/adams-farwell-radial-rotary-engine/234205/1 "2013-12-10T12:06:17Z")
Thought this was interesting. Clearly it didn’t take off, but the obscure engine design looks like it did have some merits. [http://www.hemmings.com/hmn/stories/2009/07/01/hmn\_feature27.html](http://www.hemmings.com/hmn/stories/2009/07/01/hmn_feature27.html) [https://youtu.be/Y0XbqHUAI-0](https://youtu.be/Y0XbqHUAI-0) ---
**Author:** ![m\_wolfenden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@m\_wolfenden](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/m_wolfenden)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 6:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/adams-farwell-radial-rotary-engine/234205/2 "2013-12-10T18:24:15Z")
that is really cool ---
**Author:** ![purestock240](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/purestock240/32/5729_2.png) [@purestock240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/purestock240)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 8:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/adams-farwell-radial-rotary-engine/234205/3 "2013-12-10T20:01:27Z")
> **[What's The Most Complicated Car Engine Ever Made?](https://jalopnik.com/whats-the-most-complicated-car-engine-ever-made-1479589375)** > > You're looking at the Honda CVCC engine. It was made to comply with tight 1970s emissions restrictions without the need for catalytic converters. It wasn't exactly what you would call simple. ---
**Author:** ![articzap](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/articzap/32/7361_2.png) [@articzap](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/articzap)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/adams-farwell-radial-rotary-engine/234205/4 "2013-12-10T20:50:17Z")
That’s a lot of rotating mass! I wonder how he went about balancing it to at least some spec so it wouldn’t fly apart! - - - Updated - - - > [@purestock240](#): > > [What's The Most Complicated Car Engine Ever Made?](http://jalopnik.com/whats-the-most-complicated-car-engine-ever-made-1479589375) [http://home.people.net.au/~mrbdesign/PDF/AutoTechBRV.pdf](http://home.people.net.au/~mrbdesign/PDF/AutoTechBRV.pdf) Well this just blew my mind. ---
**Author:** ![purestock240](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/purestock240/32/5729_2.png) [@purestock240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/purestock240)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 8:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/adams-farwell-radial-rotary-engine/234205/5 "2013-12-10T20:57:58Z")
> [@articzap](#): > > Well this just blew my mind. the coolest stuff is found in the comments of the articles. this too, > **[The Ten Most Complicated Car Engines Ever Made](https://jalopnik.com/the-ten-most-complicated-car-engines-ever-made-1480327502)** > > When it comes to engines, the future might be camless and the present seems to be totally turbocharged, but the past is full of some absolutely insane ideas. also not sure where this popped up but here is one to add to the future generations of the list [![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/9/e/9e543c0a9674958b46e8a40850500645f827d419.jpeg "The Future of the Internal Combustion Engine - /INSIDE KOENIGSEGG") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bch5B23_pu0)