Here is a pic of my latest project

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I hope this isn't in the wrong place as it is a do it yourself project.
What I've done is I purchased a military surplus 4 cylinder air cooled engine and repowered my case 444 tractor with it. This engine is a new engine that was built in october of '91 that has been in a warehouse all these years and they've recently, two years or so ago, been declared surplus so they're being sold for pennies on the dollar. Guys are buying these and using them on air boats, motorized hang gliders and gyrocopters amongst many other uses such as what I'm doing with mine. The engine is designed and built by the same company that builds the continental engine that is in most small airplanes, Cessna's etc.
I'm in the process of running twice pipes out the rear of the tractor right under the rear axle. This little engine has a killer sound to it as it fires twice on one side then fires twice on the other side, back to back, so the exhaust has a rhythm to it, not unlike a cammed up race engine. Once I finish putting the hood back on I'll take it to my nephew to give it a new coat of paint. I can still order the decals for it so when I'm finished it will look like a new case 444 tractor except for the four cylinder engine.
Anyways I thought someone here might be interested in my latest project.
You can actually balance a nickel on it while the engine is running.

The green paint on the engine will be the first thing I take off and paint it black and leave some of the aluminum that the engine is built of unpainted and polished.

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ETA: I went to eBay and purchased a new starter for a 1995 BMW 318i for $71.83 complete with shipping and put it on the motor and it works like it was made for it. Bolted right on, works good and sounds great. Just in case anyone is thinking of using one of these engines on something as they don't come with a starter other than a rope starter.