Updated: 12-Feb-2020
-It was the Walter Christie Machinery Company whose owner with the same name designed an 8-cylinder V engine with overhead camshaft, in 1910.
"Christie V-8"
-In 1911, Walter Christie designed and presented a 6-cylinder radial.
From appendix 9: In the main text we showed a Christie engine mounted on an airplane without any details. Recently we achieved the illustration below and some details.
"Christie V8 frontal"
-So we have the power output of 110 CV at 1,500 rpm. This engine is manufactured in 1910.
-It had an overhead camshaft, 16 valves, and a piston diameter of 4.375 inch. with a 7.00 inch stroke. (very long).
"Another view of the Christie V-8 engine"
"And the side view"
-Walter Christie, its builder, made atypical engines and sports cars with the architecture he used. It is therefore shocking that this engine has a normal look for that time.
Engines of CHRISTIE
Model: Radial, 6 cils.
Model: V-8
"Christie V8"