Engines Exposed 2015
1960 Meskowski Race Car Inline 4-cylinder, double overhead cams,
255 cubic inches displacement, 400 horsepower
The 4-cylinder Offenhauser engine, designed by Harry Miller, refined by Fred Offenhauser and first seen on racetracks
in the early 1930s, is the most celebrated engine in American motor sports. The “Offy” scored 27 Indianapolis 500 wins from 1935 to 1976. The cylinder head and crankcase are a single unit, permitting higher pressures. The large pipes on the engine’s left side feed air into the fuel injectors.
The rubber baseballs keep out dirt when the engine isn’t running. Matt Anderson, curator of transportation at The Henry Ford.
Engines Exposed 2015
1960 Meskowski Race Car Inline 4-cylinder, double overhead cams,
255 cubic inches displacement, 400 horsepower
The 4-cylinder Offenhauser engine, designed by Harry Miller, refined by Fred Offenhauser and first seen on racetracks
in the early 1930s, is the most celebrated engine in American motor sports. The “Offy” scored 27 Indianapolis 500 wins from 1935 to 1976. The cylinder head and crankcase are a single unit, permitting higher pressures. The large pipes on the engine’s left side feed air into the fuel injectors.
The rubber baseballs keep out dirt when the engine isn’t running. Matt Anderson, curator of transportation at The Henry Ford.