What's Your Cylinder Count

[James Sofonia]

How many pistons do you have on ACTIVE duty in your house hold. Count up your car engines, lawn mower, chain saw etc.

Lincoln Towncar 8
GMC Yukon 8
Jeep Liberty 6
Kubota lawn tractor 2
Honda lawn mower 1
Honda power washer 1
Honda snow blower 1
Generac power generator 1
Model helicopter 1

Total 29

[SousaKerry]

Van -6
Truck -6
Kid's Car -6
Kid's truck -6
push mower -1
weed wacker -1
chain saw -1
hedge trimmer -1
now lets count the Wheel Horse tractors
C-175 -2
C-121 -1
puller C-110 -1
12 Automatic -1
Lawn Ranger -1
655 -1
snow blower -1
c-85 with 4 cylinder Wisconsin Frankenstein that I never finished -4
spare engines sitting around in pieces and whole -9

Total = 49

Do I win??

[SousaKerry]

Oh yeah and since we are counting pistons technically that includes air compressors and refrigeration units so add another 5

[~Z~]

Impala - 6
Altima - 6
Honda push mower - 1
Total = 13

Hopefully someday will have zero when I have a couple of Tesla's in the driveway, or when autonomous driving becomes the standard, and a car only shows up in my driveway when I need a lift, and flees when I'm done with it, ready for another rider.

[Jetlink]

Suburban 8
Chrysler town and country 6
jeep liberty 6
stihl weed wacker 1
simplicity lawn mower 2
troy built generator 2
deep freeze 1
kitchen Fridge 1
central A/C unit ? (1 I'm guessing)
Roof top A/C on the camper 1
fridge in the camper (0) I'm told they don't have a traditional compressor but expand the refrigerant thermally even on electric mode.
Air compressor 2 ( 1 each)


31 total I think

[EWRice]

68 Caddy- 8
76 Burban- 8
78 Chevy- 8
84 Gmc work truck-8
Generator in above truck-2
91 step van-8
Briggs engine for compressor in above truck- 1
98 Yukon- 8
55 Ford tractor- 4
Farmall BN- 4
67 Cub Cadet- 1
55 10hp Johnson- 2
61 5.5 Evinrude- 2
Husky 350 saw-1
Snapper push mower-1
Leaf vac- 1
Snow blower-1
Leaf blower-1
Total:69

Boat at the dock 2x 318s- 16

Out of service/under repair:
Ferguson TO30 tractor- 4
Fairmont A4D- 4
63 Thompson boat, 327 Rambler- 8
Olds 455- 8
5hp Briggs on Tulsa winch-1
2-4-0 7.5" gauge steam locomotive- 2
6x7.5 vertical steam engine- 1
Grand total:112

I am not including any compressors or pumps. Only engines. This also does not include parts engines. I may have a problem here. Do I need to check into rehab for this?

[Saturnalia]

Wow Eric, I knew you were a master mechanic but I didn't realize you had so many mechanical toys! You could probably count your babies at the C&M, too! Haha

[J T]

-Sonic = 4
-Mazda3 = 4
-lawn mower =1
-leaf blower = 1
-string trimmer = 1
-chain saw = 1

12

[SD80MAC]

Colorado - 6

That's it!

[James Sofonia]

Oh yeah and since we are counting pistons technically that includes air compressors and refrigeration units so add another 5

SK,

That is an impressive collection of cylinders and I thought you would win the prize till EW weighed in. I kinda had "manly" internal combustion power tools and toys in mind for this but you guys are getting creative with refrigeration and air compressors.

[12Bridge]

It does not matter how many I have, It is still too many to take care of..

[CAT345C]

2008 Explorer-6
1990 Caddillac-8
Polaris Sportsman 500- 1
Air compressor-1

Looks like 16 for me.

[James Sofonia]

2008 Explorer-6
1990 Caddillac-8
Polaris Sportsman 500- 1
Air compressor-1

Looks like 16 for me.

Ah.. Cadillac. 8 cylinders and uses them all. I bet you don't feel any pain when riding in that car.

[CAT345C]

I sure don't! It's only got 74k on it and air ride. Rides better than anything I've ever driven!

[AfroRon]

Don't count modern refrigerators and A/C units. Most of them use some form of a rotary screw compressor (Think roots blower) , actual piston pumps are actually kind of rare and where they do show up its usually a swash plate pump and will have 3-8 pistons.

[Standard Railfan]

1973 VW Thing = 4

And we are done here. Does low score win?

[James Sofonia]

1973 VW Thing = 4

And we are done here. Does low score win?

Low score wins in golf!!!

[conrailmike]

2004 Ford Focus - 4
2003 Chevy Venture - 6
2016 Chevy Traverse - 6 (not technically ours but it will reside here 95% of the time)

Craftsman lawn mower - 1
Ryobi string trimmer - 1

Total of 18

[EWRice]

So now I know I have a problem. I just sold a diesel engine for a sailboat. In the process of that, I uncovered a few more engines. I found a Honda engine from a salt spreader, a gas powered pump, and the one I am embarrassed I forgot is the Rail Rod. I also just aquired a '58 Johnson 18hp outboard. 117. I really need to get rid of some equipment.

[James Sofonia]

So did your cylinder count go up even with the loss of the diesel?