The Commer TS3[1] was a diesel engine fitted in Commer trucks built by the Rootes Group in the 1950s and 1960s. It was the first diesel engine used by the company. Commer TS3 engine with side cover removed, showing the pistons and the unique rocker crank components. Engine on display at Bill Richardson Transport World, Invercargill, New Zealand.

Even by today’s standard, the TS3 Diesel was an unusual engine. It’s a two-stroke design that consists of three cylinders in a horizontal layout, each with two pistons with their crowns facing each other. Consequently, it was known as an opposed piston engine because of its design.

2014年10月13日 · The “Commer Knocker” is an opposed piston engine. No, this doesn’t mean it was a traditional ‘opposed’ engine or ‘boxer’ design; the opposed piston engine is actually something quite different. The design is a two stroke cycle in which each cylinder has two pistons.

2017年5月14日 · This 1968 Commer TS3 “Knocker” is a rare surviving example of one of the strangest mass-produced road vehicle engines ever built. Rootes’ first diesel, the design was a three-cylinder, six-piston, rocker drive two-stroke with a blower for scavenging, and though built in the thousands in the 1950’s and 60’s and known to be reliable ...

Commer TS3 Engine Technical details and specifications. ENGINE Type - 2-stroke, horizontal Diesel, direct injection No. of Cylinders - 3, with opposed pistons and wet liners Cubic capacity - 199 cu.in. (3,261 c.c.) B.H.P. (all at 2,400 r.p.m.) - Avenger, 90; 'C' models, 109; 'E' models, 75 Bore - 3•25in. 82 •55mm. Stroke - 4.5. X 2 101 ...

This supercharged three-cylinder, two-stroke diesel engine used by the British commercial truck manufacturer Commer in the 1950s and '60s featured an opposed-piston design. The...

Unlike a petrol engine, a two stroke diesel cannot use crankcase pressure to boost the air supply, because it would tend to combust any oil that was entrapped in the air. A Roots (not Rootes) blower (i.e. rotating lobe type) is situated on the front …

The engine was a two-stroke, compression-ignition diesel engine with uniflow-ported cylinders. Scavenging was performed by a Roots blower . [4] and was mounted on the front of the engine and driven by a long quill shaft from a chain drive at the rear of the engine.

offered on the heavy version of COE Commer trucks, as an alternative to the Perkins diesel engine or the in-line Humber based petrol engine. The engine initially had a bore of 3.25 inches (82.55mm) and a stroke for each opposed piston of 4.0 inches (101.6 mm), a capacity of 199 cu inches (3,261 cc), a

2004年7月20日 · The Rootes TS4 prototypes represent the pinnacle of achievement in high-speed diesel engine design from the mid to late 1960's and even today, 200 hp and 465 ft lb.'s of torque from a 287 cubic inch diesel engine together with exceptional reliability, fuel efficiency and longevity is a remarkable achievement.