A generous friend just sold me an 05 F150 for dirt cheap. I thought well I'll buy it fix the injectors and sell our other truck to do house reno's. Then I realized I've got to donate our old broken Venture minivan and get it off the property. I started to do a piston count and realized its getting out of hand. Most of my numbers are good vehicles bought way undervalue and made valuable with some TLC and elbow grease. I make an average wage just that I'm cheap and like deals and like off road vehicles too. I only buy used good machines and when I'm in the market I research and watch the adds. Most good deals are gone in under an hour. A few times Ive been able to get crazy prices.
This list includes weed whackers, lawn mowers and Nitro R/C. Oh yah and my Miata sitting in the garage waiting to be fixed............

Whats really cool is that 8 pistons are 2 strokes - ha ! No engine oil changes for those ones. 4 only have 2 wheels. 11 pistons need work and don't run.

Whats your Piston Count ?

(ps putting your hand inside a tube and pumping it does not count - too much leakdown)

 

Does this have to be all engines on property? Or just vehicles? What about spare motors??

 

I think if it's not commercial and you own it that should count.
Anyone with a turbine gets a 12 cylinder equiv.

 

V8 truck, 3 running 4 cylinder vehicles, 1 non running 4 cylinder vehicle. 2 spare 4 cylinder engines, 2 cylinder horizontally opposed Steiner, spare 2 cylinder engine for it...2 cylinder motorcycle, chain saw, weedwacker, pushmower, riding mower, hedge trimmer.

 

Yes...global warming starts directly above my house.

 

8 + 4 + 4 = 16

I sold all my lawn equipment a couple of years ago. I'm a job creator (i.e. I pay for local servicemen to do our yard work).

 

2 V8 Diesels,1 I6 Diesel, 1 Natural gas I4, 7 Miata motors (some in cars), 1275 I4, 9 single cylinder machines, Toyota I4. 71 and I have no plans to downsize.

 

I stopped at 82. I can recall 8 single cylinder 2-smokes, but I feel like I'm forgetting a few of the small motors

16 (2 V8's) have been sitting and currently (probably) do not run. Both could be made to run with minimal effort.

8 (2 L4's) are extra BP's.

2 are Nitro RC.

<edit> Added 4. Forgot a motorcycle.

 

I don't currently own any rotary engines, but how should those be counted? 1 rotor = 2 pistons?

 

6 cyl BMW 328Ci + 4 cyl Miata. Only 10 here :( At some point in time I've had 2 Miatas (both were turbo), Integra, and 350Z (12 + 12 + 6 cyl)

 

52 pistons

3 tractors
3 trucks/SUV's
2 cars
3 mowers
4 nitro r/c cars

Only V8 is the Miata

 

What all are we counting here through? Pistons designed for things that move or any pistons? IE generators and power washers

 

3x 8cyl, 2x 6cyl, 1- 4cyl, 2 mowers, weed whacker,
43 soon to buy another motor for the miata and another car so... 51-53 in a few months.

 

Mower - 1
Nitro RC -1
Motorcycle - 4
Lancer - 4
Miata - 4
Mazda 3 - 4

So a lowly 18, but they're all fun. Minus the mower, which is just kinda "meh".

 

build this?

 

Jeep - 8
Edsel - 8
Miata - 4
Protege - 4
Ninja - 4
Riding Mower - 2
Push Mower - 1
Chain saw - 1

BP motors (5 out of cars, not all assembled but complete) - 20
Spare ninja motor - 4
Spare 360 Magnum - 8

Running: 32 pistons
Spare motors: 32 pistons

COME ON TRASH DAY!

 

truck -8
miata -4
golf -4
green car -4
pressure washer -1
240sx race car i co-own -2 (half)
spare ka24de -4
air compressors 3
30 total.

 

2 turbo 4 cylinders.
Miata and WRX

 

4... No turbos whatsoever......I fail at cars.

 

I've got all that ----, owned a miata since 2005, member here since 2007 and almost 5000 posts with no current turbo anything. I defiantly fial.