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ideas at the Terminal. The Continental O-170 engine is the
collective military designation for a family of small aircraft
engines, known under the company designation of A50, A65, A75
and A80. The line was designed and built by Continental Motors
commencing in the 1940s. It was employed as the powerplant for
civil and military light aircraft. The horizontally-opposed,
four cylinder engines in this family are all identical in
appearance, bore, stroke, dry weight and piston displacement.
All feature a bottom-mounted updraft carburetor fuel delivery
system. The higher power variants differ only in compression
ratio and maximum allowable rpm, plus minor modifications. The
lower horsepower versions are fully convertible to the higher
rated versions. Design and development In all models of this
family of engines the cylinder heads are of aluminum alloy,
screwed and shrunk onto steel barrels. Spark plug inserts and
intake valve seats are made from alumin