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Feuling W3

Working with 45 degree V- Twin engines at Harley Davidson Jim got this idea to further explore the possibilities of V- Twins, he thought of noble idea to convert V2 engine to W3 by adding another cylinder at the same 45 degree angle. He gave this idea to the Harley Davidson management and offered them a mutual deal but to the surprise of Jim,

Harley Davidson refused his offer and preferred to stick to its so-called V2 engine image. Jim was astonished that Harley Davidson refused his proposal, which as per him would be so cost effective and a profitable venture as the W3 project required only 10 different changes in the existing V2 engines and moreover these changes could be brought into without any changes in the assembly line. Jim was committed and confident with his idea decided to move further all alone, he started doing all his R&D works at his premises, which later turned into Feuling Motor Co.

Jim started getting patents for all his W3 designs including patent for “Fast burn” 2- valve, Max Flow cylinder heads and Hi Velocity ports, to the AR (Anti-Reversion) header pipes and low-restriction CVX mufflers and finally he got the patent for the W3 prototype motorcycle in December 1999, which simultaneously got the permission for commercial mass production also.Feuling W3- engine

The 45×45 degree 2500cc air- cooled engine comes with 3 cylinders with 2 valves per cylinder. The W3 engine is capable to produce ridiculous 25Kgm of Torque at 3000rpm and odd plus 150bhp of power with Top speed of 236Kmph, these figures are seriously furious and unimaginable for year 2000. Still these figures can’t be matched by many of the top manufactures’ bikes of the World.
Carburetor:

The 39mm Mikuni flatslide carburetors are used as trio for W3, a multi- point fuel injection system was also available as an option on production bikes.Feuling W3
Transmission:

A carried over 5- speed manual transmission from Harley Davidson is used in Feuling W3 with belt final drive instead of chain drive.

The Feuling W3 motorcycles were made available at $30’000 to the market in Jan 2001. Jim Feuling excited by the market response decided to further improvise his product with some of his other inventions but unfortunately could not see the success of his invention as he passed away at the age of 56, in December 2002. His invention as W3 is still an inspiration for many automobile companies and the R&D work is being carried out by many of them.

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