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That period of road car engine are not very efficient, it's basic design limitations compared to modern engines. You have to change a lot of the mechanical design to increase that efficiency.
When i was involved in the protype new heads from Wildcat Engineering for the Rover V8, we made huge gains over the OEM castings. It's a pity TVR didn't take that on and went down the AJP route, they may well have survived longer and offered a product that wasn't so flaky.
I recently built a 1963 engine with 2 valves per cylinder on mechanical injection, thats pushing 200bhp out of a 1.5 litre NA. That was bleeding edge technology back then. They now make almost 1000 BHP out of the same capacity.
When i was involved in the protype new heads from Wildcat Engineering for the Rover V8, we made huge gains over the OEM castings. It's a pity TVR didn't take that on and went down the AJP route, they may well have survived longer and offered a product that wasn't so flaky.
I recently built a 1963 engine with 2 valves per cylinder on mechanical injection, thats pushing 200bhp out of a 1.5 litre NA. That was bleeding edge technology back then. They now make almost 1000 BHP out of the same capacity.
500TORQUES said:
A good rally engine should be relatively torquey, not peak power chasing.
No power below 4k. To pull away rev, dump clutch and spin wheels to avoid burning the clutch out. ETA
More torque than you could shake a stick at just not low down.
Edited by PositronicRay on Sunday 19th March 15:44
PositronicRay said:
No power below 4k. To pull away rev, dump clutch and spin wheels to avoid burning the clutch out.
ETA
More torque than you could shake a stick at just not low down.
A very long time ago I had a 350 YPVS tuned by the legendary Stan Stephens. Power band was between 9-11k. fETA
More torque than you could shake a stick at just not low down.
Edited by PositronicRay on Sunday 19th March 15:44
k me that was hard work to ride on the road if you weren't completely on it.Back O/T, I bet the smile on Harry's face when he's blasting along on all 12 cylinders will be worth every penny. I wonder if Mrs M has a thread on Mumsnet where she vents about the amount of money Harry spends
500TORQUES said:
PositronicRay said:
No power below 4k. To pull away rev, dump clutch and spin wheels to avoid burning the clutch out.
ETA
More torque than you could shake a stick at just not low down.
Then it's not difficult/impossible to drive.ETA
More torque than you could shake a stick at just not low down.
E90_M3Ross said:
RichB said:
liner33 said:
Oh I would love a Continental , maybe one day
Bentley? E90_M3Ross said:
RichB said:
liner33 said:
Oh I would love a Continental , maybe one day
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