Sure Rich. Hypothetically you have a new car and a new, unlicensed driver,
You are shooting for a hard, as opposed to a "soft" :-) record at 203mph.
Your little motor may or may not self-destruct trying to get near the hard
record. Before you can even get serious, at least 5 - 6 runs have to be made
on that poor little motor. The last two runs would be maximum effort and
that is BEFORE the qualifying record run! Run 1, 2, & 3 are for drivers
license D, C, B. Run 3 also qualifies the car for the long course. Run 4 is
for an A license. It is so close to the record the motor may not make it. If
you do make 200.1 mph you get the A license but do not qualify for the
record. It is in all likelihood a "balls-to-the-wall" effort on that motor.
Run 5 now has to qualify for the record. Run 6 has to be the record backup.
None of these runs include "new" car check-out so in all likely hood we are
talking about more than 7 or 8 runs and the last 3 or 4 are maximum effort.
Now assume you have 30 years of parts laying around the garage (anyone on
this list that doesn't). And they could be assembled into a much larger
displacement size of the same type motor. Something that could easily and
SAFELY reach those speeds. The rookie driver could concentrate on his
driving and not worry about a 9,000 rpm rod kissing his foot. Car check-out
can be more focused on handling and aerodynamics. And "seat-time" can be
more valuable. A mule motor gives you a safe way for licensing, car
check-out, and "seat-time" for 1/30 the cost of a record engine. Besides,
towards the end of the week, somebody needs to make those passes just to
keep Glen awake :-) -Elon
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From: Richard Fox Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 7:25 AM
(snip). . . I don't see any good coming from running out of class. Can you
be more
specific on exactly what you want to do? And what benefit you expect as
opposed to running your "real" motor at part throttle.
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