A friend drove a turbo Offy for the 1972 season . He talked about running 75
inches of boost and they were being conservative . He said coming out of the
pits it had 60 hp at 6000 rpm before the turbo kicked in and 1000 hp at
10000 rpm .
> "...while John Miller was running a turbo Offy on the All American
> Racers dyno the waste gate froze shut. The engine's revs jumped to
> 10,200, and the engine put out nearly 1400 horsepower- about that of the
> Merlin engine used in the World War II P-51 Mustang fighter."
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