Going to more cubic inches is perhaps the easy way to increased horse power.
However, I agree with Laura and Tom that there is a lot of untapped
potential in the 1.5L Spitfire engine as well as other small bore engines.
Also, when you drop some "big honkin' Detroit iron" into an LBC you no
longer have an LBC but some sort of "half breed" with a different F/R weight
distribution and center of gravity.
Back in the early 70s I remember seeing a street legal Volkswagen Beetle
with a 1200 CC engine that put out 200 HP!
Reid
'79 Spitfire (original owner)
-----Original Message-----
From: Laura.G@141.com [mailto:Laura.G@141.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 6:34 PM
To: Tom Shirley; dayton carpenter
Cc: Spitfire List
Subject: Re: Nitrous Oxide
And once again, Tom wins the "Chivelry" award fro coming to the
defense of a lady!
Thanks Tom!
Laura G. (and Nigel the 147hp SuperSpit!)
> > Get real! Cubic Inches is the name of the game. Torque, Torque, then
> > Horsepower, Horsepower. The Spit engine is wimpy 1.5 liter.
>
> Like Laura said, the F1 engineers seem to get a lot out of their engines.
I
> recall a wimpy 1.5 liter BMW engine back in the early 70s putting out over
> 1100 horsepower.
>
> Tom Shirley Sale Creek, TN
> 99 Mazda Miata (Bad Dog Racing)
> 78 Triumph Spitfire (for sale)
> http://www.geocities.com/baddogracing/
>
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