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Re: Lighten Flywheel - was Clutch

To: "Lawrie Alexander" <britcars@juno.com>
Subject: Re: Lighten Flywheel - was Clutch
From: "Ray McCrary" <spook01@home.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 13:32:53 -0500
Cc: <mg-mmm@autox.team.net>
References: <20010426.093403.-268791.0.britcars@juno.com>
Reply-to: "Ray McCrary" <spook01@home.com>
Sender: owner-mg-mmm@autox.team.net
My point exactly!
Best,
Ray McCrary
"Speed is Life;
of course Luck and Altitude
are helpful, too."
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lawrie Alexander" <britcars@juno.com>
To: <spook01@home.com>
Cc: <mg-mmm@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 11:29 AM
Subject: Re: Lighten Flywheel - was Clutch


> Ray,
> 
> Brown & Gammons build racing XPEG engines that are reputed to put out
> about 145 bhp. These use a flywheel that can best be described as
> resembling a bicycle chain-ring - there's a periphery that supports a
> ring gear, a flat surface for the clutch to attach to and bite on, and
> not much else! I'm not sure how much (or, should I say, how little) it
> weighs but it isn't very much. My experience of one of these in an engine
> is limited to driving the ex-Ken Miles R1 a few years ago, after it had
> been fitted with a number of B & G's trick bits. It certainly revved
> freely (close to 8,000 rpm) and crisply and exhibited no lack of
> tractability that could not be attributed to the racing cam.
> 
> Lawrie
> British Sportscar Center
> 
> On Wed, 25 Apr 2001 23:48:36 -0500 "Ray McCrary" <spook01@home.com>
> writes:
> > I would be interested in hearing from anyone who actually races an 
> > XPAG or
> > cammer engine to explain what he does to his engine for high RPM 
> > usage.
> > Best,
> 
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