>> Just a side comment on this figure ... the stress on the rods is
>> greatly
> affected by engine rpm (square law as I recall, but it might be cube)
> and
> the TR6 is a fairly slow-turning engine. Getting one to be reliable
> above
> 5800 rpm is quite tricky, and I've never heard of anyone turning one
> above
> 7
> grand for any length of time.
I saw Richard Bull's TR5 race car doing 1' 31" laps around Goodwood
(with a passenger!) at a Track Day and the car looked so, so fast along
the Lavant Straight
When he came in I asked him what he was revving to and he just leant in
and pressed the telltale on the Stack tacho. It pinged straight off the
scale at 8000+ rpm
So Classic Racecraft can build an engine that'll pull 8K....
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