gruntguru wrote:I still think its heavy.
0-60, 40+ secs
60-80, 17 sec
80-100, 20 sec
It probably has weight added most land speed record cars add ballast for traction and stability instead of adding downforce and drag. Mass has little affect on top speed just acceleration.
And to go a little further, we aren't dealing with huge horsepower here, less than 20-25 for sure. Top speed is mainly a function of drag coefficient, frontal area, and HP. Weight is only a small function of this, though it does affect how fast you will achieve your top speed. There is a calculator at the bottom of this page that you can play with, along with some suggested values for a streamliner.
I figured all gears would be affected as they would change the overall gearing with the final chain drive ratio. Looks like an April RS 50 engine, they topped out at about 100kmh.
Anyway, we should have less of this and more pretty engine pictures before it devolves into a horsepower vs torque argument
So here I have the Moto Guzzi V8 500cc motorcycle engine from 1955-1957 for their Grand Prix racing team. Produced 78hp. Ultimately, however, not a success.
hpras wrote:So here I have the Moto Guzzi V8 500cc motorcycle engine from 1955-1957 for their Grand Prix racing team. Produced 78hp. Ultimately, however, not a success.
Sadly, the Guzzi GP 500 V8 was dropped before fully showing its potential..
Perhaps however, it provided (false) inspiration for the later..
..( & also unsuccessful) Honda NR 500 - defacto - V8?
Edit: NR 500 ( "Never Ready"- was the cruel nickname applied) not NS 500,
& that budget 2T triple NS 500 - did win F. Spencer & Honda a 1st No 1 500cc Champ spot..
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"Well, we knocked the bastard off!"
Ed Hilary on being 1st to top Mt Everest,
(& 1st to do a surface traverse across Antarctica,
in good Kiwi style - riding a Massey Ferguson farm
tractor - with a few extemporised mod's to hack the task).
hpras wrote:So here I have the Moto Guzzi V8 500cc motorcycle engine from 1955-1957 for their Grand Prix racing team. Produced 78hp. Ultimately, however, not a success.
Lamborghini 3512 V12 3.5 Engine mounted on a Lola LC89
"...and there, very much in flames, is Jacques Laffite's Ligier. That's obviously a turbo blaze, and of course, Laffite will be able to see that conflagration in his mirrors... he is coolly parking the car somewhere safe."Murray Walker, San Marino 1985
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