The sound of that engine...
Sounds like you could get around 250 miles from it before it fell apart.
The fact it`s still under constant development to gain power says to me that there has been almost zero development on longevity.
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My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Thu 23 Feb 2017, 10:06,
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You're looking at similar power output to high-end dragsters
And they typically run at full power 4-5 times for about 10 seconds before needing a strip-down and rebuild.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Thu 23 Feb 2017, 11:16,
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So much wank
Yet still not even close to 50 year British tech (when Brtitain was still great):
youtube.com/watch?v=Nf6NkZHCyF8
I present you the Napier Sabre, 24 cylinders of goodness.
(Can't find a vid of the engine running, that's a Lion above)
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Spot on, yeah. I bet it can do a few good dyno runs, a couple of 1/4 miles and then need a rebuilt
sounded like a bag of spanners being thrown down a metal tube.
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My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Thu 23 Feb 2017, 16:50,
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Don't want to be too much of a nerd...
But if you put two V8's end to end, should'nt the crank of the second engine be rotated 45° to avoid too many explosions at the same time, but doing so would destroy the balance of the V8 by introducing a shitload of harmonics?
AKA, there is probably a good reason WW2 aero V and H engines were V12 or H24.
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