Rovers engines

[Mark Pitts]

Just remember that the later SD1/EFI blocks had extra butressing round =
the main bearings, (info from a friend who worked on the oil burning =
version). So for our purposes (loads of horses? (i do hope we aint in =
this for clean air only!)) the only lups to have are these later =
blocks...  Do look at the TVR engine modes tho' cos they got it up to 5 =
litre (Grifith 500) with serious torque!

OK.. now the boring stuff... I've been hanging arround this list for =
ages, but not posting... here goes:

I want to build a little diddy V8 out of two bike engines, possably GSXR =
barrals and heads. The idea is to get the RPM up to 11-11.5 thou, in a =
mildly turboed 2.2litre lump, and stick it in a light weight car.. kit =
car like a Lotus 7 or such.

Managment? I'm stil playing with the design of the hardware, but its =
going to based on 68010. (Did I hear someone laugh at the back and =
mutter 'overkill'?) Yea well... my coding sucks, so ill do the hardwork =
by MIPs!

Other stupid ideas......
Build a back yard dyno out of a truck axle..... (wait, hear me out on =
this)
Calibrate torqe by strain guaging the torqu tube between the diff casing =
and the brake backplate. Use those enormous brake drums to regulate =
RPM,(maybee with a hose on them to keep the drum coolish). Sounds silly, =
but how much kinetic/potenetial energy will these things dispose of in a =
fully laden dump truck going down a reasonably long hill??? Might not =
run continuous, but I'll bet it would cope with 10 - 15 min run.

Anybody interested in any of the above... drop me a line!

Sax

Fly with me, die with me,
Fly Saxon Airlines!

PS.. sorry about the state of this message, I'm reading my mail wrecked!