[DeTomaso] To stroke or not to stroke

[adin at frontier.net]

What you need to remember is:

(this is my theory )  If you are making power, you need to do the  
maintainence.

IF you are making 2.0 HP/Cubic inch it doesn't matter how you make the  
power (supercharger, NAWZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ, 18 turbos, or CC - cubes and  
compression) you will need to do the rings/bearings/oilchanges etc.

So, pick your level of tune: 6 hp/cube (formula 1) = motor lasts two  
weekends (with some luck) or .6 hp/cube (grandmas ranchwagon) =  
100,000 miles; or something in between.

Who said "there is no free lunch"?????

That's my theory, its back to the Bat Cave for a good nap.

The Pope




Quoting Ken Green <kenn_green at yahoo.com>:

> What I said was,
>
>   "But my hope is that parts made to survive 9K RPM will last   
> forever at 7K RPM"
>
>   That is basically my plan to have a maintainable engine that   
> hopefully will just need rings and bearings to last a few ORRs and   
> some street driving.  With twin turbos I won't need to go to high   
> RPM to make power.
>
>   Ken
>