John G & List
Where engine swaps are allowed the modern engines from far eastern (to us
in the UK) makers can now easily displace the 'traditional' state of the
art 16 valve Coswoth Fords and so on. Smaller capacity streamliners would
benefit from these newer motors as you said John.
My comment on class change would apply when such swaps are not allowed.
In Britain many limited production number and so called 'kit cars' are now
being fitted with motorcycle engines as you may have seen in the magazines.
These motors (often with integral 5 or 6 speed gearboxes) produce
excellent levels of power to weight - hundreds of horsepower and virtually
no weight. A large number of these types of cars are competing in UK motor
sport (but not record breaking).
What information is listed in the Bonneville programme for most racers? I
would have thought that this combined with the speeds from the SCTA site or
the rule book would help with identifying car types and motors to their
speeds and/or their records. Are the old programmes as full of data as the
50th?
UK Team 'Primetime' have their electric car e=motion running for the press
- see www.publicitymatters.com/landspeed for photos.
Malcolm Pittwood, Derby, England
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