Bill;
Sounds awesome but I'll bet it was a configuration based on compromise
rather than what would have been better.
Water-cooling cylinder barrels is not very difficult-- just place a larger
cylindrical tube around the cylinder, seal both ends, and run water between
the two. Water-cooling the cylinder heads would probably have meant going to
a foundry for
cu$tom ca$tings. Granted, the cooler cylinder barrels probably sucked some
of the heat out of the heads but I'll bet they would have made more power
with water-cooled heads.
Some times we just have to say "That's not as good as it could be but it's
good enough".
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
-----Original Message-----
From: ardunbill@webtv.net [mailto:ardunbill@webtv.net]
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 8:12 AM
To: Albaugh, Neil; land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: V-Max and other odd motors
Neil, how 'bout this variation; the existing World MC Speed Record holder at
322 mph had two Harley-Davidson-based vee-twins with air-cooled heads, and
custom-made water-cooled cylinders that allowed it to live on the Bonneville
Long Course on 90% nitromethane. No air scoops were provided for the heads.
It worked very well. Bill
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