> (it's a 2 liter V8 built like a bike motor. weighs 163lbs, 360HP)
Unfortunately, the torque numbers are "only" 190 at 7800rpm. That translates
into a royal pain to drive on the street!!! We had a Westfield Seven with a
1.3-liter Hayabusa engine show up at one of the MG club autocrosses last
year. something like 85 pounds and 130 hp. Virtually no flywheel and very
little low-end torque combined to make it a car which had vast un-realized
potential and very little actual fun. Looks good on paper, and it might work
on a race track, but for normal driving?
David Lieb
1972 RWA
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