[Fot] titanium rods

[Bill Babcock]

My MV Agusta Senna has titanium rods, piston pins and crank pin.  
Beautiful parts. The motor revs to 13,500 RPM and makes 142 HP from  
750 cc. I wouldn't mind that kind of performance in my TR3, Peyote  
would be darned sprightly with 400+ horsepower, though I suspect the  
four radially displaced titanium valves and the fuel injection  
contribute more to the performance than the rods. What a motor  
though. I can pick it up by myself. The whole bike weighs 413 pounds-- 
about the same as a TR3 motor. The valve springs and retainers are  
absolutely gorgeous. Most of the bits inside look like jewelry.

An interesting side note, an engineer told me that the titanium  
alloys used in motorsports don't lend themselves to crack checking  
because most cracks propagate beneath the surface and don't propagate  
slowly like steel can. It's either good, or it's gone.

Bill Babcock
billb at bnj.com
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On Apr 20, 2007, at 6:40 PM, Terry Stetler wrote:

> Yer killin me here....
>
> hehe.
>
> Actually, titanium rods would be quite a performance/reliability  
> enhancer for
> the TR2/3/4 cars, if prohibitively expensive.
>
> Imagine lowering the weight of your connecting rods by 33%.
>
> Terry Stetler
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> fot at autox.team.net<mailto:fot at autox.team.net>
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>   In a message dated 4/20/2007 5:22:09 PM Central Daylight Time,
>   58tr3a at videotron.ca<mailto:58tr3a at videotron.ca> writes:
>
>   Henry - Did it get rid of the limp ?
>
>   NAW!  He's still limp.
>
>   Bill (Damdinger)
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