Re: Boost vs Cubic inches

[andrew smith]

Talking about strange motors i used to build and test napier deltics for a living.These things have 3 cranks setup in a triangular configuration with 18 cylinders and 36 pistons.They were an opposed piston centrifugally supercharged 2 stroke diesel.For a big engine they used to scream and were super smooth.With the fuel racks wide open in an ungoverned state i cuold get double the factory rpm and hp.They had no flywheel only small dampers on the cranks and from idle could spin to 4000rpm and return to idle in less that 2 seconds.   PTF Napier Deltic Engines There is no other motor that sounds like these. Andrew Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BRM built a supercharged 1488cc V16 for F1 which could put out about 480bhp at 12,000 rpm and this was back in the 1950's. It was like two V8's, one on top of the other with a common crank. The V is very shallow and it almost looks like boxer. The pistons must have been tiny! Eddie Rattley England [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ratdat.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Rowe, Adam To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 1:34 AM Subject: RE: Boost vs Cubic inches  Didn't suzuki make a 1.6L V8 that was meant for a production sports car?  Did that ever come out?  I think it was a twin turbo too. -----Original Message----- From:   Wisniewski, Daniel (D.) [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent:   15/11/2001 10:49 To:     '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject:        RE: Boost vs Cubic inches They were back in the late 80's, 1.3L they were turbo also, Zac is correct they are 3L these days. Dan -----Original Message----- From: James Marmont [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, 15 November 2001 11:16 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: Boost vs Cubic inches i dis agree i have read that they were 1. something. think 1.6l. they are certainly under 2l --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/membersozdat@datascribe.com.au/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/membersozdat@datascribe.com.au/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/membersozdat@datascribe.com.au/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------