I remember that, but it's not quite so true anymore. As I recall, the holy grail of street engine building back in those days was one horsepower per cubic inch displacement. Now engines come straight out of the factory that way.Originally Posted by w3bny
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
Yeah-yeah...now we have blowers, turbos, nitromethane, AVGAS, Mr. Fusion...
Last edited by w3bny; 09-06-2011 at 01:49 PM.
Yeah...I'm a furry...Deal with it!
...fuel injection, multiple overhead cams, multiple intake and exhaust valves per cylinder. Engines are just a lot more sophisticated than they were back in the day. Harder to work on, too, but that's a whole different story.
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
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