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Turbocharging

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Speaking of speed, I came across this book and I liked it right away. The author starts by comparing Top Fuel dragsters to the Formula 1 cars of the late 1980's when turbos were king. Guess which cars put out more power per cubic inch? Formula 1, hands down, they were producing about 1300 to 1400 horsepower! And the neat thing about it is that the Formula 1 cars had about 90 … [Read more...]

Motorcycle Top Speed

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A few months ago there was a news story about a motorcycle rider ticketed for 205mph which later turned out to be a bit optimistic on the part of the police given that they were timing the rider with a stopwatch from the air. Production motorcycles are fast but not quite that fast. I started thinking about this in the last few days because another car, a Bugatti, is now … [Read more...]

Orange County NAPA Drag Bike

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The dysfunctional chopper builders have put together a drag bike. The show is scheduled to appear June 6th on the Discovery Channel. They haven't released pictures yet but times are in the 9 second range. That doesn't sound like your average OCC theme bike. The Kneeslider: Orange County Choppers for sale … [Read more...]

Maxsym Engines

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Maxsym Engine Technology is a British firm developing engines in various configurations, with their newest efforts aimed at developing 4 stroke twins that will be able to replace 2 strokes in applications where the 2 strokes have had a power and performance advantage. Their GP500 and GP600 are parallel twins with monobloc (no separate head) construction and a new patented … [Read more...]