And Fred Larsen went that 246 with a sleeved 58 Chev 265 industrial engine
with four of the pistons removed and counterweights on the crank. He tried
for over twenty five years to get over three hundred with the 183 cubic inch
engine then changed the pill and hit 311 two way. Fifty cent change. Now he
has fun with half the cylinders firing.
When you are pushing eighty, have the prettiest car on the salt, own an FIA
record as well as a Bonneville class record and still are having fun that
way who cares what anyone else thinks? Ask Mark Lingua ... 224 mph FIA
record on
500 cc's. In the 280 range on 1000 cc's. That car is so small he wears it!
Wes
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> From: V4GR@aol.com
> To: landspeedracer@email.msn.com,
dahlgren@uconect.net,Land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Small engines
> Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 20:46:33 EDT
>
>Don DeBring went 269.196 in '81 with a 1500cc Escort based Coswerth.
224.405
>with a 1500cc Fiat on gas. Roy Creel has run over 200 with a 32 Ford 4
>cylinder. Larson & Cummins went 246.026 with a 2000cc Chevy. Some cars with
>little motors are pretty fast. Of course if I could get a Ford GAA 1100 cid
>tank motor I might think 454s were little. Rich Fox
>
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