Dave;
I stand corrected on the more/less advance topic. As regards the 2- liter
Honda having more power than the 3- liter 128F Ferrari engine, well......the
Ferrari V-12 was doing this way back in 1962 (what was Honda doing then,
building mopeds?) and it was smooth, supremely reliable, and completely
tractable without any electronics.
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Dahlgren [mailto:ddahlgren@snet.net]
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 10:17 AM
To: Albaugh, Neil
Cc: 'Dick J'; DrMayf; landspeedracer; land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Hemi vs Ford & Chev Controversy
I would suspect they 'tolerate' the ignition advance because the design is
so
poor thermally.. It is not the sign of a good design, it is the
characteristic
of a poor one though. As the combustion chamber gets better the timing
requirement goes down not up.. i would suspect the only reason chrysler is
coming back out with a small hemi is due to market appeal and has nothing to
do
with being either efficient or a good design in general. It is more of a 'if
we
build them the old hot rodders will buy them' I would be even more willing
to
bet most of the engineers at chrysler that do power train design are rolling
their eyes and say why this.. any mediocre 4 valve design flows better and
is
much better thermally.
For once give me a current racing class that a hemi is superior that does
not by
nature of the class require a slow burning fuel...(nitro) a a 4 valve pent
roof
cylinder head is legal and available.
Oh and a 2 liter honda in their sport car makes way more power than the 3
liter
Ferrari you mention and is emissions legal in all states and drives very
nicely
too.
Dave Dahlgren
"Albaugh, Neil" wrote:
>
> Dick;
>
> Add one more hemi engine to the list: the SOHC 3- liter 128F Ferrari
engine.
> It has hemi heads and they must flow pretty well although I have no data
> other than the fact that it put out 240BHP from 183CID and was as
completely
> streetable as a Volkswagen. Another indication of the hemi heads'
efficiency
> was that it could tolerate lots of ignition timing advance.
>
> Happy New Year to all. Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
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