Not to be too much of a skeptic, but 18% seems rather high-- if you had a
100bhp motor to start with, would it really take around 18 HP to run that
tiny little fan? I took the Fan out of my 59 3A (as a consequence of
installing R & P steering) and did not notice any significant power gains.
A nice reduction in noise, however.... I would agree that the fan and hub
do not contribute to any (counter) balancing, although you would notice
it if they were bent or otherwise way out of line. Your thoughts?
Bob W.
-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Thomas [mailto:vafred@erols.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 11:45 AM
To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Cc: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: horsepower
While attending VTR S.E., I had the pleasure of listening to John Lye, JK
Jackson, Don Marshall and the "Lobsta Man", talking about increasing output
of most all T/R engines, I inquired only about the T/R 3 engine, and all
agreed by removing the fan and hub and adding a elec fan, would increase the
horsepower by 18 %, when I asked about these acting as a counter balance for
the crank, they totally disagree this is a tale not fact, I just mention
this as the thread for additional horsepower seems to always come up.
Listening to these race engine guys talk was very, very interesting to say
the least. "FT"
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