[Fot] TR4 main bearing caps

[Bill Babcock]

Counter rotating DOHC, 4 valve per cylinder VTEC intake and exhaust,  
mega-trick heads, direct ignition and multi-point fuel injection,  
carbon fiber reinforced liners. And ladder-type bearing supports.  A  
lot more going on there than bearing count.

On May 26, 2009, at 10:57 PM, Joe Curry wrote:

> The Honda S2000 engine has 5 mains, delivers 240 hp in stock form,  
> revs to
> 9000 RPM and all from 1997 cc.
>
> Joe C.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fot-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net]  
> On
> Behalf Of Bill Babcock
> Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 10:13 PM
> To: Tony Drews
> Cc: fot at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Fot] TR4 main bearing caps
>
> Five main engines have a lot more friction than three mains do.
> Probably wouldn't make more horsepower unless you were able to do
> something magical as a result, which I doubt. With a good crank we can
> already reach 7K. I doubt you see anything happen above that without a
> lot better flow.
>
> A good flowing head, now that's  interesting.