Recent content by Swanky

I should let this thread die and bury my shame along with it but I cannot. I feel that I must explain. I have not yet made this design into a cad model. I only have what I have which is raw data. Till I can test it and I know its real limits, it revs to 15k, has 1m horses, and loves street...

Okay, so 15k is a little high. I am realistically shooting for 12k. 15k would be nice but 12k is where my design feels best. To answer your question with a short answer: I need it to be functional in a race situation as it would be marketed as an engine that can be run in a race or on the...

Hi, I love land speed racing down in ausie-land. I knew a guy that drove a landspeed car down there and was trying to raise money to get his car over here. Cool guy... Onto the question. Yes, you can use ground effects on a motorcycle to enhance speed and yes, you can use aerodynamics (not...

That is exactly what has been happening for the last few days. My head hurts. :biggrin:

Yeah, I know that ferrari does it (and I love me some sweet red ponies) but I am looking for smoothness to the ninth degree. The engine I am designing would be a street engine. Obviously it could be/would be used for racing but it should be usable on the street. You should be able to kick it...

For the 180° bank, I thought that a crank angle would cause too much instability. Would that be wrong? So 45° is out for what I thought I it would be out for... but the 90° bank should still work.

So for the last 3 years (off and on) I have been designing an engine. I have gotten much more serious lately as it could help me get a job that I seriously want, but somethings have stopped me in my tracks. On of the biggest things is the g.d. crankshaft. It is a pain because it does so much for...