mike h wrote:

I was thinking more like the Downing cars or other rotary racers who use
peripheral port motors for high HP. Most rebuild at 30-40 hours.

I agree that the rotary is reliable, especially when fairly underloaded as
most AC builders tend to do.

Also remember that Able' car (I am assuming you are mentioning the Flaco
Racing 2nd gen) only runs for maybe 5 minutes at a time, with less than a
minute at power. That does equate to about 30 minutes between rebuilds.

If he road raced the car and could say that, I'd be impressed. Since I saw a
carrier catapult launch up close drag racing has been rather lame to me.

Mike Harrington

 
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