v-twin car?

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joesmith1555

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4 posts

268 months

Monday 5th August 2002
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Since most of the questions concerning bike engined cars is about the lack of torque, why hasn't anyone tried a v-twin engine instead of an inline four? Everything I have read says that v-twins have significantly more torque than the inline fours. Is there any reason this wouldn't work in a seven style vehicle?

Nacnud

2,190 posts

276 months

Monday 5th August 2002
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and it would sound gorgeous !

aph

9 posts

267 months

Friday 9th August 2002
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actually the inline 4 produce more torque ltr for ltr but at higher revs hence the reason why twins are given capacity concesions for wsb ie 750cc 4 against 1000cc twin. Its up to personal taste really.

aph

9 posts

267 months

Friday 9th August 2002
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if you are interseted though look at the stuart taylor site they've got as vtr sp1 engined pheonix

www.stuart-taylor.co.uk

tuffer

8,878 posts

274 months

Friday 9th August 2002
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Stuart Taylor also had an article in Kit-Car a couple of months back talking about the SP1 engine and a couple of V4 options, I think a Honda VFR750 engine (or 2) would be good for a laugh. Still reckon you could get a Subaru flat 4 in though and that would give the same sound but just a little more bhp !!!

mikefield

77 posts

289 months

Saturday 17th August 2002
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shame the V twin sounds like someone blowing a raspberry.

It's also rather slow. See 750 club RGB series race results.


>> Edited by mikefield on Saturday 17th August 08:38