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Alp Sungurtekin 666 Vincent at the World Finals, SCTA September 29, 2020
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<blockquote data-quote="timetraveller" data-source="post: 131504" data-attributes="member: 456"><p>I suspect that something near that is possible. My reasoning is follows. Several years ago Roy Robertson got up to just under 170 mph on his track racing Egli. This is bored and stroked to about 1,200 cc but runs on petrol. His height above sea level was small and he was on tarmac so not the same type of problems as on some of the salt flats. He had a 'George Brown' type fairing fitted but got confused with some of the course markers and shut off well before the end of the timed section. Had it not been for that he would certainly have achieved 170 or more. Clearly the fairing gives a big advantage but the bike is set up for track use and has a larger, although more streamlined, frontal area. If the resistance goes as the square of the speed then to go from 180 to 200 needs and extra 23% more power. Whether the final change to nitro can do that I am not sure but it must be near.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="timetraveller, post: 131504, member: 456"] I suspect that something near that is possible. My reasoning is follows. Several years ago Roy Robertson got up to just under 170 mph on his track racing Egli. This is bored and stroked to about 1,200 cc but runs on petrol. His height above sea level was small and he was on tarmac so not the same type of problems as on some of the salt flats. He had a 'George Brown' type fairing fitted but got confused with some of the course markers and shut off well before the end of the timed section. Had it not been for that he would certainly have achieved 170 or more. Clearly the fairing gives a big advantage but the bike is set up for track use and has a larger, although more streamlined, frontal area. If the resistance goes as the square of the speed then to go from 180 to 200 needs and extra 23% more power. Whether the final change to nitro can do that I am not sure but it must be near. [/QUOTE]
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