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Old 06-09-2003, 05:01 PM
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William Robison
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Default The OS LA series

Josh:

Having been heavily involved in the faster classes of drag racing, including multi-stage nitrous systems, I just can't see that LA staying together long enough to need any extra cooling.

With three stages of nitrous oxide I've been able to get more than 6000 hp from a 500 ci concrete engine, but never more than a second without the engine blowing up. The third stage is just for that last bit, in the last fraction of a second, before the traps. And the engine gets a major overhaul after that fraction of a second.

Your LA, at 21K rpm with the 11x7 seems to me to be also in the one to two second engine life class.

How long did yours last before the piston, rod, and crankshaft went their separate ways?

Bill.