link for the spanners-and-cubic-inch-isti

I really don't know if this is a good thing, or a bad thing.
<http://www2.hunterlink.net.au/~ddped/rrv2.htm>

I am thinking about building a bike round a volvo V6 engine, and am
concerned about my sanity. I have several more troubling new year
resolutions. Please help.

 

Hope he (Merlin man) had a good dentist.

4 Litre twin!

Let's see.

Unsupercharged merlin - 1000 hp at a guess.

1000/6 = 160hp at a guess

Well that was when when it had perfect primary and,
secondary balance.

Chopping off the 10 balancing cylinders may have made
it impractical to use max rpm.

Would need interesting gearing too. Maybe 3000 or 3500 rpm.
160 hp - 150 mph? Direct drive first and up from there?

Probably was hard to see where you were going.
However - maybe the ladies would like it? - And Harley
riders presumably would be ecstatic.

Starting!
Instructions - Place your foot on the launch pad....
Maybe electric

Fine thing though - to look at.

I did see a rover SD1 with a merlin in it a couple of years ago.
Guy drove away from the show - on the road.
Was a tank one, 600hp at the most.

 

wrote;

This fella?
<http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?p=1&f=23&t=245424&h=0>

They're all over the country y'know (mad mechanics, not meteor engines).

 

Thanks quite a laugh.

It wasn't that same one. The one I saw was a few years ago and was
not very pretty. t went but was a bit of a kind of Rat version of the
same thing. RHD IIRC.

Similar lack of foot room. No room for people AND and engine.

Maybe of course this is MK 2. Don't think so though.