V4 racing project

damn thats some ridiculous compression. i hope you got a huge cam to combat any detonation.
im thinking youre gonna need a lot more than 36 mm to let that thing breathe.

 

Yes , I know, its all new territory, but someone has to go the way

 

No , I'm not pulling anybody's leg, maybe my own , but never mind, the second engine is there , why not try?

 

And I hate diesel....

 

Maybe the same reason/because MotoGP bikes have been doing it for nearly 20 years!
No doubt it would probably increase traction feel. I have heard of people flipping the front cam upside down on the VFR's to achieve what he is talking about, but it's hard to find more info about it.

 

that's what I thought too, but the info was vague.
I remember something about a wasted spark or swapping a coil lead, it seemed to make sense I wish I could find out where I read it.

 

It actually just makes the 1 and 3 cylinders swap firing orders, right?

 

It is only a testing another concept, I don't think the crank will cause any problem that one is built to last. The plan is not to be activated until 2012 , so haven't been thinking to much about , only roughly.

 

No turbo, no place for a intercooler, maybe racing with ethanol that gives est 20% boost on HP figures

 

I was told : " Racing Ethanol brings more power", I haven't studied the item, but if it boosts the power, sounds like a way, doesn't it?

 

big bang = big woody, if it works out you will make a killing on building more of these - I'll take 2 please
I have more on this matter, but at work - more to follow.

 

That I can believe

 

I was considering Webers, even

 

Ethanol and Methanol carry ~1/2 the thermal energy of gasoline.
The advantages are it's greater resistance to knock, pinging and predetonation. You would probably be better off mixing a 10-20% mixture with race fuel combined with high compression ratios (13+) and aggressive timing to see real horsepower gains.
In turbo'd street cars in my area, it's fairly commmon to run ~10% methanol allowing you to raise your boost 2-5lbs without encountering predetonation.