Honda made a V8 race engine awhile back that had a displacement less than 2 liters (122 cubic inches). It ran in the "bumblebee on steroids" RPM ranges also. It's a lot of fun to build up fantasy engines with the "Desktop Dyno" program and see just how radical some combinations of bore, stroke, cam, and RPM can get. Electrons are a lot cheaper than cast iron and aluminum, also!
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
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