"The key to any real power is being able to make it breathe. There is a lot of information out there you just need to look."
Good morning Craig. Do you have links to any of that information?
Astonishing power levels are attainable from antique engines if one has a creative mind. The best example I can think of is the Poteet and Main Bonneville streamliner called "Flatfire". The goal was to run 300 MPH in a streamliner powered by a single Ford flathead V8 engine. Calculations indicated that 700 to 800 horsepower would be required to do that, approximately 10 times the original power output of that engine family.
Using the engine building skills of the legendary Richard (The name he actually uses was edited out) Landy the Poteet and Main team accomplished their goal, running 302+ MPH. So the takeaway seems to be that some serious horsepower lurks in those ancient engines if truly skilled engine builders prepare them. The naysayers appear to be ignoring what has been accomplished.
http://speeddemon.us/docs/HRDP-081000-DEMON.pdfRay W
