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Originally Posted by opeliac
If you are designing a billet part, does it cost more to design it with a bigger bore space? It seems the return on investment would come into play if the finished product provided results...Would it be something that would become mainstream with high volume sales? Absolutely not...
As for how competitive it could be...Well, its not like Tommy's engine was severely under powered...
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If you're going for a design to keep up with the top engines already existing, why not one up them by an OHC design?
I still don't believe stretching the bore centers is going to make the Stratosteak engine competitive in that class. It's not apples to apples when you're trying to field a race car that is going to be competitive that isn't going to be run only a few times a year, then you have to wait for parts to be made for your one-off engine.
Youman needs something that he cam source parts rapidly for, not just once a year at Norwalk. I believe he wants to run a series, so waiting for billet parts that break, probably weighed into his choice to go with something that he can have parts for within a week off the shelf.
I'm sure he ran into parts availability already for his race car, plus he wasn't in the top finishers anyway.
He didn't abandon the engine, he's just going to use it in his other car.
This is all fantasy anyway, I don't know anyone currently in the Pontiac hobby that has pockets deep enough to do either option, and be competitive in a race series. Am I right?