You will be horrified at the condition of the parts i had to use to build this engine as all the parts are at least 50 years old which makes the project much more interesting as i am looking at metal fatque and rust, so a lot more work than building a engine using new parts.
but at the start of the project i knew it would be a challenge to get a engine with 50 year old parts to rev to 12,000rpm, and the reason it can achieve this air travels at 343 meters per second no matter how old the parts are, and is something nobody else would be prepared to build to rev to 12,000 rpm.
The remit from the Magazine Race Engine Technology said it had to be off the shelf parts in the 70s using a set of feeler gauges and a dial gauge, and that is what this article is about.
