Re: Kermit Weeks Napier Sabre hot-rod?.
Advances in metallurgy/heat transfer knowledge, high-silicon low-expansion piston alloys
& low-friction plasma/nikasil-type coatings over the past 7 decades have come a long way..
The Napier Sabre was right up there specific output-wise for big `40s recip' aero-mills,
but there is no reason why the current techniques used in building reliable ~440hp/ltr 2-stroke G.P.
bikes could not be investigated too..
Advances in metallurgy/heat transfer knowledge, high-silicon low-expansion piston alloys
& low-friction plasma/nikasil-type coatings over the past 7 decades have come a long way..
The Napier Sabre was right up there specific output-wise for big `40s recip' aero-mills,
but there is no reason why the current techniques used in building reliable ~440hp/ltr 2-stroke G.P.
bikes could not be investigated too..
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