Pauter, Rollers and all, an alternative to a /6? Options

[redshift]

With their pro-drag /4 motors putting out nearly 1000hp, could a mild one be built to street for a similar budget as a /6?

I haven't seen any mention of pricing anywhere. (I have a bucket ready to puke in (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif))

I think they look like art.


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[Dave_Darling]

You might be able to build a hi-po Pauter motor for about the same cost as a 3.0 Six. But the Pauter stuff is optimized for 8-10 second runs, 1320 feet long. They get "freshened" every 10 or 20 passes. I don't think rebuilding an engine every 5-10 miles is that great an idea...

Lotsa custom work to fit it in a Type IV. They "claim" to have T-IV stuff, but most of it is T-I stuff with slightly different bolt patterns. If that. Notice that their "type IV" heads have exhaust ports fore and aft, not at the bottom. ... And so on.

The roller rockers are not self-oiling and don't have any provision for getting oil to any of the rest of the head. So you have to come up with something for that (spray bars?) or live with the notion that you have to replace parts up that-a-way frequently.

All-out drag motors make really sucky street motors. Even worse than real race motors (e.g., for road-racing).

--DD