Can a Rocket III take down the establishment, and rule this island

[DesertRat]

So in southern Ireland, drag racing isn't a big thing. In fact there is only 1 motorcycle event on per year here that I know of, it's on in early April on a public road which is closed for the day.
(There are no drag strips here. Only other drag races I know of are cars that do it on an airport runway that closes for the day.)
Anyway 10 years ago this was the final - two turbo Hayabusas, and about 8.88sec time being as good as it gets overall.

No Drag Strips In Ireland...

That's so Un-American.....

 

[DesertRat]

Finally got a little bit of time to throw the Robinson trans into the engine.
Also drowned the gear change actuator bolt with green high strength loctite for good measure, while in there.
Had it done before but why not re-do.
Buttoned it up with torquing the main bearing ladder and crankcase bolts.

Now to roll it over and pull the head.
Have to replace the titanium valve retainers and the cam timing gear on the crank nose that broke.
Aaaand inspect the pistons now that I'm tuned up to about 70% throttle and 6000rpm - and change them out for the slightly lower comp set I got custom made but are sitting there unused.

Among other things, I Love the Clean working environment.. Good work!

 

[DesertRat]

Power maths & plan

Effective final compression will be about 17:1 and I running our standard 95 RON fuel (southern Ireland sucks for motorsport, 95 RON is all we can get), a lot of ignition taken out so the power might be a bit less than 350 wheel.

I run VP Fuel for over 20 yrs..

They offer an extensive line of Performance Fuels, Ethanol, Unleaded, Oxygenated etc Octane rating ranging from from 94 to 110.

https://vpracingfuels.com/

There's a VP Fuel Dealer called Murrays Motorsports
Unit 9-11, Beechlawn Industrial Complex, Greenhills Road,
Dublin D12 VY54
Ireland

Hope this helps get you some 100+ Octane Fuel

 

[Gerald]

Finally got a little bit of time to throw the Robinson trans into the engine.
Also drowned the gear change actuator bolt with green high strength loctite for good measure, while in there.
Had it done before but why not re-do.
Buttoned it up with torquing the main bearing ladder and crankcase bolts.

Now to roll it over and pull the head.
Have to replace the titanium valve retainers and the cam timing gear on the crank nose that broke.
Aaaand inspect the pistons now that I'm tuned up to about 70% throttle and 6000rpm - and change them out for the slightly lower comp set I got custom made but are sitting there unused.

Serious times, and then soon serious fun time

 

[Bob R]

No Drag Strips In Ireland...

That's so Un-American.....

So is Rosie O'Donnell but there they are.

But all is forgiven because they do export some mighty fine sipping whiskey. Just not before the the ride!

bob

 

[R-III-R Turbo]

I run VP Fuel for over 20 yrs..

They offer an extensive line of Performance Fuels, Ethanol, Unleaded, Oxygenated etc Octane rating ranging from from 94 to 110.

https://vpracingfuels.com/

There's a VP Fuel Dealer called Murrays Motorsports
Unit 9-11, Beechlawn Industrial Complex, Greenhills Road,
Dublin D12 VY54
Ireland

Hope this helps get you some 100+ Octane Fuel

Thanks. You can order the stuff in alright here, when preparing for a track day etc.
Suitable for a situation where one would have a map for the road (and having to use pump fuel, where only 95 RON is available countrywide) and another map for organised racing where you could run race fuel.