I remember talking to you and your Dad about the snowmobile and the Harley Davidson engines a few years ago. I don't know of any one who has tried it yet. It would be really cool if someone could put a Harley engine in a TQ to honor Russ Hankins at the Rushville race though.
Originally Posted by racer65:
Just something my dad, brother, and i have talked about a 1000cc snow mobile engine. Its sealed and no trans to worry about cutting just adapt right to the crank, switch it to alky and go racing. I dont know what others opinion is but you could run that stock and you probably wouldnt get much out of it by building it up and dumping money into it. Would something like that ever work? thats just what we would like to see thanking it would make the motors cheaper and easier.
Will Wilson
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I do like your ideas, Bob, and have mentioned them to one of the guys who builds small engines. I know different owners prefer different engines. But there has to be a better way. What do you think of the Beast chassis? They seem very solid to me. We're all for safety first and keeping the cost down second. One of the reasons I love the TQs so much is that they are a working man's race car. TQs are unique. They're like Jamaica, once you go, you know.
[QUOTE=TQ29m;242544]Jennifer, I'll open the subject of engines, but first, I'd like to approach the chassis. Having built several of them, and been around them for at least 20 years, my first thought is they aren't built out of large enough tube, to be safe, with any bigger engines than what we currently run, my feeling is they need to be constructed out of the same size tube, full midgets are. As far as engine rules, I find what we have, a very workable situation, knowing that if the Honda is opened up, it will just add more expense to keeping one of them going, and if the twin cam engines are allowed any more cc's, unless they are allowed to go to 750cc's, that too, will be expensive. I absolutley can't convince anyone, the the 600/700cc twin cam engines are tons cheaper than the Honda, other than the few that have built them themselves, and I most certainly don't want to see a spec engine of any kind, that's the fun part of the TQ, being able to "create" something yourself, and race it. I researched a long time, before I settled on the engine I run, it was first introduced in 1993, and is still in production today, it is what Yamaha called the Thundercat, and it is almost bullet proof, and can be bought with low miles on it, for around $600.00, figure another grand for the conversion parts, and all you have in it, is the cost of a set of rods, for a Honda, and it will run, and run, and run. I feel a lot of consideration needs to go into any changes that might be made, and keep in mind, this isn't a money game, most of these guys aren't even close to being rich, so consider the customer also. I would be glad to show anyone the Thundercat engine, and the parts needed to exchange it for the Honda. Bob[COLOR="Black"]