Edited by Paul Taylor, Yesterday, 14:46.
BRM H16
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buddyt
, Oct 23 2001 01:16
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Paul Taylor
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Posted Yesterday, 14:46
Is there any record of what top speed / RPM the P83 was pulling at Spa in 1967?
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Tom Glowacki
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Posted Today, 02:59
OK, I'll bite. Exactly what top speed and RPMs did the BRM P83 pull at the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa in 1967?
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Doug Nye
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Posted Today, 06:52
From Tony Rudd's race report to BRM principal Sir Alfred Owen:
"Stewart's maximum speed on the straight was 196 m.p.h. and he was emerging from the Masta Kink at 171 1/2 m.p.h....".
During practice JYS saw 11,000rpm in top gear. When the transmission began jumping out of engagement during the race the engine was buzzed to an indicated 13,200rpm (instrument tell-tale possibly on bounce) yet held together...
Anyone who accused Jackie Stewart of being 'frit' when he embarked upon his safety campaign should have considered these figures just a year after he had been the victim in what could so easily have been a fatal accident at Masta. Big cochones - really, really big.
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Edited by Doug Nye, Today, 09:07.
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B Squared
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Posted Today, 11:31
In August 1966, Road & Track had a cover story and 10 page technical analysis of this engine. Written by Joseph Lowrey:
Edited by B Squared, Today, 11:33.
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Doug Nye
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Posted Today, 11:41
Joe knew his onions. He was also an active member of the emergent Hants & Berks Motor Club, and had been a sometimes hyperactive owner/driver of an HRG - which he capsized at Goodwood very early on, maybe even at the opening meeting? But his great claim to fame for me is that during wartime, c. 1942-43 he had an article published I think in 'The Motor' projecting nuclear fission as a potential weapon of massively destructive capability. I asked him about it once and he professed absolutely no memory of having written any such thing, but I'm certain I had seen it. In light of subsequent events I was staggered that it had escaped the contemporary censor filter - but it was probably just too far off the scale of appearing to be science fiction that nobody picked-up on its significance.
Sorry - I digress (again).
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