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#51 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?

Edited by Paul Taylor, Yesterday, 14:46.


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#52 Doug Nye

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Posted Yesterday, 14:47

Yes.   :cool: 

 

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#53 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?



#54 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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#55 john aston

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Posted Today, 07:04

Anyone with initials DSJ ?