I would love to build it as a proper track car, but keep it road legal. The reason for the unusual powerplant can be sumarised thus:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk8qPlOKB0I
Absolutely phenomenal sound from BRM's supercharged 1500cc V16. A 2.4 turbocharged boxer 12 would sound just as good, I think
Nobody makes small-capacity multi-cylinder engines anymore. Surely with direct injection they are the way to better fuel economy? Because the fuel, if it should puddle which is possible even when sprayed, can only be as big as the cylinder in which it is combusted. With smaller combustion chambers, i.e, cylinders, the fuel should react with the air better since more surface area is in contact, like smaller cubes of sugar dissolving better than larger ones.
I have done some metal casting in my time, I've been a volunteer in an industrial museum, was part of a school team which built a radio controlled for Formula Schools, and I have a GCSE in engineering, so I wouldn't say I'm entirely clueless.
When I go to Japan in October for a gap year I will be teaching English, which is the highest paid teaching English job in the world, incidentally. I hope to have saved enough. I plan on becoming a journalist since I like writing, but having chosen philosophy, photography, and English language, I'm beginning to regret not choosing any sciency subjects at A-level.
Actually, no, I'm not, I could never stand the maths... :rolleyes:
Oh, and you're all welcome to have a ride in a few years, when/if it is finished ;)