Bike engine classes
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2016 1:59 pm
First post in a long time after abandoning an attempt at a building a streamliner a few years ago...(I blame financial circumstances but turns out I was not prepared for the sheer size of the task )
Anyway, that has all resolved now and I still have a heap of cool bits and pieces (well, cool to me anyway) sitting in the garage so it's time to think about going fast again. I have been working feverishly on a motorcycle that includes a heavily modified holden 253 V8 mounted sideways in a custom built frame with a direct drive through a clutch on a jackshaft. My intention was to drag race it however it seems it runs afoul of the rules for that kind of thing so I though perhaps I could re-enliven my dream to run on the salt.
The DLRA rulebook confuses me a little though. All the engine classes for motorcycles make some kind of reference to a "motorycle" engine, which I assume means this is where the engine must have origniated. The only exception is for streamliners where it is specified that any engine using the otto cycle may be used in streamliner category only.
I was thinking of building the bike with partial streamlining but leaving it still a 'sit on' motorcycle and it would seem there isn't a class for this if I read the book correctly. Oddly enough there is provision for APS bikes to run in the Omega class so if I understand correctly it could run with a helicopter turbine but not a car engine?
One thing that makes me think I may have this wrong is the V8 bike of Chris Fraser which ran in 2004 and 2005. I don't know if it posted a record in a class or was run for 'time only' however this same provision relating to unlimited otto cycle engines was in place back then too.
ANYWAY- sorry for the length but my question is
Can a motorcycle powered by a pushrod V8 engine from a car run on the salt at all, and can it post a record in a class??
As always any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Anyway, that has all resolved now and I still have a heap of cool bits and pieces (well, cool to me anyway) sitting in the garage so it's time to think about going fast again. I have been working feverishly on a motorcycle that includes a heavily modified holden 253 V8 mounted sideways in a custom built frame with a direct drive through a clutch on a jackshaft. My intention was to drag race it however it seems it runs afoul of the rules for that kind of thing so I though perhaps I could re-enliven my dream to run on the salt.
The DLRA rulebook confuses me a little though. All the engine classes for motorcycles make some kind of reference to a "motorycle" engine, which I assume means this is where the engine must have origniated. The only exception is for streamliners where it is specified that any engine using the otto cycle may be used in streamliner category only.
I was thinking of building the bike with partial streamlining but leaving it still a 'sit on' motorcycle and it would seem there isn't a class for this if I read the book correctly. Oddly enough there is provision for APS bikes to run in the Omega class so if I understand correctly it could run with a helicopter turbine but not a car engine?
One thing that makes me think I may have this wrong is the V8 bike of Chris Fraser which ran in 2004 and 2005. I don't know if it posted a record in a class or was run for 'time only' however this same provision relating to unlimited otto cycle engines was in place back then too.
ANYWAY- sorry for the length but my question is
Can a motorcycle powered by a pushrod V8 engine from a car run on the salt at all, and can it post a record in a class??
As always any assistance would be greatly appreciated.