Hello,
This question is for the engine guys.
Have any of you thought of, or gone on to work on a 600cc turbo project elsewhere? If so, what would you say are the attainable power numbers/life time ratios.
The reason I ask is that SCCA allows turbo 600 (more like 670) bike motors on some of their classes like DSR, where the current motors of choice are NA 1000 bike engines. However, as most here already know, availability on 600s is much higher and cost is about 1/3 that of 1000s without taking into consideration builder fees. Yet, I've not heard of someone running the smaller turbo motors in this class.
I'm basically trying to get a feel for how long a modern turbo 600 would live if say, 150-170 hp were squeezed out of it.
Ramon