So far this has been very educational. I am restoring a Bugeye for occasional vintage racing and street use. I grew up on these cars in my youth at SCCA races all over the Midwest but never built an engine. Mine will be more Stage 1.5ish in the end.
Thank you for the content. Looking forward the the rest of the build series. I am surprised that Billet Main Caps are allowed in the rules. I thought that kind of racing was more stringent in what you can do and what you cant. Thanks again.
Hi Mike, At this time, no, I have no input field for octane in any of the calculations, so there is no change in any of the outputs. I mention octane in the video because some people watching would not be able to build a 13-14 compression ratio engine because it requires 110 octane fuel, and they might not be able to get that in their area. There are plenty of resources on the internet to guide you on octane requirements for different compression ratio engines. Maybe in the future I’ll include that in the spreadsheet, but not for now. Thanks for your question! And for watching…cheers!
This and the transmission videos?!? Wonderful. Can't wait to put these lessons to work.
Great training video. Will use for my Spitfire race rebuild. Thanks for posting and explaining
So far this has been very educational. I am restoring a Bugeye for occasional vintage racing and street use. I grew up on these cars in my youth at SCCA races all over the Midwest but never built an engine. Mine will be more Stage 1.5ish in the end.
Thanks for the comment and encouragement! I’m working on lots of new spridget content…. Thanks again! Cheers…
Thank you for the content. Looking forward the the rest of the build series. I am surprised that Billet Main Caps are allowed in the rules. I thought that kind of racing was more stringent in what you can do and what you cant. Thanks again.
Thank you I have to do this soon and this helps
Thanks for the spreadsheet! Subscribed! I always thought a +20 thousand over 1275 made the displacement 1293cc and a +40 over was 1311cc.
Thank you Sir! When the fuel octane changes, do any of your calculations change, or just how you interpret the numbers your spreadsheet computes?
Hi Mike,
At this time, no, I have no input field for octane in any of the calculations, so there is no change in any of the outputs. I mention octane in the video because some people watching would not be able to build a 13-14 compression ratio engine because it requires 110 octane fuel, and they might not be able to get that in their area. There are plenty of resources on the internet to guide you on octane requirements for different compression ratio engines. Maybe in the future I’ll include that in the spreadsheet, but not for now.
Thanks for your question! And for watching…cheers!