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Old 03-23-2009, 03:18 PM
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Originally Posted by RunninHotRacing158
Rod @ racecrafters theres 2 of them here in mokena at the dyno shop 4 sale
I thought that they were out of business? I searched posts here on them and it seemed that they had some trouble keeping them in one piece...are you familiar with any of this?
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Old 03-23-2009, 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Moving2Miami
I thought that they were out of business? I searched posts here on them and it seemed that they had some trouble keeping them in one piece...are you familiar with any of this?
Rods got 2 motors at the Racecrafters dyno shop here in Mokena that he wants to sell and $ CASH out of Dont know anything about keeping them in 1 piece ,seen a bunch of them run on the dyno here
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Old 03-26-2009, 08:24 AM
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There website is still up.

http://www.racecrafters.biz/
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Old 03-26-2009, 08:56 AM
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Just curious, what ever happened to the Racecrafters Skater "Scorcerer"?
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Originally Posted by Tom Slick
Just curious, what ever happened to the Racecrafters Skater "Scorcerer"?
Sittin in the shop lookin awesome ,just like ole times.Rod is in a new home and raising a family Dayum nice SKATER
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Old 03-26-2009, 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Griff
Dave Scott's/Bud Select's alcohol engines are the only ones I can think of right off hand that are close to that HP. I think they might be Sterlings.
As you may or may not have seen on our website, we have opened Nauti Marine up for full service on high-performance boats. The alcohol engines you are referencing were originally built by Sterling but we brought them in-house and made several vital changes to them. They performed very good on a linear dyno ...
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Old 03-26-2009, 10:43 AM
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KiloKat what is the expected life span on those engines along with maintenance.
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Old 03-26-2009, 11:20 AM
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Originally Posted by baja27
KiloKat what is the expected life span on those engines along with maintenance.
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Not long - there were built just for special applications. Two primary things restrict 100% alcohol motors from normal use. The first is fuel consumption which can exceed twice the amount of an equivalent gas motor but more importantly are the aluminum connecting rods. Alcohol basically "explodes" in the combustion chamber versus "burn" like gas. Aluminum rods "absorb" the explosive shock with each combustion without breaking. However, they will fatigue and stretch rather quickly under full load.
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What about the biggest offering from Chief? I thought it was in that range.
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