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I can see the radiator in the rear but how is kept cool.

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I can see the radiator in the rear but how is kept cool.
Turn off the rear motor when it gets hot? :lol:
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I assume the air goes straight down like the front but more cramped, I guess you would have to run with the front windows open to get the air flow needed. Would be one noisy cabin though with no division :(

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There was a panel to go over the motor to seal the engine bay.
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Here's Bill Westerman's Twini at Speed on Tweed, a couple of years ago-
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AT least Bill's one has cut outs in the the Boot to let some air in but the Green one in ADL does not seem to have any other inlets..hmmmm

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Kennomini wrote:
Seeing as you would have 8 cylinders could you then use a aftermarket computer for a V8? :?


No, there are two crankshafts.

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clubman estate even.... Tricky must be wetting his pants


No, Tricky is not wetting his pants - Its an abomination against God I tell you!!!

I wouldnt wreck a good clubman estate to do that!

Sorry, just cant see the point really when you can get better performance out of a single engine with an added weight advantage. Mind you, it would be an engineering challenge............

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drmini in aust wrote:
Here's Bill Westerman's Twini at Speed on Tweed, a couple of years ago-
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Wheres Mad Matt when you need him?? Did Fred Sayers and Bill Westerman build the twinny or just Fred :?:

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There was a story about it on here somewhere- my understanding is they both contributed, and did their best work with a beer or 3. As we do.8)

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drmini in aust wrote:
There was a story about it on here somewhere- my understanding is they both contributed, and did their best work with a beer or 3. As we do.8)


Ahhhhh yes....the TME article...oil read it again....Cheers, Doc

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Yeah Bill & Fred & Clive & Guy & all the boys chipped in to make it all happen, every thursday night is a BBQ & working bee,,, altho more BBQ & beers than work :-) & i also contributed my fair share of both beer drinking & parts :-)

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Matt,
When I saw it run at Speed on Tweed it just has a couple of mild 1100S donks, is he doing any more to it?
It'd be a weapon with 130HP or more in each end... :P

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Just a quick question,
what sort of class would a twin engined car be able to race in?
Do any categories let you change to twin engined?

I think i heard a while back that matt used to have a twin bike engined mini, was that true?

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Archangel007 wrote:
an engineering challenge............


About sums it up from my perspective.


And it sounds like fun :D

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