Engines. They are the thumping lifeblood of Bonneville Speed Week 2017. Part of the reason people love this place and the sport of land speed racing so much is that creativity is not punished as it can be in virtually every other motorsport on the planet. The rules allow for people to explore their own theories, ideas, and gearhead craziness. If you have attended Bonneville you know this but if you have not, you’ll see more inline engines, antique engines, hemis, weirdo OHC mills, and stuff you had written off to dead than anywhere else in the gearhead world.
This is a gallery of engines that caught my eye while walking the pits and staging lanes at Speed Week yesterday. The salt has presented challenges this year but one thing that has not is the weather. Monday’s conditions were about as good for making horsepower than anyone has seen here in years. Dry air, cool temps, and a lack of punishing sun allowed mills big and small to eat!
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Diverse Engine Gallery? Just like your first one, no Speed Demon. Come on guys, they have 2,700 HP, and have runs, so fare, of 431, 439, 400, 402, 423, 427. What’s with the bias?
Who cares about deep pocket racing & 2700hp. Not me, I want to see the real geniuses with their straight 8 Buicks, blown 6cyl flatties and the likes. I’m sure HRM will have a ten page commercial, I meant to say article, in a couple of months, so no need to stroke your dick here. Good job Lohnes.
Seeing a lot more coil in plug ignitions here.
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Love the bikes!
What is the vintage inline 4 cylinder? Ace? Henderson? Cleveland?
Looks awesome! Great pics!
Straight 8 is very cool. I prefer ingenuity rather than deep pockets.