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Old 12th January 2013 | 12:23
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Onceapilot
 
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Well Lumps, The R engines were short life and effectively needed overhaul after their 1 hour at full throttle race use. The fuel was not available for general use either.
The technical development that gave the ability to produce similar power in a service engine involved huge advances in materials, mechanical engineering, supercharging, sparkplug technology and fuel technology.
Good reading to be had in the RR Heritage books.
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