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Originally Posted by Mike Harte
I would love to read the source of this; could you provide a link, please.
And, assuming that the above is true, what is to say that, within the rules, those engines weren't stripped, refurbished and re-built. That would still mean that only one engine was used during the season.
Drawing on my own experience from 50 years ago, I raced for roughly 5 years with just one engine. However, we changed the head gasket after each meeting, and after two meetings I stripped the engine down completely and rebuilt it, at a minimum, with new big end shells and small end bushes, new piston rings and new valve springs. But it remained just one engine.
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I don't believe it is available on the web so you will just have to trust me.
The original spec of the Swindon engine was to require a rebuild every 5,000 miles.
A car will do around 350 miles per race weekend, so doing a rebuild during the season shouldn't be necessary.