Drake Race Motor

Water cooled drake harley davidson powered midget racer engine bay.

Drake race motor. Offenhauser s last version of a racing engine was a combination of engineering ideas from drake goosen and sparks offenhauser dgs. In 1954 he commissioned meyer drake to build him a version of the 220 that was sleeved down and de stroked to displace 179 6 cu in. Meyer drake offenhauser 1930s 1970s sprint midget indy race car engines transmission parts and engine blocks. The amount of time and effort he has put into it.

Email protected 937 631 0313 1445 s. It s an excellent choice for both buggy and truck racing as it provides a linear power band exceptional fuel mileage and tons of overall power. He began with an air cooled opposed twin but eventually took a harley davidson knucklehead engine and installed water cooled cylinders. Unfortunately the original weber carburetor setup proved unable to withstand the rigors of road racing and the engine was removed.

The result was an 89 cubic inch v twin. Drake williamson is driving the 6 black saturn and blue honda civic out of kingstree sc. It s a pretty interesting non factory engine variant dale drake decided to do it and he did. At the young age of 16 drake s professional career is already off to a great start right out of the gates with his first victory at dillon motor speedway in early march 2020.

One of the keys to the offenhauser engine s success and popularity was its power. 100s of original patterns and castings and aluminum castings. Approximately 3 0 liters while retaining the original bore to stroke ratio. Drake powered midget racer on ebay.

Around 1937 dale drake who was later to become instrumental in developments to the offenhauser racing engine began working on a 2 cylinder engine for midget racers. Us hwy 68 urbana ohio 43078. Leo william goossen 7 june 1892 4 december 1974 was a draftsman mechanical engineer and automobile designer. I would trust adam over anybody.

43 goossen is considered to have been the preeminent american designer of racing engines over a fifty year period. Watson had meyer drake cast blocks that reduced the height of the offy 270 to 10 93 inches with more metal around the bottom of the bores. Speed b21 ronda drake edition engine is very pink and unique to complement her signature colors and style. Call bob for app t.

It was under meyer and drake that the engine dominated the indianapolis 500 and midget racing in the united states. Adam has spent a lot of time and effort into understanding the oil and what viscosity would work best with this type of material.