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Old 09-08-2009, 05:27 AM
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It's been a long time, but my recollection is that the Bristol engine was a pretty unusual design. It had hemispherical combustion chambers with pushrods. The offside valves were driven by crossover pushrods driven by an additional intermediate rocker. Probably not so good for high rpm.
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