Exactly, Brian. AND, seein' as how the T-Bird is an "oversquare" design(the bore dims being larger than the stroke dims), than again I ask folks...what's with this rather low redline???

Are you guys in essence saying here that the "oversquare-ness"(so to speak) has a limit where it's no longer a condition of a engine being about to spin faster, and that at a certain con-rod length(and possibly crank pin placement) it becomes increasing unable to spin at that higher rate, where most top-end horsepower is usually to be made?

What I'm thinking now is that maybe Triumph purposely has weighted the flywheel to such a high degree in order to supply more torque, that it has inhibited this engine's ability to spin faster, and so Triumph engineers possibly decided to go that route as a "compromise" instead?!


Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)