The Widowmaker Issue 7
In 1973 the Guinness Book of World Records awarded EJ Potter’s V8 Dragbike “Widowmaker 7” the coveted entitle of “World’s Fastest Motorcycle”, lastly making official what many inward America already knew when they dubbed him the “Michigan Madman“. There was zip Potter wouldn’t do to decease faster – including removing his clutch alone because he was losing also much mightiness due to it slipping. He’d built the clutch from a Harley-Davidson drum brake, as good as although he’d tried to acquire inward as stiff as possible, it exactly couldn’t handgrip the 500+bhp Chevrolet V8. Widowmaker vii is fitted amongst a stressed-member Chevrolet small-block 350 cubic inch (5.7 litre) V8 amongst Crane gear-driven roller cams as good as rockers, Brodix aluminium heads, 12.5:1 forged pistons, a 1960s Vertex Len Hughes-built magneto, as good as Kinsler-rebuilt Hilborn fuel injection. https://silodrome.com/ej-potter-v8-dragbike-widowmaker-7/ http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/2...