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Yamaha design cafe - Venture/Vmax engine development (1st Gen)


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This is part of the story behind the Vmax. Another part of the story is that when the 'Max was launched in '84 / '85 it was proposed by the press to see it could live up to the advertising 'hype' and so a grudge match was arranged between a stock 'Max and the worlds fasted accelerating production car at the time, the Shelby Cobra 427.

The stock Vmax whipped the Cobra by 1 full second over the quarter mile and went into the record books.

The Gen I 'Max can still give a good account of itself today, 30 years after it was first launched.

That small block Chev exhaust rumble strikes fear into the hearts of Harley posers if they meet a Vmax at the lights !!

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