Jon Ison
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| posted on 19/7/05 at 08:49 PM |
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fao ns dev
thought of you when i saw these.....
http://www.587racing.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=3&page=1
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 19/7/05 at 08:50 PM |
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heres a sneek previewImage deleted by owner
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NS Dev
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| posted on 20/7/05 at 07:22 AM |
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Cheers John!!
Bet they were getting through some tyres in this race........... might try and get down to Radford's track later in the year, looks a good track
and not too far away.
[Edited on 20/7/05 by NS Dev]
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Volvorsport
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| posted on 20/7/05 at 10:35 AM |
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whens the sleaford meeting ?
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NS Dev
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| posted on 20/7/05 at 10:42 AM |
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next meeting there (Trent autograss club, boiling wells farm, south Rauceby) is 14th August I think.
There's loads of clubs in the eastern area though, have a look on here -
National Autograss Fixture Listing
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Volvorsport
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| posted on 20/7/05 at 11:04 AM |
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hmm , 242 , 2.3 16v turbo , class 7
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NS Dev
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| posted on 20/7/05 at 11:10 AM |
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not got you thinking now have we!!!
I reckon I'm going to struggle to get the 4cyl saab 2.3 turbo engine and box into a mini bodyshell, a mate has a ford cvh rear engined mini
(transverse jobbie) and that's tight!
Think the 5 cyl Volvo idea is definitely too long to fit in!
I did have a very rotten suzuki sc100 "wizzkid" 'shell that I was going to use but it was just too rotten, gone to the scrappy
now!
Should get the new gear ratios for my class 9 in the next couple of weeks so hopefully might start winning again then (just in time for the end of the
season)
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Volvorsport
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| posted on 20/7/05 at 11:15 AM |
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well T4 engine is shorter - redblock 4 is same length as a 5 cyl , me thinks a T4 with some rods/pistons would easily stand 450 hp thats £800, and
would be useable with Megasquirt .
what about a newer mini !!
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NS Dev
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| posted on 20/7/05 at 11:21 AM |
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now yu've got me listening! I guess you don't mean the base engine and the rods and pistons would be £800, just the rods and pistons?
If you mean that's the cost for the lot then, hmmmmmm, interesting! Do I remember you saying the T4 fits the T5 gearbox (or is the T4
'box the same in terms of strength for 450hp anyway?)
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Volvorsport
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| posted on 20/7/05 at 11:31 AM |
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yeah , the whiteblock series all fit one another , so gearbox should be ok, im only saying that on hearsay from a swedish chap whos putting 700 hp
from a T5 through a manual transmission .
£800 for the rods pistons !! - youd need a turbo engine to base it on since they have oil squirters .
the 5 cylinders have two different head castings turbo/na for compression ratio obviously but also the NA has a bigger port , so it may be possible to
do mucking about with heads etc .
ive never had a T4 apart and looked at the finer detail to say if that were the case .
Im sure you could find a T4 engine on the cheap - and some of the chip companies like TME etc are gaining towards 300 hp on a std engine .
definitley worth a look at .
If i get a bellhousing adapter done - all the 4/5/6 ally (whiteblock) engines will fit in me locost chassis !!
www.dbsmotorsport.co.uk
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MikeR
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| posted on 20/7/05 at 12:02 PM |
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could always go inline and mate it to a audi gearbox ...............
should have plenty of room then as you can put the engine in at an angle and point it towards the passenger seat.
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