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Re: Birth of a rally car

Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2015 11:05 am
by Bootsy
alanchester wrote:
One detail missing was the spendy part. Ball park how much would the engine above cost from a starting point of say a known good SC engine?
The answer is.....

Lots of

Re: Birth of a rally car

Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2015 11:29 am
by pht9
911hillclimber wrote:Quite a thing of technical beauty Phil, fabulous.

What 'class' will the car with this engine run in?
What cams did you use (if that is the major influence on mid range torque?)
Thank's for the positive comments

The car will run in MSA tarmac rally events, as I'm not running the car, unsure exactly what class they will enter, but given that its a 3.0 capacity, would imagine either category 2 or 3

For FIA events, an engine like this complies with Homologation 3053, therefore 2.8RSR and 3.0RS and RSR types

Re: Birth of a rally car

Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2015 11:32 am
by pht9
alanchester wrote:A thing of beauty!

One detail missing was the spendy part. Ball park how much would the engine above cost from a starting point of say a known good SC engine?
Alan, if a good engine donor is received, then you are looking around £55k inc VAT. This is for an engine, run in, dyno tested, includes ignition system and looms, ready to install into the car :)

Re: Birth of a rally car

Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2015 11:47 am
by Darren65
Awesome! 8)

Re: Birth of a rally car

Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2015 1:59 pm
by shoestring7
Darren65 wrote:Awesome! 8)
The price certainly is - assuming it's not a misprint!

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Re: Birth of a rally car

Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2015 12:37 pm
by alanchester
pht9 wrote:
alanchester wrote:A thing of beauty!

One detail missing was the spendy part. Ball park how much would the engine above cost from a starting point of say a known good SC engine?
Alan, if a good engine donor is received, then you are looking around £55k inc VAT. This is for an engine, run in, dyno tested, includes ignition system and looms, ready to install into the car :)
Bootsy was right.

It is beautiful, but way out of my league.

We're you running it at last years Oulton RS Day?

Re: Birth of a rally car

Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2015 5:50 pm
by pht9
alanchester wrote:
pht9 wrote:
alanchester wrote:A thing of beauty!

One detail missing was the spendy part. Ball park how much would the engine above cost from a starting point of say a known good SC engine?
Alan, if a good engine donor is received, then you are looking around £55k inc VAT. This is for an engine, run in, dyno tested, includes ignition system and looms, ready to install into the car :)

We're you running it at last years Oulton RS Day?
Yes, I was out in my grey SCR that has a single plug version of this engine fitted - were you on track ?

Re: Birth of a rally car

Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2015 6:00 pm
by Uk911
Will you accept a kidney as down payment for the engine, truly a thing of beauty, and amazing workmanship.........Mark..

Re: Birth of a rally car

Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2015 9:05 pm
by pht9
car remains for sale, price reduced to £119k

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