Recent content by Sandy309

It was a great weekend! Nick did well, only giving way in his class to our 205 (which is alot further down the development road and lighter) and certainly finding more confidence and rhythm in driving it. Quick clip from between the hairpins: http://youtu.be/1sbUmeCmBVk

Lots of good saloon entries for Wiscombe next weekend, should be a great watch!

I don't make manifolds, I only design and develop them for my needs. The Clio one you're probably thinking of is a Pure Motorsport product, I helped with the design, but it's their product, made by their supplier to their design and as said a one off will be dearer. If you're around Southampton...

He's got a Sadev H dog box, hopefully will be ok

Nick's Sprint car

They always do on the engine dyno with steady state loading, motorised throttle control and a huge water brake as a flywheel. Reserve judgement until it's heard in the car ;)

From seeing both engines within a few days, I don't think Ian's and this one do follow the same lie below 6k, hence my early reservations about Ian's dyno results. Part of the reason I referenced that 205 engine, is that it feels massively stronger and cleaner from low rpm than Ian's. As I said...

I'm not that confident about the comparability of the dyno figures for Ian's engine, John read and I only ever record mean observed torque figures on that dyno and convert to power ourselves (power=(torque/5252)*rpm), the software on that dyno does not accurately or consistently convert to power...

Entirely reshaped ports and chambers with the piston crown designed to suit, larger valves with thicker stems (for increased reliability/durability) on oversize valve seat inserts.

Will there be a bus laid on to get back to the topic? :p

That's an epic capture Ian! It's not unusual for engine note to change with cleaner mapping. With the engines I know well I let my ear tell me what the AFR should be at various speed/loads; the JRE Duratecs sound like the throttle's opened another 10% when they hit the sweet spot! Little...

Good video, very neat :)

Building an engine this far away from the OE spec is always going to mean a reduction in rebuild intervals. Rebuild/inspection scheduling IMO should be done on the basis of prevention, rather than cure. Picking up early signs of wear or fatigue can often prevent expensive failures, which vastly...

The chap's that failed, was home built, has just been rebuilt from a previous failure, both times using poor quality rods and pistons. Not really relevant to a discussion about a professionally built high precision engine with custom designed high quality components, except to illustrate the...

I can't comment on Nick's plans for pricing, but it will be reasonable in the context of the design and development that's it this engine; it's a mile apart from the off the shelf shopping list engines most companies produce, almost every new part has been made specifically for it. As regards...