how small theyre intercoolers are ?
massive horsepower and tin coolers
why?

 

Cos Dennis does the head work.

 

can that be my quote of the day?

very quick mate

 

 

pics Jim?

Still cant believe you know Leanne

 

1 min

 

http://www.gabat-tuning.at/Hill-Climb-Cars.1956.0.html

chck this link
they are two of their hillclimb cars and big horses but tiny I/C's ?

 

they probably use water injection to keep temps down. i would have thought they keep the intercoolers small to give as good a throttle response as possible.

 

temps must still get really high !
the I/C looks about the same size as wrc escort ones and theyre 300hp
these must be running 600+ for a few mins on full chat must be a more effective way ie bigger ic and water sprays/injection

 

what sort of bhp are they running?

They do look small yeah, maybe its not too bad if the cars are only used for (relatively) short bursts like hillclimb??

 

as above they must be a good 600hp and going for a couple of mins at a time !

 

the best looking Gabat built escort, imo.

http://www.fastfordmag.co.uk/resourc...cort%20cos.jpg

 

yeah love that too kelv

 

Am only sayin the truth

Also OFF TOPIC he has a FRST with 340bhp on a T2 (don't tell him i told you tho )

 

Jim

I heard 2 weeks ago, Andreas Gabat claimed he had over 830ps. Thats the black Escos.

 

a short video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do5Ar2GtrxU

 

Well work, and work well they do! He's just won the Austrian hill-climb championship...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBx6tmqTbBA

Having been to his workshop and spent some time with him, he's a great bloke with some really different ideas... plus he's always testing and pushing things to the limit so he can better advise his customers.

 

Dave what a video

 

Cool vid

What's that @ 1m12s in fourth gear,it's like he's going to fifth but stays in fourth on higher revs

 

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?feature=...&v=QmzdpRD7oTY < Loving that one - amazing skill but... shows how easily it can get out of shape!!

 

The intercoolers look very thick? maybe thats why they are smaller?

 

nice vids

paul - i did see they look quite thick but its the surface area of the intercooler that is mostly important for cooling ...

 

wow them in car vids are awesome

 

I was going to say they look quite thick, which is what I thought mattered? I suppose the bigger the front the more air hits it...

 

the thickness is mainly to do with airflow iirc it obviously is goig to cool better than a thinner one but not as good as one with a large surface area im sure thats right lol

 

I'd say the chances are it's nowhere near 830ps

 

Fucking quick!!

 

what is the calculation from ps to bhp ?
or is it another word for bhp?

 

PS is german - Pferde Stärke , also measured slightly less than bhp.



PS = Pferdestärke (1.0 PS = 0.9863 HP.) Used by japan

kW = Kilowatt (1.0 kW = 1.34 HP) Used by Germany and other in Europe.



Edited Jim

 

pmsl

 

great cars.awesomely quick.and amazing car control.(well after the slight mishap)

 

what gearboxes dies this cars run_?

 

Any ideas of the engine/turbo and fuel specs?
Theyre restricted yeah, and probably not running a great deal of boost therefore not creatng too much heat.... so maybe there just high comp builds, big revs with lots of inconnel on fuel that has good det resitance??
The coolers aren't really that small either imo. Everyones obviously seen much larger coolers but there generally tucked away behind bumpers and grilles in relativly little airflow, quite the opposite with these ones it seems.

 

lol cheers mate

 

bloody quick! is that a quaife gearknob?unreal cars

 

look at the feckin size of the wastegates! why so big?? what make??

 

You can run methanol engines with a turbo without an intercooler