Well 2 months of inactivity for personal reasons are over & its full steam ahead on getting the engine to the Dyno.
A revised engine Spec will be used, but lets see how it works before talking about it.
Yesterday the wrc 8 injector inlet was returned, drilled for the Nitrous, apparently this is no longer cheating . With the exception of the plenum spacer (on Cossie Rich's car) all parts are now completed & the engine should, no lets make that will, be built next week.
Have had contact with Topgear mag & they are comming along to see what happens & I hope this will lead to more exciting things next year.
Not sure if 'on the spot' Chip highlights will be allowed this time, we shall see.

 

will be keeping an eye on this post , good luck to you mate hope everything goes according to plan with it

 

great news

 

i have been looking forward to the return of this thread,best of luck hope your new spec does the business rod.
james

 

All the best, hope you get the results youre after

Dan

 

best of luck.

 

Good luck rod

 

Fingers crossed topgear mag dont mind the figures being published ahead of their article, but I suppose you have to respect it if they do make that decision.

 

love these threads good luck with it all

 

Great news Rod, hope it holds together and does the business this time!

Best of luck!

 

The Dyno session has been set for friday 28th November to give Top Gear as much notice as possible. Forget it being built this week, that was me being optimistic. Two parts have still not arrived, one thats gone back for changes. Mark went on one of his Rambles again today & wants to change things at this late stage, I will let him make the enquiry & then may reach a deal on something a bit different & certainly new to me.
Want to get this right so best wait untill the facts are known.

Rod

 

Do you anticipate this engine will be the one that produces over 800bhp off Gas now then Rod!?

 

this sounds cool rod! what time leaving basingstoke ? as need to sort things out

 

Its already made 791hp with a blown head gasket off nos so yes it will make over 800hp off nos.

Mark

 

what fuel is this on ? and what octane

 

109 octane which added 10hp to the 735hp on pump fuel, then the new inlet added 46hp to that.

Mark

 

Nice one the date Rod, real bonus for me its a friday as I dont work fridays

 

Thats why we chose that day.

Mark

 

What time should Harvey aim to be there?

 

How about the 12th of never as its not going to happen.

Mark

 

Roll on Dyno day and lol at Mark

 

@ Mark

 

Okay, worth a try, as Rodney said he wouldn't have a problem with it .

Best of luck and hope that this time you have already broken all the "eggs", and that the "omlette" is now ready to be cooked to perfection .

 

Best of luck with it all rod/mark

 

awesome boys

 

Why dont you come along and offer moral support on the day then Mike.

Im sure Simon will also be happy to show you how above board his Dyno is too, it should all be pretty familiar to you anywhay with it being the same as Harveys one

 

can i ask whats the difference between me going and ma old man ?

 

Good luck mate

 

Will probably be best to meet there will let you know all the details in plenty of time. I will be drivin the MAD van so will prob start from Marks.

 

Mark has a shortlist of people who he doent want to attend :

Bin Laden, Hitler, Russell Brand & Harvey as you can see your not on that list .
They all have one thing in common. .

 

Rod, do you mean j1mbo is welcome to attend then mate?

 

What is that

 

Only thing I can think of is they are all taller than Rod

 

they all left naughty phone messages?

good luck rod, its been a long time coming!!

ps, i already have the 28th booked off, can anyone come along? my little boy will be one year and two days old then, and i dont think hes ever seen an engine dyno so he might be interested in having a look

 

ok rod ill call you in the week to get a post code

 

Umm yeah i dont have a clue wat ya on about
please tell me lool

i have been invited yes but have no means to get there this is why i have asked if the old man can come .....
however hard it may be to beleive for the MAD "camp"
he is very interested and would love to come along ..
its not as if hes gonna attend and strip the engine to find out all the trick secrets

 

If you got a train to near by, im sure someone can give you a lift

 

will see what happens id feel a bit "out" if you no what i mean ..
i would feel out the way !

 

If rod wants you there, im happy to fetch you from a train station and drop you back, and we've spent ages chatting at combe etc when you were there with Mike so hopefully you wouldnt feel like you didnt know anyone if Im there.

 

cheers chip thats a nice offer
ill see what happens