jaw79

just joined today as i have been up to harvey gibbs at scs and paid 4grand off my cosworth engine it has been built and tuned to 412bhp i was expecting the 450bhp mark. has anbody had one done by harvey or been in one built by harvey gibbs would realy like to hear your comments. thanks.

Less.

Meant to be very good engine builders,strange first post though

madmack99

bit late now as youve paid for it lol. i would expect them to be very good and reliable.

Mr RS500

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You wont find any better

I await the usuall tuner bollocks to kick off , lol

RS500/364

From my cost of a engine lasting 100 mile
said gasket failed
then the enginge lasted less than 2500 miles i would say not from him thats why i didnt go back

fatmike

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You should of said your not happy with it. If I was to pay for a 450bhp engine to be built, I would want 450bhp lol. What turbo and boost are you running?

I think harvey gibbs is meant to be one of the top builders. I know alot use him....

madmack99

^^^^ me too

Less.

They seem to takle abuse and just keep going

NUTTIN RILLA

from the above post it doesnt seem like it

cozzfather

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seems odd to shell out on a cosworth donkey and then start asking q's !!

especially since his little fella comes on here

having seen his engines go and knowing people who have spent hard earned on them i'd say they are right up there.

andrewg

mines ran near 680 for nearly two years of non stop track abuse and only took it out to change it for an 800 lump from him

J1mbo

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andy g
charlie shaw mean anything to you ?

Less.

Then theres Smits too,oh and rainbirds but every tuner has one or two unhappy customers

Bullett

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i only trust harvey gibbs and martin hadland nowdays

rst-g

Harvey is the best in the ford game! IMO

RWD_cossie_wil

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450 Bhp is a odd number for a YB engine, it falls right into the middle of the main turbo choices of T34 or T4/ GT30 which give approx 400 and 500BHP...

Is that in the car or on the dyno, as in car you can loose quite a few BHP with driven items like alternator, power steering and the cars own intercooler and exhaust restrictions etc...

Harvey has been round long enough, there are horror stories about any tuner so it is a case of talk to your chosen tuner, work out a spec and budget and stick to it..

Smit

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He built my engine over 7 years ago and apart from me running the engine out of water a few years back and popping a HG ( opps ) it's been brilliant...

Wouldn't hesitate buying another upgrade off him if money was floating about.

Bullett

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as wil says, mine was 452 on the dyno and should roll out round 420 -430 when attached to the the car

Staffi

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Smit,
Slightly off Topic, have you still got your saff the mate??

Just haven,t seen it etc about much anywhere...

Mike1

I've been going there over 10 years now with my Cosworth and it's a long journey for me.

Harvey, Ann and Tim are excellent and nice people too

I highly recommend them

NUTTIN RILLA

Not really mate, just a couple of guys i no.


With reliable harvey engines yes. but as rs500 has had problems there`s obviously 2 sides of the coin

cossie350

T38 ? Had a 450bhp lump built by Harvey and this is what he used on mine and others that i know of for this power. Great bloke and his engines are top class. If he told you he was building you a 450bhp lump you wouldnt get 412bhp IMO. What turbo has he used he is not the sort of person to build you an engine using a T34 and tell you its going to be 450bhp, cause at the end of the day its only going to make him look silly when it goes on the dyno.

Wayne Ash

I always use scs for my engines and have never had any probs

J1mbo

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ofcourse, as already said, every tuner out there has had problems, and has unhappy costomers at one point,

no one is perfect, everyone makes mistakes, however much we dont want to, it does happen

carlo

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I have a 450 engine from harvey. All engines i have seen from harvey have been great i can think of 10 ppl most of them my mates thats got them one being andrew with 800 bhp & have all been mint, only probs i have heard of has been pilot error

carlo

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Pilot error being missing gears or such likes. Mine is t38 turbo

Smit

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Still got it Pete Had some major work on her in the past year but it's back to her best now!

it's outside nice n clean



And just for fun

RWD_cossie_wil

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The T38 is a bit of an odd turbo IMHO, makes the power but Torque is appalling compared to a T34 or T4..

Never used harvey for anything big myself, but did a good job on my mates saff, and did a nice job on my big wing sump. At the end of the day you are dealing with very highly tuned 2.0 engines here, anything over 400BHP will have problems at some point or another, no matter how careful the build. It is just a fact of life IMHO, and I would certainly trust SCS with my car, and I am a total nutral in this situation. ...

Staffi

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How do you know???

Staffi

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Have to agree there, mine made 456bhp on my saff with only 353ft/lb, shit really as compared to some T34 cars out there.....

Although 353 isn,t to be sniffed at mind you....

Smit

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Tiff told me

RigPig

you really cant go wrong with harvey, i was so lucky to be introduced to him , and he has been fucking spot on. if you need it harvey will tell you

col cos1

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carlos engine when it was in charlie shaws focus made 380bhp at wheels at ava

and phil from west of scotland rs owners has an escort cosworth with harveys 450bhp unit in it too and was pretty much identical 380bhp at wheels on same dyno

so both seem bang on to me

r5jame5

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one of the best engine builders imo had many engines at various powers all been top notch top bloke you will have no probs

Ollie.

If you had asked for 450 you would have it.

Im sure his 450 engines are closer to £8000 though so clearly you didnt tell him what you wanted and you obviously just "hoped" it would be 450.

Benni

How do you know he never paid £8000?

Benni.

col cos1

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8k?

i take it that means harvey supplies new 200 block etc?

BRAMMER

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Can only say i've heard the best things about the topic company and........

I love my SCS T38 blower - slightly laggy expectingly but it's worth the wait when it comes on boost

Ollie.

It says he paid 4k. If you ask harvey for 450hp you get 450hp.

Billabong

PEAK torque from a T38 may seem low compared to the short lived (rev's-wise) spikes achieved on a T34 Will, but the spread of torque is much better (and don't forget when you came out in mine, it was carrying a few hundred KG extra )

My 450bhp engine has been bullet proof. Best Cosworth engine builder in the business IMO. My tuner of choice for more years than I want to admit

Love these sort of posts - minimal info, a bit of implied controversy and watch the post count rack up......

As said above, if you'd asked & paid for 450, you'd have got it.