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That pump fuel graph is very impressive, 500/500 at 4500 rpm!
Then climbing on to over 700hp still at 8000.
That’s a wide spread!
Even on the race fuel full boost at 5000 rpm on a turbo as big as a gt42 is brilliant I think!
Cheers Paul
That's on a proper engine Dyno Paul it may come In sooner
I've found one on race fuel on a Dyno dynamics now though, I have spent hours searching this forum last few days lol
Got some pics of the roll cage rod had fitted in the car, perfect for me aswell as I'm the same as rod in that its a road car and needs to seat 5 people.
it looks like it will do that just fine, and nice and tucked in behind the dash, perfectamundo
That cage was a absolute bastard lol but great to do it at the same time to help Rod as we had several discussions about safety on these runs let alone on the road . What some people did seem to get it wasnt just about the top speed record it was the engineering involved that got him excited as well as so doing the cage he was constantly bringing ideas to it as he said he still wanted to use the car regularly with ease .
I see the roof has sagged as normal lol well we did remove the lining by removing the rear window to weld the cage so just incase you thinking of repairing that Karl lol
That cage was a absolute bastard lol but great to do it at the same time to help Rod as we had several discussions about safety on these runs let alone on the road . What some people did seem to get it wasnt just about the top speed record it was the engineering involved that got him excited as well as so doing the cage he was constantly bringing ideas to it as he said he still wanted to use the car regularly with ease .
I see the roof has sagged as normal lol well we did remove the lining by removing the rear window to weld the cage so just incase you thinking of repairing that Karl lol
It looks perfect from what I've seen mate I can get all my family in it
The roof lining is being sorted before I get the car, I don't have the patience left for things like that when I've finished work I would end up just snapping it in half trying to get it out
The car is currently fitted with a jaguar Salisbury diff, ratio 3.54 which gives a theoretical top speed of 224 mph by my calculations, so I've had a hint around and there is a performance jaguar specialist that retro fits the newer ratio crown wheel and pinions into the older casings
Can get a 4.09 to give an approximate top speed of 192 mph which will be alot more suitable for point to point and drag racing, considering buying one so I have both options available to me
those speed assume 8500 rpm and a decent size tyre on the rear
Yes mate that is there website, they build them up themselves to order
The company is owned by a family friend, used to work for them earlier this year. If you want one done let me know and il have a word, should get you a bit of a discount.
The company is owned by a family friend, used to work for them earlier this year. If you want one done let me know and il have a word, should get you a bit of a discount.
Nice to see it having real usable parts on it, not built as a show queen with shiny fittings left, right and centre.
Good luck with it whatever you choose to use it for. I am sure it will do what it was intended for.
I'm glad everything has been coated black as I don't miss the days of polished alloy and chrome everywhere needing constant polishing lol
Im super stoked to see this iconic car carry on to be developed and used as Rod intended! Cant wait to see what you do with her
I used to be obsessed with top speed, most I ever did was 186 iirc, but nowadays I'm more interested in acceleration and 30-130 mph performance, so will likely be getting a lower ratio diff that is if it can get the power down, I'm looking forward to having a play how rod had it first though
Remember doing the cage for it and Rod wanted it just so in his usual way lol and plus with him using it as a road car needed to oap user friendly it was great doing that build
Did you take any pics of the cage install mate ? I've hunted high and low and not found anything
Be nice to hear that engine run Matt how is it? All good?
Yeah mate all good running sweet. Cars tucked away for winter. Doing the supra diff conversion end of March. Goes well for 360 so looking forward to seeing how it is with the 3.9 in it.
If your ever down Watford way your welcome to come over have a butchers and talk cars anytime.
Yeah mate all good running sweet. Cars tucked away for winter. Doing the supra diff conversion end of March. Goes well for 360 so looking forward to seeing how it is with the 3.9 in it.
If your ever down Watford way your welcome to come over have a butchers and talk cars anytime.
These modern autos are effortless I reckon the rs6 might just nudge a high 10 and the gtr should be 9s on ethanol, will be a challenge in the saph that's for sure
Will be picking the finished engine up this month probably.
Management will come in the next few months, gotta get an intercooler sorted then I’m gonna try and throw it together to use for the year (fingers crossed)
I wanted to strip the shell and tidy the whole car properly but I don’t have a decent garage at the mo so any serious work will have to wait till next winter now, I just wanna drive it!!
Will be picking the finished engine up this month probably.
Management will come in the next few months, gotta get an intercooler sorted then I’m gonna try and throw it together to use for the year (fingers crossed)
I wanted to strip the shell and tidy the whole car properly but I don’t have a decent garage at the mo so any serious work will have to wait till next winter now, I just wanna drive it!!
Cheers Paul
sounds good mate look forward to it comming together epic pod days to look forward to for us all soon UK street outlaws lol
Would be good if we could get. pF day there. I have asked my mate for a super car if mine isn’t ready, just working out what I won’t break....not sure I would be comfortable in a Carrera GT lol
Would be good if we could get. pF day there. I have asked my mate for a super car if mine isn’t ready, just working out what I won’t break....not sure I would be comfortable in a Carrera GT lol
that's something that puts me off running the gtr full bore launch on a drag surface, svm said my transmission is on its limit road use and could blow drag racing, but having said that it will do 10s without a launch
I tried to organise a pf day years ago, I'd got the dates and cost of the track for the day but when it came to the crunch nobody would put any money down so I scrapped the idea !
I think it was £5k for the day or around that from memory, so 50 people £100 each
I was willing to put a grand in extra aswell which would of bought it down to 40 people
Last edited by scoooby slayer; 09-02-2019 at 10:22 AM.
I doubt thier would be that many runners mate probably easier to do a rwyb event my mate runs his gtr at japfest svm's old car gundam great car when it's not broken lol in the 9's and lifted the heads ouch running 1400 bhp
24-12-2018, 09:03 PM
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