Pics of 27 litre Rolls Royce Meteor engine installation
Discussion
Yup, doing a few calcs.. it could mean time travel... indeed, and that Pop would have suicide door handles too, which could easily rupture the femoral artery of someone they met at 40 mph. This type of legislation doesn't recognise proper risk assessment and is another example of Nanny State-ism.
I am all for improving safety and getting cowboys off the road, but this won't discriminate against just cowboys, it will affect everyone.
Invariably, modified cars are done as a labour of love, done properly and are at least as safe as many other normal 20 year old cars. Those endeavours won't be recognised by these faceless civil servants, but penalised. We, the motorists, will pay. Again.
>> Edited by Al Rush on Wednesday 8th March 21:19
I am all for improving safety and getting cowboys off the road, but this won't discriminate against just cowboys, it will affect everyone.
Invariably, modified cars are done as a labour of love, done properly and are at least as safe as many other normal 20 year old cars. Those endeavours won't be recognised by these faceless civil servants, but penalised. We, the motorists, will pay. Again.
>> Edited by Al Rush on Wednesday 8th March 21:19
Charlie made them himself. They're fine as it is, they're built to take pressure and because its slow revving, the gas is going to flow really slowly anyway. We might have to fettle the stub, but that should be it. The cold air will have to come from inlets at the top of the bonnet, with ally boxes, because the temp under there is going to be roasting.
The quality of the graphics is none too hot (.. sorry, don't get these computer things), but it still sounds ok I guess. This was shot last weekend, when we took it out and test ran it on propane prior to final mapping. The sound quality doesn't do it justice, it's as much a pressure thing, as it is sheer volume. Perhaps we should have taken the headers off?
Charlie has designed his own manifolds, the old one's contracted too quickly afterwards and sheered their bolts. The noise the engine makes after even the shortest of runs has to be heard to be believed. Its getting a Lifeline Fire System in this month, a decent battery from Powervamp and work is starting on the twin 5' exhausts sticking out the side. Carbon Fibre would be good, but wouldn't be able to take the heat, unless anyone can advise differently? Twin turbo's are inbound but the Nitrous set up has got no further.
It'll be on the mag stand at this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed, when it'll be run up, so come along and say hello. There should be a better quality video going onto PHTV soon, but hey, why wait?
http://video.google.com/videoplay?doc
Cheers,
Al.
Charlie has designed his own manifolds, the old one's contracted too quickly afterwards and sheered their bolts. The noise the engine makes after even the shortest of runs has to be heard to be believed. Its getting a Lifeline Fire System in this month, a decent battery from Powervamp and work is starting on the twin 5' exhausts sticking out the side. Carbon Fibre would be good, but wouldn't be able to take the heat, unless anyone can advise differently? Twin turbo's are inbound but the Nitrous set up has got no further.
It'll be on the mag stand at this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed, when it'll be run up, so come along and say hello. There should be a better quality video going onto PHTV soon, but hey, why wait?
http://video.google.com/videoplay?doc
Cheers,
Al.
It goes around corners well, and it will be road legal. It has a BMW steering set up, and whilst its no Exige, its no Cunard either. The mission is, to get 1 more bhp than the Veyron, for no more than 10k. We'd like to see it get 200 this summer, at Bruntingthorpe.
Its in PPC Mag, where its one of our Staff Cars (just pipping our track Silver Shadow 1 project on the outrage stakes). Charlie is an automotive Fred Dibnah, a genuine genius. He scraches his nuts a lot too, the genuine thing.
Click Staff Cars for Charlie's car.
http://ppcmag.co.uk/
Its in PPC Mag, where its one of our Staff Cars (just pipping our track Silver Shadow 1 project on the outrage stakes). Charlie is an automotive Fred Dibnah, a genuine genius. He scraches his nuts a lot too, the genuine thing.
Click Staff Cars for Charlie's car.
http://ppcmag.co.uk/
r988 said:
It goes around corners well, and it will be road legal. It has a BMW steering set up, and whilst its no Exige, its no Cunard either. The mission is, to get 1 more bhp than the Veyron, for no more than 10k. We'd like to see it get 200 this summer, at Bruntingthorpe.
Its in PPC Mag, where its one of our Staff Cars (just pipping our track Silver Shadow 1 project on the outrage stakes). Charlie is an automotive Fred Dibnah, a genuine genius. He scraches his nuts a lot too, the genuine thing.
Click Staff Cars for Charlie's car.
http://ppcmag.co.uk/
so are you after the veyrons lowest quoted output in hot weather (1001bhp) or it's more regular 1200bhp or so?
How much boost were you planning to run? Early merlins ran 6psi later upped to about 12psi and then 25psi late in the war, put out around 2640bhp at that setting I think. They were running two superchargers in series with an intercooler inbetween though, rather than twin turbos.
You should be able to not only beat the Veyrons output but obliterate it I would think, depending on how long you want the engine to last between overhaul of course
No more than 7. That should be.. adequate.
An update..
As Summer Is almost with us, work on the Rover has continued apace. The wiring is all but in, just a few jobs to do there. The Diggersquirt system, designed by Charlie’s mate Digger, will need mapping, and we hope to find a private lane to do that..
Although it looks like a bag of nails, its all there really, it just needs slotting together now. The battery from Powervamp and the fire system from Lifeline have been installed. Technology has certainly shifted.. the new battery is only a couple of years younger than the previous one, but churns out the same power, but with half the weight.. perhaps mobile phones have been a blessing after all. And Charlie is now safe surrounded by enough a fire suppression system which wouldn’t have gone amiss in Windsor Castle a few years back.
We were considering using a beer keg for the petrol..
.. but the offer of a bespoke tank came up, which is in itself, a work of art. Designed especially for the Rover by the Stig of the Fabrication world, known only by his trademark ‘Gazzawaki’. The welding is a joy to see, it’s a credit to craftsmanship.
The braking distribution has been finished too.. the pressure regulator is now working, and controls the amount of braking force able to be generated to the rear tyres. The battery master switch next to it is ready to go, and if all goes well, we should have it MoT’d in a few weeks, and it could get to Goodwood FoS under its own steam if the final snagging goes well. A certain motoring programme has declared an interest in filming the 200 mph attempt, so watch this space for that too.
Charlie and the team will be at the PPC pub meet tomorrow (Fri 26th May) if anyone wants to come along for a gas and a burger.
http://ppcmag.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?T
As Summer Is almost with us, work on the Rover has continued apace. The wiring is all but in, just a few jobs to do there. The Diggersquirt system, designed by Charlie’s mate Digger, will need mapping, and we hope to find a private lane to do that..
Although it looks like a bag of nails, its all there really, it just needs slotting together now. The battery from Powervamp and the fire system from Lifeline have been installed. Technology has certainly shifted.. the new battery is only a couple of years younger than the previous one, but churns out the same power, but with half the weight.. perhaps mobile phones have been a blessing after all. And Charlie is now safe surrounded by enough a fire suppression system which wouldn’t have gone amiss in Windsor Castle a few years back.
We were considering using a beer keg for the petrol..
.. but the offer of a bespoke tank came up, which is in itself, a work of art. Designed especially for the Rover by the Stig of the Fabrication world, known only by his trademark ‘Gazzawaki’. The welding is a joy to see, it’s a credit to craftsmanship.
The braking distribution has been finished too.. the pressure regulator is now working, and controls the amount of braking force able to be generated to the rear tyres. The battery master switch next to it is ready to go, and if all goes well, we should have it MoT’d in a few weeks, and it could get to Goodwood FoS under its own steam if the final snagging goes well. A certain motoring programme has declared an interest in filming the 200 mph attempt, so watch this space for that too.
Charlie and the team will be at the PPC pub meet tomorrow (Fri 26th May) if anyone wants to come along for a gas and a burger.
http://ppcmag.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?T
Soft Top said:
Thanks chaps. You'll be able to see/hear/feel/experience it on our stand at Goodwood, so drop in if you're passing.
I'll definately be dropping in. Can't wait to see it. Much Kudos to you sir.
Its Charlie's work, I just make the tea and help him out when I can. I stand head bowed and with cap in hand, at the mere suggestion of his shadow.
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