north east .. show us your motor then

[JeffC]

me again, changed the Boxster as needed extra seats. got this a couple of weeks ago. Boxster up for sale in classifieds

[JeffC]

After_Shock said:

Lol must be small ppl for the extra seats, as in very small!

yeh he is only 7 !

[JeffC]

Ol, is the bird engine dry sumped ? not wanting to teach granny how to suck eggs, but they need to be for track use.

oh and with a blackbird engine how on earth is the exhaust on the drivers side ?????

Edited by JeffC on Tuesday 5th July 08:53

[JeffC]

bloody hell I was expecting to see a pinto under the bonnet !

I can only imagine that they have somehow used the standard bike manifold and modified it ? Ive had a succession of bike engined cars and thats the first time Ive seen that, I would imagine with that set up it will be restrictive ?

ref the oil surge make sure you have a good gauge fitted I preferred the mechanical type and I always fitted an idiot light (led light in my race car) for track use connected to a 20psi pressure switch so if you are getting surge you will be blinded and you can de clutch before its too late, as it doesnt take a lot at 11,000rpm to scuttle a motor my first westy had a ZX12 motor fitted with a Z cars baffled sump and that was ok on standard tyres but once i fitted 888 toyos it would surge on the road under braking and hard cornering.

I would also recommend an oil temp gauge to monitor oil temps, I had endless trouble with overheating till I fitted a big cooling system.

again sorry if im teaching granny how to suck eggs!

if you get bored have a read of my trails and tribulations of running a BEC at my website! http://www.jcoopercars.co.uk/westfields.htm

[JeffC]

oh and if you want to see what its like to blow up a bike engine, take a look at my video of me doing just that

(1550cc Busa with trickshifter on road tyres at Oulton park )


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeTosKBY5_E

[JeffC]

rhinochopig said:

JeffC said:

oh and if you want to see what its like to blow up a bike engine, take a look at my video of me doing just that

(1550cc Busa with trickshifter on road tyres at Oulton park )


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeTosKBY5_E

Ouch, as my father used to say of in his bike racing days "it's put a leg out of bed". Did you establish the root cause?

At least it died in a blaze of Radical (or similar) thrashing glory - could have been worse, you could have collected smashed the car and the engine.

Out of interest is the 1550 a stroker kit, a re-bore, or both?

I reckon I was lucky as I was hitting the limiter in 6th on a couple of places on circuit and I shudder to think what would have happened if it had let go there when it did go I would be doing around 90mph and remember seeing the armco coming, I clipped it with rear arch but reckon i had a very lucky escape!!

The motor was built by Extreme engines 1550cc full race spec circa 250bhp same motor as fitted to the powertec radicals, its bored 50cc and stroked 200cc, It had done around 18 hours running when it let go , it was advised rebuild time of 17hours

when I stripped the motor it had indeed put a leg out of bed, the cause was a faulty set of pistons which when i researched was not uncommon the remaining 3 had hair line cracks around the conrod pins. was quite lively whilst it was going though!

[JeffC]

rhinochopig said:

JeffC said:

rhinochopig said:

JeffC said:

oh and if you want to see what its like to blow up a bike engine, take a look at my video of me doing just that

(1550cc Busa with trickshifter on road tyres at Oulton park )


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeTosKBY5_E

Ouch, as my father used to say of in his bike racing days "it's put a leg out of bed". Did you establish the root cause?

At least it died in a blaze of Radical (or similar) thrashing glory - could have been worse, you could have collected smashed the car and the engine.

Out of interest is the 1550 a stroker kit, a re-bore, or both?

I reckon I was lucky as I was hitting the limiter in 6th on a couple of places on circuit and I shudder to think what would have happened if it had let go there when it did go I would be doing around 90mph and remember seeing the armco coming, I clipped it with rear arch but reckon i had a very lucky escape!!

The motor was built by Extreme engines 1550cc full race spec circa 250bhp same motor as fitted to the powertec radicals, its bored 50cc and stroked 200cc, It had done around 18 hours running when it let go , it was advised rebuild time of 17hours

when I stripped the motor it had indeed put a leg out of bed, the cause was a faulty set of pistons which when i researched was not uncommon the remaining 3 had hair line cracks around the conrod pins. was quite lively whilst it was going though!

Indeed, locking the rears at any speed is scary enough. At track speeds it doesn't bare thinking about.

It did look a proper little rocket ship, as you say.

Was that it for BECs then?

Out of interest, didn't you have a flip paint Busa a few years ago?

yeh I had a few busas with flippy paint, there is one on the first post of this thread

after the Busa went bang, I got it rebuilt did a race in it then sold it, I bought a 300bhp Duratec Caterham race car, was a fair bit quicker than the 1550 busa and was more reliable!

[JeffC]

not sure on pressure on R1 but a busa would drop to a scarey 5psi when hot on idle!

before I upgraded the cooling system Ive had oil temps as high as 140degrees!!! but found on a Busa the clutch would drag and gear changes were notchy anything over 120degs . my pal blew his crank out of a busa and when checked it had been up at 150degrees !

on my later busas I run a huge 32 row cooler in front of the radiator, with that I could run 25mins driving flat out on a scorching hot day and had no issues with cooling,pretty sure I could keep them around 100 degrees, sorting out the oil temps also kept the water temps low too.

[JeffC]

had mine detailed this week so thought it worth sharing a few piccies as dont suppose it will be as clean again!

[JeffC]

they are really growing on me , I enjoyed my Boxster tbh prob more than I do my 997 and from what ive read on the tossers oooops I mean Porsche forum on here they seem to be highly rated! think that is the only colour to have one in too.

[JeffC]

well sold the 911 cab a few weeks ago and looked at various cars but none of them excited me so Ive gone full circle and back to basics!

Caterham R400 duratec, plan to get back into trackdays and back into racing for 2012.

[JeffC]

rhinochopig said:

Trackdays - with those seats

How does it compare to the westies?

I prefer the Caterhams they seem to work better in the twistys and I prefer the build quality. In terms of pace I dont think there is a lot in it when both are well set up and well driven

[JeffC]

if you rewind 4 years and look on the very first post on page 1 you can see what your car would look like with the 19" coupe wheels ,I prefer the looks and they are much easier to clean! I towed with mine and mpg isnt brilliant, think with BJames shuttle and westfield in I used to get around 26mpg was pretty much the same as what swmbo got around town driving.. Ps if you do nothing else you must get it remapped the difference is staggering !I had mine done with a stage 3 map and it was something like 358bhp and the torque was crazy , It was as fast on a rolling start as a V8 Rs4 up to 160mph on a private road can put you in touch with the guy that did mine.

great car I still think its the best allrounder ive ever owned!

Edited by JeffC on Monday 10th October 19:49

[JeffC]

just passed Iva and been registered this week hence I have cursed the weather !

just back from the trip from CC midlands so will get it cleaned up properly later this week!

Edited by JeffC on Wednesday 4th April 13:34

Edited by JeffC on Wednesday 4th April 15:15

[JeffC]

bordercontrol said:

JeffC said:

just passed Iva and been registered this week hence I have cursed the weather !

just back from the trip from CC midlands so will get it cleaned up properly later this week!

Absolutely stunning that! Where abouts you from?

thanks! from rainy bishop auckland, still only been out in it once bloody weather!!!

[JeffC]

Its a story of some length Peter!

Petrolhead said:

JeffC said:

just passed Iva and been registered this week hence I have cursed the weather !

just back from the trip from CC midlands so will get it cleaned up properly later this week!

Edited by JeffC on Wednesday 4th April 13:34

Edited by JeffC on Wednesday 4th April 15:15

You sold the R400!! So whats that then, I just can't keep up

[JeffC]

[JeffC]

MuZiZZle said:

JeffC said:

oooh, this has lots of doors!

also, randomly, did you have some sort of track spec Saxo? the driveway looks familiar?

yeh swmbo wanted one with plenty of exits for the kids, and yes I built a saxo racecar last December and you will see that drive a lot on this thread as ive owned quite a lot of cars since post 1 on this thread , variety is the spice of life as they say , just pleased I dont tire of women as quick

Edited by JeffC on Tuesday 15th January 20:07

[JeffC]

MuZiZZle said:

JeffC said:

yeh swmbo wanted one with plenty of exits for the kids, and yes I built a saxo racecar last December and you will see that drive a lot on this thread as ive owned quite a lot of cars since post 1 on this thread , variety is the spice of life as they say , just pleased I dont tire of women as quick

Edited by JeffC on Tuesday 15th January 20:07

Ahhh!

Christ, you must be on the phone to your insurance, a lot! hahah, some choice motors in your car history!

Size wise how are you finding the S3, I have a 7 & 3 year old, would they fit?

I buy and sell Audis for a living so all covered on trade policy,although they have kicked out my caterham and Quad bike this year so had to insure that myself


S3 / A3 Sportback is bigger than A4 and 3 series, our kids are 9 / 14 and 16 (6ft 2) and have no bother they have plenty of room. :-)

[JeffC]

took day off today and took advantage of a glimpse of sunshine , 70 mile blat out up to Hexham for lunch then back over the tops from the A68 over to Stanhope and back to Bishop .