RE: Breaking News: AJP8 Relaunched

[Mr Freefall]

BCA said:

Podie said:

Article said:

Dry Sump – Race Variant
Max torque: 407lb/ft @ 5,200 rpm
Max bhp: 448 @ 7,200 rpm

Wet Sump – Road Variant
Max torque: 390lb/ft @ 5,200 rpm
Max bhp: 418 @ 7,200 rpm

How much power some of the Cerberas are currently running..? Pretty sure I've seen 400bhp+ banded about following visits to Track Car Solutions and Austec, or am I wrong..?

You're not wrong; highest standard engine'd 4.5 I've seen is 429bhp, highest 4.5RR is 440bhp.

Harryw did 450 dyno's, but runs 4.2 induction at last count AIRC... not much difference to the wildcat then??? NitroCerbs was also a 4.7 with Nitros that ran 525bhp at 60% NOS I believe, so there is more power to be had from the units in their current form

Mr F

[tomTVR]

Great news. 123kg for a 400bhp+ V8 engine. Its these which people should be swapping into their S6 cars, then again with power doing 5 year warrantys theres less point.

Im pretty sure this would go into a Westfield but you wouldnt live long enough to enjoy it

[Erich Stahler]

Fantastic news if it actually happens! by the way have any of the Melling Wildcats or Hellcats been sold yet?

[JonRB]

gifdy said:

So did he retain the rights to the engine design - or are the changes to get round such problems ?

Just what I was thinking.

And the same goes for his Griffith clone.

[wedgie]

Mr.Cerbera said:

Is it ME ?

Or does someone out there actually believe a word this guy says ??

Nope. Sounds like another fairytale. And 12-year-old pics? (Groan)

[Bluebottle]

ridds said:

Question is what emission rules is it meeting?

Never gonna meet EuroV so what's the life of it?

Unless it has 4v heads and some close coupled cats.

The last time AM had a pr campain for this engine he had designed a 4v head for it and was promising it would meet EuroV regs.

[V8 GRF]

Erich Stahler said:

Fantastic news if it actually happens! by the way have any of the Melling Wildcats or Hellcats been sold yet?

No Hellcats sold as it's still in development and I believe they've sold 3 Wildcats.

[LordGrover]

deja vu

[JonRB]

It it just me?

[R5GTTGAZ]

JonRB said:

It it just me?

No, but you'd be more inclined to believe what old Rowley says, rather than AM.

[dingocooke]

oh dear; more Melling PR, my view this wont happen either.

I wish Ladbrookes would take bets on this; it'll end up the same place as the Norton Nemesis and all the other AL Melling pistonheads touted worldbeaters. Waste of bandwidth.

[alderley]

Erich Stahler said:

Fantastic news if it actually happens! by the way have any of the Melling Wildcats or Hellcats been sold yet?

Was it Melling who announced a V8 Norton Motorbike which never left its garage in cloud cuckoo land?

[tomTVR]

I dont see why there would be a problem, he got the V8 right in the first place so dont see why he cant improve it. If they can sel it as a crate engine for racing and projects at a sensible price then he will be onto a winner. Shame the same cant be said for that silly Wildcat thing which doesnt even have a roof!

[LordGrover]

tomTVR said:

I dont see why there would be a problem, he got the V8 right in the first place so dont see why he cant improve it. If they can sel it as a crate engine for racing and projects at a sensible price then he will be onto a winner. Shame the same cant be said for that silly Wildcat thing which doesnt even have a roof!

AMelling said:

A properly designed sport car, keeps you warm, from its in built heater - the engine - and it shouldn't need a rear screen on open top cars. If it’s designed properly the wind should impede way behind the occupant’s heads.

[Podie]

AMelling said:

A properly designed sport car, keeps you warm, from its in built heater - the engine - and it shouldn't need a rear screen on open top cars. If it’s designed properly the wind should impede way behind the occupant’s heads.

Yeah, 'cos getting soaked through shouldn't just be the preserve of bikers

[_Neal_]

JonRB said:

It it just me?

I totally agree

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[general-confusio]

Hmm does this guy have nothing better to do than waste our time discussing his half baked plans ?

[Ron Fellows]

448bhp race variant! oh please me sides are splitting.

Like the original engine had 420bhp

Well at least if it hits 380bhp its slightly better starting point

oh this is too good! Just after his article on the Wildcats been released too.


I swear I have tears here! Must be the booze

[yzf1070]

Like him, loath him, what ever... I would like to know more about this engine?



Lovely piece of cnc work. Be nice to know if it performs as well as it looks...

[macdeb]

yzf1070 said:

Like him, loath him, what ever... I would like to know more about this engine?



Lovely piece of cnc work. Be nice to know if it performs as well as it looks...

Phuck, that looks cool. Anyhow, whatever peoples views on him, he's doin' stuff we can't.
PS, those exhaust ports look interesting, wonder how the headers will look?

Edited by macdeb on Thursday 12th February 18:24