RND power output 364bhp

RND power output 364bhp

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spitfire4v8

3,991 posts

181 months

Thursday 19th February 2015
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Wonder if i was looking at a cached version of the page then, there was only 2 lines of text when I went to look which says

"Power 4.3,decat, fully seq. injection, Canems, big bore exhaust etc. " and no graph .. this is using the link from gacksen's past posts in his profile .. going to the wiki from the forums takes me to the correct wiki! strange


But yeh, rnd cams, springs and followers, the rest tvr power and Lloyds.

Edited by spitfire4v8 on Thursday 19th February 12:33

Andy_mr2sc

1,223 posts

176 months

Thursday 19th February 2015
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Is the RND issue with their building time scale/project management more than the quality of the product? To say are there many owners who have built their own engines using RND parts with a good long term result? We hear them slated often for what they haven't done but they must have achieved some good results to still be in business. The website fights it's corner well for its parts and modifications.
Maybe some owners would like to come forward with their positive results to level up the see-saw a little.

Gazzab

21,090 posts

282 months

Thursday 19th February 2015
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TVR Power 4.3 base rebuilt, Lloyd Specialist Developments CANEMS ECU conversion, custom wiring loom, fully sequential injection, coil on plugs, knock control, dual wideband lambda, additional oil feed to back of head, camshafts chilled iron RND ENG custom profile done by Kent cams, camshaft timing set to RND ENG specification, RND ENG GT Valve springs, RND ENG Redesigned Billet Finger Followers 360 degree oiling, big bore exhaust system by Lloyd´s, conversion and mapping done by Lloyd Specialist Developments LTD

465.8bhp 365.7 lb/ft

Dastek rolling road.

A RR chart is showing on the wiki albeit I can only see it from my phone not my corporate network.

Don1

15,939 posts

208 months

Thursday 19th February 2015
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Gazzab said:


A RR chart is showing on the wiki albeit I can only see it from my phone not my corporate network.
In that case your network security stack doesn't like embedded images from certain sources. nerd

Gazzab

21,090 posts

282 months

Thursday 19th February 2015
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Don1 said:
Gazzab said:


A RR chart is showing on the wiki albeit I can only see it from my phone not my corporate network.
In that case your network security stack doesn't like embedded images from certain sources. nerd
Strangely it allowed me to use google images to help plan my business trip to Krakow :-)

Don1

15,939 posts

208 months

Thursday 19th February 2015
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Yep, trusted source, and they aren't properly embedded in most cases.

m4tti

5,427 posts

155 months

Thursday 19th February 2015
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Andy_mr2sc said:
Is the RND issue with their building time scale/project management more than the quality of the product? To say are there many owners who have built their own engines using RND parts with a good long term result? We hear them slated often for what they haven't done but they must have achieved some good results to still be in business. The website fights it's corner well for its parts and modifications.
Maybe some owners would like to come forward with their positive results to level up the see-saw a little.
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Edited by m4tti on Friday 20th February 07:45

DAVEY DEE

647 posts

154 months

Friday 20th February 2015
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A spec quite similar to my 4.3 rebuild by RND Engineering but I had a stroker crank as well...

Iirc mine wasnt quite as powerful & had to be rebuilt by Power. You can ask Dom for his expert opinion on their parts.

DAVEY DEE

647 posts

154 months

Friday 20th February 2015
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As for balancing the see saw-if it wasn't for the name & shame rule the said see saw would have snapped in half with so much weight on one side!!lol

gacksen

680 posts

143 months

Monday 23rd February 2015
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as it is my car i can only speak for my cup of tea and the combination of mods
transformed the car to a new level as i dont have any negative experience with
RND means Dave and the supplied parts.

also when speaking about power figures of builder delivers or not
it is essential to have a before and after quote on the same dyno
and i doubt that a factory 3.6 will deliver 364 horses in regular config....

you guys think rebuilts of well known uk builders have never gone bang ? in a small
country as germay is i know of some...... only difference is i cant read anything
about it one here.....

dvs_dave

8,609 posts

225 months

Friday 27th February 2015
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% failure rate is what counts, not what Bier Stube Uwe says... wink

The evidence against RND is not favorable in this respect.

Tvr Power

1,076 posts

206 months

Friday 27th February 2015
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gacksen said:
as it is my car i can only speak for my cup of tea and the combination of mods
transformed the car to a new level as i dont have any negative experience with
RND means Dave and the supplied parts.

also when speaking about power figures of builder delivers or not
it is essential to have a before and after quote on the same dyno
and i doubt that a factory 3.6 will deliver 364 horses in regular config....

you guys think rebuilts of well known uk builders have never gone bang ? in a small
country as germay is i know of some...... only difference is i cant read anything
about it one here.....
Gasksen im all ears if its one of my engines i need to know please ?????

Dom

Gazzab

21,090 posts

282 months

Sunday 31st May 2015
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Has it shipped yet?

V8 GRF

7,294 posts

210 months

Sunday 31st May 2015
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I don't think it's shipped.

But to make it clear, for you guys who are so interested, this delay has nothing to do with RND and hasn't for the last 6 months or so. RND finished their part of the project and supplied all the parts months ago. It's now exclusively down the the engine builder (SW based) to finish the build and ship it.

Indeed they owe RND money which won't be paid until it ships so they're as keen as anyone to see it delivered.

Edited by V8 GRF on Monday 1st June 11:07

spitfire4v8

3,991 posts

181 months

Sunday 31st May 2015
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V8 GRF said:
I don't think it's shipped.

But to make it clear, for you guys who are so interested, this delay has nothing to do with RND and hasn't for the last 6 months or so. RND finished their part of the project and supplied all the parts months ago. It's now exclusively down the the engine builder (SW based) to finish the build and ship it, but he regularly comes up with BS reasons for it not to have shipped.

Indeed they owe RND money which won't be paid until it ships so they're as keen as anyone to see it delivered.
It's 3 years since the project started, so are you saying only the last 6 months delay is not down to RND? wink
RND also owe me money, so not being paid seems to follow these projects around .. I call that Karma. wink When DD does get paid though I hope he will do the right thing and pay his own outstanding invoices, that would be nice.

  • I thought Blacksix said he paid up front for his engine though ?
Edited by spitfire4v8 on Sunday 31st May 16:06

V8 GRF

7,294 posts

210 months

Sunday 31st May 2015
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spitfire4v8 said:
It's 3 years since the project started, so are you saying only the last 6 months delay is not down to RND? wink
  • I thought Blacksix said he paid up front for his engine though ?]
No, I mean for the last six months he's had absolutely nothing to do with the project what so ever. The parts were supplied a long time ago, years in fact.

I don't know the details but I'm aware there are monies that will only be paid once delivery has been made.


Gazzab

21,090 posts

282 months

Sunday 31st May 2015
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Yeah like that's true. dd is famous for truth economy.

V8 GRF

7,294 posts

210 months

Sunday 31st May 2015
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Gazzab said:
Yeah like that's true.
You haven't any idea of what the full facts are so you can't comment.

I'm not going to get into any discussion with people on this I only posted as I got fed up with people who post and base their 'opinions' on untruths and biased one sided stories on subjects that in reality they know nothing about.







Gazzab

21,090 posts

282 months

Sunday 31st May 2015
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Oh come on I've heard enough first hand stories face to face with people to know that DDs perspective will be lacking one element.