RE: Harris buys a rally car

[fushion julz]

Chris...for a top-spec S14 in the UK you want to speak to Alex Elliot...

[fushion julz]

dtmpower said:

How much effort/work/parts/labour is required to make 270hp from an S14 engine ?

If you have some (or plenty of) cash, not too much at all...Shrick cams, balance, lighten, port, carbon box, AFM delete/ Alpha N (or similar), 48mm TBs and exhaust will get you there.

[JB!]

http://www.jnlracing.com/

His work is sublime. Will work on non-vag stuff too, worth speaking to!

Love this idea, a box-arched car used properly!!!!

[TobesH]

Love it, brilliant Chris!

I'd have to do a whale tail Cossie though!

[Mr2Mike]

Having a 2.3L engine is going to put you up against some ballistically quick cars (Millington engined Escorts etc.).

[Lagerlout]

Jamie Bryant is worth speaking to..

http://www.jbracingmotorsport.co.uk/

[205alive]

What's the deadline for creating the livery/graphics?

[KMB]

This is fantastic, pure and unadulterated car porn in the making!

I have just one question, which is a little unsavoury; where the hell does monkey get all his money? It will end up £30-40k which is a fair chunk for a toy, even if you're extremely affluent.

Does Chris take the registration off the back of an R1, get a balaclava and conduct a few countryside Post Office hits to fund these projects?

If so keep it up, but please try to avoid the rural post offices in east Anglia :P

[DodoRacing]

Chris; I know the perfect S14 engine builder in the Netherlands and asked him to contact you.

[Tegis]

chrissull said:

At least he can't lose £10k on this one.

Looks like an awesome project though

Trees are hard even for the best rally drivers.

But looks like a fun project and i recognise starting to looks at something(computer, tv, cars, parts) and then you add a bit more. End up spending twice as much as you initially thought.

[onemorelap]

simonigrale said:

I remember a similar project that I was involved in helping with. Sytner Nottingham's E30 M3 BTCC Replica about 10 years ago. We never touched the engine but the lads may have played with it since?

Should be a good project Chris.

If the car you did was done in the mobil livery then it was sat in Sytner Sutton Coldfield a couple of years back.
Had a good nose round it and although it looked fantastic i did think it was either an old GPn car or an old promo car that had been dusted off (i.e no GRP A hubs, that sort of thing)

Wanted to try and buy it but SWMBO insisted on buying a 1 series instead.

Bugger.........

[Chris Harris]

fushion julz said:

Chris...for a top-spec S14 in the UK you want to speak to Alex Elliot...

Got any contact details?

[Chris Harris]

DodoRacing said:

Chris; I know the perfect S14 engine builder in the Netherlands and asked him to contact you.

Thanks

[dog man]

Love barn finds! Where are pics of it as was? Or did it already have cage in?

[NGK210]

Bear Phils said:

Anyone else want to see just a couple of coats of clear over the oxidised paint

And with the interior coated in mukey dog hair, like a similarly hued S4...

See here at 01:24 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCN7KlMzDAk

Great project, looking forward to the Wednesday vids

Edited by NGK210 on Monday 10th June 15:51

[SystemParanoia]

fk yeah!

[epom]

Best of luck with that Chris, why not go with the Bertie Fisher ToughMac livery Always loved that.

[brettski]

Chris try Les Stannard he's been tuning e30's for years I believe he can get 280 bhp no problem. I've got an e30 325i sport that he converted to a 2.7 and it now kicks out 220bhp! Let me know if you want his number.

[coolcamaro21]

So is this what your hoping it will look like Chris? Because it should be amazing when finished!

[BrightonEd]

Barney at Classic Heroes has lots of race prep expertise. He's got a couple of racing e30's too. http://www.classicheroes.co.uk/default

Although he's southerly based, so may be a bit of a schlep for you Chris.