Bentley Turbo R Track Car!

[ChocolateFrog]

I admire your commitment, cutting out the roof!

[V8 FOU]

You are right.
The roof metal is 1.5mm thick! Stunning quality these cars and so easy to work on too. Not that the factory ever expected some nutter to remove the steel roof and replace it with carbon fibre......

[Usget]

Solid brass!!

[Krikkit]

They really, really don't make the new-age models like that any more.

I wonder if the current Mulsanne is made this way still.

[richardracer]

Hello Paul,

Might I suggest a discussion with Ed Abbott of Abbott Racing (see web site www.abbottracing.co.uk or www.abbottjaguar.co.uk and see Rally XJS pages) He has some experience of keeping an auto box working in competition conditions with his v12 XJS used for historic rallying. Give him 2 weeks, he is just about to start the HERO Monte Carlo Challenge Historic Rally!

Regards

Richard Stok
Part time navigator, seen hiding behind screen pillar in the A40 shots from 40 years ago!

[V8 FOU]

Roof fitted and glued.


Weighed the wiring removed so far..... 8.5kg


Got a bit bored with the wiring, so decided to fit the trans cooler.
Top brackets

Bottom bracket

Coat of paint

Top brackets welded

And cooler fitted


That just needs pipework, fan and scoop, then it is done.
There isn't any space left for any more rads/coolers now. Water radiator, a/c condenser, PAS cooler, chargecooler water cooler rad, engine oil cooler and now two transmission coolers!

Been a busy week doing all this. Need to do some proper work now.

[SWH]

Superb, great to see this progressing along

[Xtriple129]

Fabulous! I have been wondering where you were: getting withdrawal symptoms. Er, just out of interest you understand, what are doing with all the bits removed? Clocks?

[Deerfoot]

Absolutely awesome project, love it.

[V8 FOU]

I am glad you folk like this. Makes it all the more worthwhile.

Few more bits.
Transmission cooler brackets.

Welded into place

Lower bracket - note the lightening holes!!

And trial fitted. At an angle as that is how the oem cooler for the chargecooler is fitted. So follow them as i don't know what I am doing!


More to come later. But I REALLY must get on with some proper work!

[williamp]

Hows this going?

[V8 FOU]

It has been sat a while.
Hope to be back on it soo.
Plans are for a trans controller to give paddle change, Emerald ECU for more power and control. Race dash. That lot means a whiole heap of wiring can be removed.

Sorting out some shox. Bilstein do them! Just need to get them valved correctly.

Hubs go off to HiSpec soon to make some Monster 8 pot calipers and large discs.

Probably going to start on it again in March.

[Liquid Knight]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WaJINAsYfw



Not your car then? I won't bother watching now.

[Balmoral]

Simon or Stuart from Phantom Motorcars. If that's not some ancient footage I've been missing out on BDC Silverstone in August, particularly if TGT team were there.

[UnluckyTimmeh]

What a fantastic build. Best of luck with it