Bentley Turbo R Track Car!
Discussion
Steering wheel that arrived the other day. Sparco with buttons for the g/change. Ebay purchase from Latvia for £33 delivered!
OK, let's put this "you've ruined it" s
te to bed once and for all.
A Bentley Turbo R of this sort of age from a dealer in good nick with ful;l warranty is around £14/15K.
This one came with central locking /alarm not working - ecu is about £800 or £200 exchange. The hevac control has a fault, prices as above. Management light on - faulty speedo cluster, new £1000 or £200 exchange. Needed a hydraulic service, £3000 plus full service about £1500. There are a couple of bits of rust showing and the paint has micro bilsters on the roof, and contraction cracks here and there, so to be A1 would need a respray, around £6-10K. Add that lot up and you would have a minimum of £10K to bring it up to puff.
I paid £8K - which is about right.
So it hasn't been "ruined" , it has a new life as a track /race/ fast road car. Have you all ruined your E36's or MX5's? Hmmm?
Also, have those guys who replaced the coachbuilt body on their 30's Bentleys with a VDP Le Mans body "ruined " them? Not as far as I can see - prices now start around £400K for a good one. Lot of money for a ruined car.
So you detractors with your "ruined" E36's etc - MTFU and STFU eh? And be very scared, look for a Bentley in your mirror at a track day near you soon!
OK, let's put this "you've ruined it" s
te to bed once and for all.A Bentley Turbo R of this sort of age from a dealer in good nick with ful;l warranty is around £14/15K.
This one came with central locking /alarm not working - ecu is about £800 or £200 exchange. The hevac control has a fault, prices as above. Management light on - faulty speedo cluster, new £1000 or £200 exchange. Needed a hydraulic service, £3000 plus full service about £1500. There are a couple of bits of rust showing and the paint has micro bilsters on the roof, and contraction cracks here and there, so to be A1 would need a respray, around £6-10K. Add that lot up and you would have a minimum of £10K to bring it up to puff.
I paid £8K - which is about right.
So it hasn't been "ruined" , it has a new life as a track /race/ fast road car. Have you all ruined your E36's or MX5's? Hmmm?
Also, have those guys who replaced the coachbuilt body on their 30's Bentleys with a VDP Le Mans body "ruined " them? Not as far as I can see - prices now start around £400K for a good one. Lot of money for a ruined car.
So you detractors with your "ruined" E36's etc - MTFU and STFU eh? And be very scared, look for a Bentley in your mirror at a track day near you soon!
No detractors here…we're excited to see a latter-day Tim Birkin giving it a go!
It's always great to see something different at the track rather than the standard fare.
Are you planning to develop the car as far as the Phantom Motors car, take a different tack or stick to modest changes.
I don't suppose there's much motor sport development on these engines in terms of billet compressor turbochargers, lighter forged pistons & rods, hotter cams, dry sumping, solid lifters etc - but I'd have thought that there must be chevy & mopar parts which might might work in the Bentley 6.75.
It's always great to see something different at the track rather than the standard fare.
Are you planning to develop the car as far as the Phantom Motors car, take a different tack or stick to modest changes.
I don't suppose there's much motor sport development on these engines in terms of billet compressor turbochargers, lighter forged pistons & rods, hotter cams, dry sumping, solid lifters etc - but I'd have thought that there must be chevy & mopar parts which might might work in the Bentley 6.75.
You can say the same for an old 911, Ferrari etc that gets converted from a road car to track. When it's your money you do what you like.
Your completely nuts and I love it.
Any intention to spruce up the paintwork and really piss the purists off
Edited to say, just think how many other Bentley drivers you've personally helped from the goodness of your heart and shameless sacrifice of donating your spare parts to more needy Bentleys
Your completely nuts and I love it.
Any intention to spruce up the paintwork and really piss the purists off
Edited to say, just think how many other Bentley drivers you've personally helped from the goodness of your heart and shameless sacrifice of donating your spare parts to more needy Bentleys
Edited by Evo on Thursday 19th June 00:40
This is the best project (along with lexspace) I have seen in ages !
Well done to you sir!
on the paint front I think it needs a WWI style dreadnought dazzle camo wrap supposedly developed so you couldn`t tell which direction it was travelling in , this fact alone feels very apt to me.
If ever you come to brands in it please let me know, I want to noise test it!
Well done to you sir!
on the paint front I think it needs a WWI style dreadnought dazzle camo wrap supposedly developed so you couldn`t tell which direction it was travelling in , this fact alone feels very apt to me.
If ever you come to brands in it please let me know, I want to noise test it!
Tim Birkin? I am indeed honoured!
Ok folks, here is the plan at the mo'.
I am going to make some nice lightweight door trims as I want to make the interior "liveable". The headlining needs to come out as it is leather and I guess damn heavy. The dash is going to be replaced in machine turned ally - much lighter and in keeping with the whole image. Plastic side windows and probably rear screen.
I will be getting a cage made as the shell needs stiffening up. All the subframe mounts will be made solid either with alloy blocks, or more likely with nylotron in defference to road use. The active ride will go and be replaced with adjustable coil overs on the front and shox on the back. I am tryint to get some stiffer anti roll bars made too.
The exhaust manifolds, turbo, and downpipes will be Zircotec coated to help reduce underbonnet temps and also the chargecooler which is water cooled, will be coated as it sits in the V of the engine. Water injection to also reduce intake temp and the bonnet will be louvered. Phantom reckoned the turbo wasn't big enough as the boost kept dropping, but I have had this problem before with elevated charge temps, so I reckon the water injection etc may exacerbate this.
More power will come from the above, also bigger injectors and a stand alone ecu - a visit to Dave Walker will be on the cards! The aim is for about 600bhp.
The gearbox will have a new control unit to give programmable shifts and lockout plus manual change via the buttons on the steering wheel. Also it will need an extra cooler.
Are you still with me?
Brakes initially will be water cooled - then eventually, some 8 pot calipers on the front with huge discs and 6 pots on the rear with and extra caliper for a hydraulic handbrake for MoT and unbelievable handbrake turns!!
Viscous diff - or I will talk to Quaiffe to see if they can help with one of their diffs.
Wheels will need to be made. going for 19" to give clearance for the brake upgrade, plus the tyres are cheaper than stock!
So that's enough for now! The aim is for 600bhp and around 1800kg. Not sure about paintwork yet - that is a long way off....
Thank you all for your support. The car will be at the PH SE meet on tues, the 18-30 trackday in august, PPC in the Park, and the Bentley Drivers Club race at Silverstone + others.
first track day will be Brands for a shakedown next month...
Ok folks, here is the plan at the mo'.
I am going to make some nice lightweight door trims as I want to make the interior "liveable". The headlining needs to come out as it is leather and I guess damn heavy. The dash is going to be replaced in machine turned ally - much lighter and in keeping with the whole image. Plastic side windows and probably rear screen.
I will be getting a cage made as the shell needs stiffening up. All the subframe mounts will be made solid either with alloy blocks, or more likely with nylotron in defference to road use. The active ride will go and be replaced with adjustable coil overs on the front and shox on the back. I am tryint to get some stiffer anti roll bars made too.
The exhaust manifolds, turbo, and downpipes will be Zircotec coated to help reduce underbonnet temps and also the chargecooler which is water cooled, will be coated as it sits in the V of the engine. Water injection to also reduce intake temp and the bonnet will be louvered. Phantom reckoned the turbo wasn't big enough as the boost kept dropping, but I have had this problem before with elevated charge temps, so I reckon the water injection etc may exacerbate this.
More power will come from the above, also bigger injectors and a stand alone ecu - a visit to Dave Walker will be on the cards! The aim is for about 600bhp.
The gearbox will have a new control unit to give programmable shifts and lockout plus manual change via the buttons on the steering wheel. Also it will need an extra cooler.
Are you still with me?
Brakes initially will be water cooled - then eventually, some 8 pot calipers on the front with huge discs and 6 pots on the rear with and extra caliper for a hydraulic handbrake for MoT and unbelievable handbrake turns!!
Viscous diff - or I will talk to Quaiffe to see if they can help with one of their diffs.
Wheels will need to be made. going for 19" to give clearance for the brake upgrade, plus the tyres are cheaper than stock!
So that's enough for now! The aim is for 600bhp and around 1800kg. Not sure about paintwork yet - that is a long way off....
Thank you all for your support. The car will be at the PH SE meet on tues, the 18-30 trackday in august, PPC in the Park, and the Bentley Drivers Club race at Silverstone + others.
first track day will be Brands for a shakedown next month...
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