What Engine for 500BHP

[seagrey]

turbonutter said:

OK Time to do some more on the car.
The car is actually away at OJZ again, to have boost pipes & inlet runners fabricated + a couple of extra bosses welded into the exhaust.

So while the car is away I have started to work on the gearbox. I have a few used alfa 164 5 Speed boxes, but managed to source an unused one, so that is the one that I will be using. It will be fitted with the integrale strengtening plate and an LSD (plate type) from AHM.

Box is dismantled & the casing away with a mate for machining to allow the plate to be fitted.

Thats some butter fetish you have going on there,nice work btw.

[turbonutter]

Ok So the gearbox is now assembled with extra dowels & the strengthening plate, fingers crossed it will be upto the Job.





I also have the Tilton release bearing mounted ready for th etwin plate clutch...




Cheers

[turbonutter]

Just been to OJZ to position the fittings on th eboost pipes. Below are the photos of the boost pipes tacked together - Superb pipe work from Lance, no gaps anywhere!





Its getting very full in the engine compartment now!

[chuntington101]

turbonutter said:

Just been to OJZ to position the fittings on th eboost pipes. Below are the photos of the boost pipes tacked together - Superb pipe work from Lance, no gaps anywhere!

Its getting very full in the engine compartment now!

Looks stunning!

[Slinky]

turbonutter said:

Superb pipe work from Lance, no gaps anywhere!

He's good isn't he..

[stevieturbo]

Slinky said:

He's good isn't he..

Better than good !

What sort of boost are you looking to run ? Is that the only type of chargecooler you have room for ?

[turbonutter]

stevieturbo said:

Slinky said:

He's good isn't he..

Better than good !

What sort of boost are you looking to run ? Is that the only type of chargecooler you have room for ?

I am planning to run in th eregion of 1.3-1.5 bar depends on various factors, The goal is around 500BHP. That could be limited by the 0.82A/R turbine housing but we wont really know until we try - there is no other similar engine to get a decent idea from.

As for the Charge cooler, there is very little room for an air/air unit in the back of a stratos, so water/ air cooling it had to be - there is a huge pre rad up front & the guys at PWR assure me it will work. Their assurance is based on running a similar set up on a rear engined race car with 500BHP, I have the same charge cooler, but a bigger pre-rad. Again I wont know until it runs, if it isnt a success, then its back to PWR to come up with a solution.....

[mickrick]

Wonderfull stuff!
I'm off to the bathroom with a box of tissues!

[turbonutter]

Got the pipes back all nice and Bling Bling after polishing -







I think they look great

[turbonutter]

Next is to groove the adaptors on the head to fit an o-ring seal instead of the paper gasket...

Here is a test i made on a spare inlet adapter..





An o-ring in there should hold the boost without any trouble.

Also the new stainless pipes were not beaded (no beader at OJZ as he normally only does exhausts)

I got myself a beader yesterday & did a test bead on one of the inlet runners - Considering the tool isnt supposed to do stainless, it worked well....

[Transmitter Man]

Neil,

Where did you find the beader and what's it's min & max diameters that it can work with?

Phil

[turbonutter]

Phil,

The tool was from Viper Performance - the silicone hose guys. They say it only does alloy, but it managed ok on stainless - i just took it easy.

The roller is 16mm, so minimum size is 16mm bore & it will do upto 100mm pipe. Even more if you adapted the mounting plate......



Cheers

Neil

Edited by turbonutter on Tuesday 4th October 06:39

Edited by turbonutter on Tuesday 4th October 06:40

[Transmitter Man]

That does look neat albeit somewhat pricey.

Tnx

Phil

[anonymous-user]

Make sure you keep it well lube'd during the beading process otherwise they have a tendancy to gawl the rollers............... (expensive lesson to learn, luckily enough someone else was paying..... ;-)

[turbonutter]

Thanks for the advice

Grease on the rollers from now on!

[andygtt]

Very nice :-)

[turbonutter]

Finally got back to the car & managed to get the inlet adaptors grooved for o-rings



Next its on with the bodywork - as the car is booked in for paint in august!

[andygtt]

I'm really looking forwrd to seeing your car, will you begging to places like stoneleigh?

[turbonutter]

Once I get the car finished ......... It will be out & about - cant say where or when yet though.
I am hoping to get it on the road for next summer, so it wont be at Stoneleigh next year, but it will be somewhere I can post where & when once its up and running.

I Just hope it dosent dissappoint when you see it.

Cheers

Edited by turbonutter on Sunday 3rd July 18:50

[turbonutter]

I mentioned paint the other day - Well the plan is somthing similar to this - Black, yellow & White colour scheme.



But with my own personalized decals as below.



cheers
Neil