Speed 12 project

[G1ABB]

V8 GRF said:

Hopefully the answer to that will be NO as the "special" material is for Sprint

David, Please call me when you have a minute. I'm happy to see more details go into Sprint. Engine is currently on the dyno but not fired up yet! It cranks over and oil system is working fine. Just the water to plumb in. Funny thing is it broke the dyno today when being cranked over. Just an electrical gremlin which blew up one of the dyno water pumps... ergo history repeating itself albeit on a smaller scale.

[JnP]

Oh my, oh my... looking forward to hearing this roar

[G1ABB]

Gazzab said:

Nice! Aston?
What are you aiming for hp wise? I guess with correct exhaust it will really pull.

Good question, but only have a theoretical idea at the moment. Rather than risk embarrassing myself or Brian and Jonathon lets see what the data sheets say..

[G1ABB]

RedSpike66 said:

Drooooooooooooooooooooolll !!

What is it??
What's in it ???
Can you divulge any geeky stuff, cc, rods, crank, pistons..
Has it been fired up yet ? Dyno'd even ???
What you hoping it'll make ??
Rather jealous here, even though I've got a nice cup of tea in me hand....

Secrets create myths which can be fun!

[dhf]

G1ABB said:

Secrets create myths which can be fun!

Its a Mini Merlin !

[m4tti]

It'd be a an engine similar to this one..

http://www.enginesandgearboxes.co.uk/images/engine...

[RedSpike66]

Out of interest, who are Brian and Jonathon ?? Obviously very talented engine builders for you to entrust this project to them !

[Slow M]

m4tti said:

It'd be a an engine similar to this one..

http://www.enginesandgearboxes.co.uk/images/engine...

Define "similar."

Best,
B

[Slow M]

G1ABB said:

V12, dry sumped, lots of bespoke parts, injector system and lots of new shiny bits inside. ECU is MoTec

Fantastic to see your progress. It's downright inspiring.

Best,
B.

[JnP]

Could this fit a normal Tuscan :-))) ?

[Boosted Cerb]

JnP said:

Could this fit a normal Tuscan :-))) ?

Here's the budget version.....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aston-Martin-db7-v12-Van...


Great project and really pleased to hear the progress, thanks for sharing Graham

Rich.

[V8 GRF]

JnP said:

Could this fit a normal Tuscan :-))) ?

No chance, I doubt it would even fit between the chassis rails. Remember this is a full house racecar built around an alloy tub using the engine as a stressed member, not a Cerbera with a wide body.

[Roo]

Quick question.

I assume the intention is to have the car road registered but how are you going to go about it?

Surely a racing tub won't have a VIN or paperwork.

Just curious as I have a hell of job getting normal cars IVA tested so wouldn't like to attempt it with this.

Or has it got sufficient papers with it to not need anything.

[nosey racer]

RedSpike66 said:

Out of interest, who are Brian and Jonathon ?? Obviously very talented engine builders for you to entrust this project to them !

Who are these engineers and where are they based at? Do they build a lot of engines?

[DonkeyApple]

Roo said:

Quick question.

I assume the intention is to have the car road registered but how are you going to go about it?

Surely a racing tub won't have a VIN or paperwork.

Just curious as I have a hell of job getting normal cars IVA tested so wouldn't like to attempt it with this.

Or has it got sufficient papers with it to not need anything.

At least two were road registered by TVR so maybe this one is being built on a chassis that TVR did register?

[G1ABB]

RedSpike66 said:

Out of interest, who are Brian and Jonathon ?? Obviously very talented engine builders for you to entrust this project to them !

Lawfield Engineering (Brian) J G Racing (Jonathon).

Very talented and they built for example Peter Wheelers 5000M. John Ravenscroft is also involved with the engine.

[G1ABB]

Roo said:

Quick question.

I assume the intention is to have the car road registered but how are you going to go about it?

Surely a racing tub won't have a VIN or paperwork.

Just curious as I have a hell of job getting normal cars IVA tested so wouldn't like to attempt it with this.

Or has it got sufficient papers with it to not need anything.

The car is already road registered so no issues.

[G1ABB]

DonkeyApple said:

At least two were road registered by TVR so maybe this one is being built on a chassis that TVR did register?

Correct.. W312BFV "Big friendly vehicle"

[Roo]

G1ABB said:

The car is already road registered so no issues.

Thank you for the answer.

I did wonder if that might be the case.

[G1ABB]

JnP said:

Could this fit a normal Tuscan :-))) ?

I like where your going with this. Very unlikely though, it really is a monster. I'm not even aware of anyone else who has taken an AM engine this far. We had to bespoke many of the parts in-house. Specialist bits like the oil pump were designed and made elsewhere.