Essex V6

[anonymous-user]

Andrew Gray said:

Burton when it comes to engine work will farm all that out to a local engineering company that has many ex ford Dagenham Factory guys in they are very good and did the balancing on some of my parts when i re built my Crossflow top end rather than going through Burtons .

Andrew

Balanced top end eh? - to prevent the chablis from spilling?

[anonymous-user]

V6Pushfit said:

TVRMs said:

Interesting choice and a connection I wouldn't have made.

Knowing what they charged in 1973 to build a legal 104 bhp formula ford engine (close to 3K), I wouldn't imagine the cost for them to build you a 300bhp Essex would be anything but eye watering

Not from what they told me I have to say, but expensive enough and well worth a try

Did they discuss spec and power output?

[anonymous-user]

They can do anything a customer needs, and very helpful

[the other tim]

Supercharger, the op wants 300lbs ft

Edited by the other tim on Friday 12th May 14:59

[Kickstart]

Another vote for Ric Wood - Ric built us a 280bhp engine that was epic with loads of torque
We did the Nurburgring (racing) 3 or 4 times and the engine ran faultlessly even using 7k revs on main straight for what felt likes ages
Previously we had Essex engines from another builder that had nothing like the power and both failed at the Ring
I think £15k sounds about right - I think from memory our engine on triple webbers - everything new was about £12k and that's about 8/10 years ago

[IroningMan]

Cheers all, my current engine is a John Wade number - he did all the important bits and I just bolted it together. With standard size valves it gives just less than 170bhp at the wheels - mostly because it's happy to rev; the torque is nothing to shout about.

I had thought that he was long retired, but I might give him a shout: the last time I was in touch with him we got up to about £4k for a forced-induction motor, plus the cost of the turbo or supercharger and engine management to go with it, and I have an Eaton M90 sitting here gathering dust, although a turbo would probably be easier to deal with.

[Walter Cash]

]Cheers all, my current engine is a John Wade number - he did all the important bits and I just bolted it together. With standard size valves it gives just less than 170bhp at the wheels - mostly because it's happy to rev; the torque is nothing to shout about.

I had thought that he was long retired, but I might give him a shout:



No he's still hard at it

[DavidY]

IroningMan said:

Cheers all, my current engine is a John Wade number - he did all the important bits and I just bolted it together. With standard size valves it gives just less than 170bhp at the wheels - mostly because it's happy to rev; the torque is nothing to shout about.

I had thought that he was long retired, but I might give him a shout: the last time I was in touch with him we got up to about £4k for a forced-induction motor, plus the cost of the turbo or supercharger and engine management to go with it, and I have an Eaton M90 sitting here gathering dust, although a turbo would probably be easier to deal with.

Biggest issues with turbo charger are the exhaust system required, and more importantly controlling the under bonnet temperatures.