Street Sleeper

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What do you think ... will it pass for a street sleeper.



First time the bonnet has been on for a few years and it still closes - which is amasing given that there is an inch spacer on each head to allow for the inlet conversion.

[MPoxon]

Is that a wildcat engine you have in there??

Is there are thread with more info on this engine anywhere?

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Yes - it's a Wildcat 5.3

Loads in here but it runs to 83 pages..

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Ask away.

[vampire222]

That's criminal!!!!!!!!!

Damn that must go like the wind, awesome setup!

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vampire222 said:

That's criminal!!!!!!!!!

Damn that must go like the wind, awesome setup!

This is what it looked like a few days ago .. spot the difference

[MPoxon]

rev-erend said:

Yes - it's a Wildcat 5.3

Loads in here but it runs to 83 pages..

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Ask away.

Niiiiice It may seem a silly question but where do you buy a wildcat engine from? I have seen a few of them fitted but never any for sale.

The obvious question is what are the figures and do you have a dyno graph? The other question is having a quick flick through the 83 pages is what happened to the throttle bodies as you appear to have a plenum and trumpet base fitted in the above pic.

[S6 ROR]

MPoxon said:

Is that a wildcat engine you have in there??

Is there are thread with more info on this engine anywhere?

Matthew, assuming you can find one for sale, what will SWMBO have to say about it

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Most Wildcat stuff is bought by racers .. who either destroy them or sell on racers forums.

Ian Richardson has sold the head part of the business to Roland from ACR.

http://www.automotivecomp.com/

But Ian who is 72 still does the bottom ends.. although I think he is winding down to retirement.

Picture above shows the TB's .. will revert back to them soon.

[MPoxon]

S6 ROR said:

Matthew, assuming you can find one for sale, what will SWMBO have to say about it

I think it would have to be kept a secret

[MPoxon]

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Most Wildcat stuff is bought by racers .. who either destroy them or sell on racers forums.

Ian Richardson has sold the head part of the business to Roland from ACR.

http://www.automotivecomp.com/

But Ian who is 72 still does the bottom ends.. although I think he is winding down to retirement.

Picture above shows the TB's .. will revert back to them soon.

That is a really nice engine you have there and certainly a great alternative to the LS route for those who want to stick with the RV8 but want big reliable naturally aspirated power.

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If you want 400bhp then Chevy or Ford are options but would be non original .. this way I felt still kept originality (ish..).

[chedder]

Well done Alan, looks like a lot of hard work has gone into the SEAC, just need to post a video of it meowing now!

Chedder

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chedder said:

Well done Alan, looks like a lot of hard work has gone into the SEAC, just need to post a video of it meowing now!

Chedder

Here you go .. just as it breathed it's first breath !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjC6yTiMQ7Y

Will probably sound better with a plenum.