24 valves !

[snap]

Peninsula have just finished fitting a 2.9 V6 24 valve Cosworth engine to a customers S4
Thought this would make a good thread

[HarryW]

The cars owned by a fellow PHer who posts on here as gbgaffer. He has posted a few snippets through other threads and started a thread himself, have a look in 's-series/what have I done' thread for details.

Harry

[SimonSparrow]

Sounds like a good conversion. Does the 24v cosworth V6 weigh more that the 8v one (or an Essex)?

Would a 24v Cosworth fit into an 'M' series?

[krispy]

SimonSparrow said: Sounds like a good conversion. Does the 24v cosworth V6 weigh more that the 8v one (or an Essex)?

Would a 24v Cosworth fit into an 'M' series?

You have a glint in your eye Mr Sparrow
Kris..

[SimonSparrow]

If I keep the car (and take it back to NZ) then something like that has to be on the cards.

Probably a V8 though.....

[krispy]

SimonSparrow said: If I keep the car (and take it back to NZ) then something like that has to be on the cards.

Probably a V8 though.....

What about a Jaguar straight 6...would that fit?

[SimonSparrow]

Jag 6 might fit, but would be heavy. We'll see.....

Did you get your electrical problem fixed last week?

[gbgaffer]

SimonSparrow said: Sounds like a good conversion. Does the 24v cosworth V6 weigh more that the 8v one (or an Essex)?

Would a 24v Cosworth fit into an 'M' series?

Don't know the weight difference, probably not much in it, as although the 24V engine has 'Ally' heads, there are 4 cams.

Would it fit an 'M' - don't know as although the block is the same, the cylinder heads stick up more and the exhaust manifolds have to clear the cam chain housings so could be a bit wider. This may be a problem with the chassis rails.

The best person to ask is probably Lee Boreham (LeeBee), as he has greater knowledge of these motors than me.

Cheers

Graham

[jvaughan]

I saw the S in question the other day. must admit that 24v cosworth unit looks nice under the bonnet .... when is the new bonnet going on ?

Jason

V8 Wedge

[gbgaffer]

Took the car back to Peninsula today, having had a weekend 'playing'. Bonnet mods on the priority list!

Cheers

Graham