A quick pic of next years race motor
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2003 12:27 pm
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A quick pic of next years race motor
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Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2003 6:12 pm
Okay, what are the specs?
Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2003 9:17 am
It has 94mm T1 barrels and pistons, Scat C55 cam, stock valves 
in watercooled wbx 'heads, 48drla carbs, stainless big header/stinger, T1 fan/55amp alternator, modified T1 cylinder tins, Stock T1 5-row oil-cooler inverted in dog house, oil take off between filter and case.
Picture is of when we first got the motor from demon dweebs vdub club, Thanks go to Laurie Pettit for the motor work and continued support.
'Head mods to follow
in watercooled wbx 'heads, 48drla carbs, stainless big header/stinger, T1 fan/55amp alternator, modified T1 cylinder tins, Stock T1 5-row oil-cooler inverted in dog house, oil take off between filter and case. Picture is of when we first got the motor from demon dweebs vdub club, Thanks go to Laurie Pettit for the motor work and continued support.
'Head mods to follow
Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2003 12:07 pm
so you run air and water cooling? How did you route the water out the bottom sealing flange area that normally cools the cylinders?
Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2003 12:08 pm
so you run air and water cooling? How did you route the water out the bottom sealing flange area that normally cools the cylinders?
Steve
Steve
Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2003 1:17 pm
Steve, thanks for the interest.
This is Marco's pic (and very cool it is too), just for reference.
All the 'holes' bar the stud holes have been either welded up or plugged. Cooled water enters the heads by the hose-tails nearest 2 and 4 exhaust ports. the heated water exits by 1 and 3 and up to the top of the rad's. When the car came to us, the cooling system had ZERO flow, too many tee's, no pump and a single radiator. 'Proof of this was the absence of the core plugs in BOTH heads, probably blown out somewhere down the 1/4 mile at Santa Pod, This engine is still property of the builder, we aim to take a bit more care of it. We are not trying to make it the fastest car but it would nice to have more than a couple of goes each (there is quite a few of us) without selfishly 'destroying' it. We have installed a rad' and pump to each head and they have a common expansion tank. The rad' fans are on 'stats, the pumps will come on after warm-up, it's a bit of a laugh really. 'Ultra-low budget' hence the name 'Ca$hback'
Sorry I have no recent pics, the concrete roof on place where the car is being stored at collapsed a few weeks back
The back of the car is unscathed but we need a complete front end including beam and possibly wheels
This is Marco's pic (and very cool it is too), just for reference.
All the 'holes' bar the stud holes have been either welded up or plugged. Cooled water enters the heads by the hose-tails nearest 2 and 4 exhaust ports. the heated water exits by 1 and 3 and up to the top of the rad's. When the car came to us, the cooling system had ZERO flow, too many tee's, no pump and a single radiator. 'Proof of this was the absence of the core plugs in BOTH heads, probably blown out somewhere down the 1/4 mile at Santa Pod, This engine is still property of the builder, we aim to take a bit more care of it. We are not trying to make it the fastest car but it would nice to have more than a couple of goes each (there is quite a few of us) without selfishly 'destroying' it. We have installed a rad' and pump to each head and they have a common expansion tank. The rad' fans are on 'stats, the pumps will come on after warm-up, it's a bit of a laugh really. 'Ultra-low budget' hence the name 'Ca$hback'
Sorry I have no recent pics, the concrete roof on place where the car is being stored at collapsed a few weeks back
The back of the car is unscathed but we need a complete front end including beam and possibly wheels Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2003 7:51 am
What are the inlet manifolds you are using?
Where in NW of England are you?
Nice engine!
Where in NW of England are you?
Nice engine!
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2003 8:05 am
The carbs are atop T1 manfolds with a billet ali adapters which we intend to omit in favour of some nice port-matching. The bakelite insulators have been retained.
We're in Cheshire
We're in Cheshire
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2003 10:25 am
A pic of the same motor taken yesterday:
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2003 11:31 am
water cooled, and water in a puddle under the car 
I like the creativity!
Steve
I like the creativity!
Steve