Historic Race Car ready to rock-and-roll
I have been rebuilding my historic 1972 race car for the past 6 months.
Finally got it onto rolling road last night.
Makes 328Kw atw at 7800rpm with 32 degrees of advance on E85. Torque curve essentially flat from 2800rpm to 7800pm and don't know where the engine stops breathing as we had settled on 7600rpm limit for safety sake (this is a $50K engine).
Car now running 5-litre Rover 4-bolt alloy block, TRS heads and valve gear, a custom roller cam and best of all, downdraft manifold with Jenvey 50mm throttle bodies, all controlled by Haltech ECU
Drove it from dyno back to workshop at 0015 along Adelaide's main south road and it lays rubber (290mm wide rear slicks) in 3rd gear - prod the throttle and all you see is a pair of 40m long blck marks on the asphalt.
Round 2 of local state sports car championships on 17/18 - up against F458GT3, Gallardo GT3, Corvette GT3, bunch of Porsche GT3RS and a couple of TVR Tuscan racers ......... should be fun !!
Some pictures of the injection setup from November when we were checking port alignment etc.
Has been very expensive, but should be worth it !!!
Enjoy.
Last edited by BGTV8; 05-08-2013 at 09:48 PM.
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