Marcus
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| posted on 20/7/07 at 11:27 AM |
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Where in Doncaster are you, there's a few of us here if / when you need inspiration!
Marcus
Because kits are for girls!!
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Kingacx
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| posted on 20/7/07 at 11:31 AM |
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omg....how have i not seen your bright black n chrome car before??
I live in hatfield,but often in town and warmsworth
yours looks very nice btw
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 20/7/07 at 11:49 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Kingacx
With the sounds of all this il go for a redtop i think,only think that put me off it before was the fact there all going to be 1324252miles on the
engines,an i was sure what box to use,but if you still use a type 9 thats ok as i have one
You can certainly use a type 9, but you will need the correct bellhousing to mate it to the engine. Yukspeed and SBD both sell them.
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NS Dev
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| posted on 20/7/07 at 02:05 PM |
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I have a 90,000 mile redtop on throttle bodies, untouched internally, which makes 204hp and 168lbft of torque and the base engine (yes its the thin
end of the cost) was 200 quid.
Throttle bodies, ecu, dizzyless coilpack, air filter, manifold etc etc etc was 600 quid, used a s/h caterham hpc wet sump and the usual ally
bellhousing.
Went for this engine as I know they always make the power and I have several already.
Those that have been in the car will testify to the performance, I don't need to bother trying to sell that side of the deal!!
Retro RWD is the way forward...........automotive fabrication, car restoration, sheetmetal work, engine conversion
retro car restoration and tuning
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Kingacx
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| posted on 20/7/07 at 11:12 PM |
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right....deffinatly going for a redtop,for the 600quid i was going to throw at a st170,i can throw into a redtop an get a nice juicy lump
But one thing i was thinking,is the wieght of the type9 box is not good im sure you'll agree,does anywhere do lightend housings?
What can i do to the redtop to reduce the weight?
cheers guys,legends!!
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chriscook
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| posted on 21/7/07 at 08:01 AM |
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The redtop-XE bellhousings are alloy anyway - well all the ones I've seen are.
If you want to spend LOTS of money with quaife they'll supply you with an ally alloy type-9 too.
I've got a redtop in my phoenix and it does go rather well. I've recently put throttle bodies on it so i've got some carbs and a
megajolt already set up for an XE looking for a new home. (Ebay sale fell through a little while ago)...
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Kingacx
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| posted on 21/7/07 at 11:44 AM |
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what gives the best power an result out of the two? throttle bodies or the carbs?
Pro's n Cons?
Cheers
Id be interested in the 4age but not sure of the tunning levels you can take it too,im after over 200bhp which ever engine,anyone got any 4age tunning
advice? how much light than the redtop are they?
Thanks again
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chriscook
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| posted on 21/7/07 at 12:38 PM |
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From the amount of fuel I'm having to put in I think my ITBs are producing more power than my carbs were. This is based on the required injector
flow rate calculations around the net. Not exactly scientific I know but i've not been to a rolling road yet because I think my injectors are
too small.
My carbs and megajolt setup were dyno'd at 180bhp, 156lbft at Northampton Motorsport.
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