Hi,can anyone help please ?
I was at Croft yesterday on the RS Owners club track day with my 'busa Vortx.

On track was a 7 that was powerd by an audi v8 and did it go !!! good driver as well.

what is it ???

thanks,alan

I was there too, and the only car I can think of that fits your description was the Caterham Lavante.. 500bhp V8? Loads of carbon, was up in one of the top garages with a green Exige.

Not an Audi engine though.. one of the bike engine derived V8's 2.5 ltr I think, and Supercharged.

[Edited on 11/6/12 by Andy D]

I wasn't there and haven't seen it, but the chances are that if it was the V8 it will have been NA or Turboe'd. The V6 bespoke engine's are the S/C ones (only in my humble experience of course...)

.... or turbo charged. Was definitely a V8 Steve.. I've a pic of the engine bay somewhere from one of his previous visits to Croft I'll dig out.

thanks Andy that's it so you think it had the powertec (radical) v8 ?
so that's 2 hayabusa engines !!!
well i only have 1 so....

it did look good

alan

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Originally posted by alsblade

I was at Croft yesterday on the RS Owners club track day with my 'busa Vortx.

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This is the car from a few years ago.. same chap has it now.

Holy mother of all that is good and petrol driven...How big was the crowbar they used to get that monster in there!

[Edited on 11/6/12 by monck]

Maybe it is supercharged after all.


RS Performance ‘Levante’ Technical Specification
Price £POA
Chassis Caterham SV
Engine 2.4-litre, 40-valve RST-V8 supercharged
Max Power 500+ bhp @ 10,000rpm
Max Torque 300lbsft @ 8500rpm
Supercharge boost 0.8 psi
Gearbox 6-speed sequential with paddle shift option
Transmission LSD
0-60mph under 3 sec TBC
Top Speed 150mph (limited)
Wheelbase 2315mm
Overall length 3300mm
Overall width 1685mm
Height 1015mm
Ground clearance 120mm
Weight From 520kgs
Suspension Front is FreeStyle Rear is Dedion with Nitrons 3 way
adjustable shocks all round
Wheels Image Billet, Front 8 x 15 rear 10 x 15
Tyres Avon CR500 Front 195/45/15 – Rear 245/40/15
Brakes Hi Spec - Front 280mm vented. Rear 260mm.
Exhaust system BTB 2 x 4-2-1 rear exit
Dashboard Farringdon and SPA design
Driver aids Traction Control, Launch Control

2 day driver training course provided on delivery of vehicle

thats one seriously expensive engine to run. ISTR it has a service every 20 hours or something crazy.

Well, not for long though, hey Ed!

Apologies for the size of the photo, I can't alter it on my crappy phone...

Definitely a Levante - Russell Savory engine, 550bhp, 8 of them built, over £100K

"Supercharge boost 0.8 psi"

I know nothing about these type of engines but that seems like a rediculously small amount of benifit from a supercharger.

Why have they even bothered, surly any benifit will be outweighed by the effort to turn the SC?

Can someone enlighten me, typo?

It's bound to be 0.8 bar which is ~12psi