Twin engined
mandbsheldon - 22/3/07 at 07:54 PM
I have in my garage 2 spare fazer 1000 engines. It seems that it's all the rage at the mo fitting Turbos, Supercharges etc.
So here's the question. What's involved with fitting a second engine, like the Tiger Z100? How do you get both engines driving the rear
axle? Or is it a better idear to have the second engine driving the front wheels. Any advice greatly appriciated. Or shall I just learn to drive the
one I've got
Leigh
Jed - 22/3/07 at 07:59 PM
Have you seen Tim's site? He did a twin engined Westfield a while back and still has a copy of the site here:
Just-the-one
tim windmill - 22/3/07 at 08:36 PM
leigh, look after my spare engine
mandbsheldon - 22/3/07 at 08:37 PM
mandbsheldon - 22/3/07 at 09:03 PM
I just need some one to tell me how!!
russbost - 22/3/07 at 10:40 PM
Do it my way - 2 engines at the rear one driving each rear wheel.
Paul TigerB6 - 23/3/07 at 10:16 PM
quote:
Originally posted by chris mason
go for it Leigh, the Tiger had thousands (£) spent to get it too run right, there were sensors on the steering etc, everytime you made a geometery
adjustment you were meant to set it all up again, or at least thats what i was told by the guy who sorted the ecu's for it.
i'm sure there's a cheaper way to do it.
Chris
The Tiger Z100WR did indeed have loads spent on it and G-sensors to measure acceleration and cornering. With 200bhp at each end and no mechanical
linkage (ie centre diff) between the front and rear wheels the car would understeer in the corners and spin the front wheels under acceleration. The
sensors fed info to the very clever Motec ECUs / electronic and basically reduced the power to the front wheels under acceleration and cornering. It
was certainly very effective when i got a few laps (in the left seat unfortunately!!) Would hate to think how much all that would cost if building one
now.
The first twin engined Tiger (Z100 that VBH drove on Top Gear - for sale on Fleabay btw) used a transfer box to "merge" the power from each
engine before a prop took it to the rear diff. Might be worth trying Zcars to ask about these transfer boxes as I seem to remember Chris Allanson had
them made for him by an ex Rolls Royce engineer.
Hope this helps
Paul
[Edited on 23/3/07 by Paul TigerB6]
Guinness - 24/3/07 at 07:32 AM
Leigh
I have three ZZR1100 engines at the moment.
Once you get a twin engined car sorted let me know and I'll get started on a triple!!
Mike