locost_bryan
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| posted on 19/2/07 at 03:46 AM |
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or the Volvo 4.4 V8 
Bryan Miller
Auckland NZ
Bruce McLaren - "Where's my F1 car?"
John Cooper - "In that rack of tubes, son"
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thomas4age
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| posted on 19/2/07 at 03:54 PM |
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But that Volvo V8 engine is designed by Yamaha as are the Lexus/Toyota V8's
Japanese blocks have 1 very big advantage over every other alloy V8
6 bolt main crankbearing caps AS STANDARD! you will not find enough boost anywhere to break that, twin turbo ultima put 921rwhp on stock cranck and
caps that way. drag folk put 1500hp through it without blowing up
grtz Thomas
If Lucas made guns, Wars wouldn't start either.
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Doug68
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| posted on 20/2/07 at 12:53 AM |
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These engines may have been designed by Yamaha but the development was done by Ricardo (at least on the latest generation)
http://www.ricardo.com/download/pdf/New_Engine_News.pdf
Look at the laundry list of companies they've done work for. It makes it very hard to say where and individual engine comes from.
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Lippoman
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| posted on 20/2/07 at 06:46 AM |
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"Volvo" V8
The "Volvo" V8 is not only designed by Yamaha, they also make it.
Nice engine, anyway.
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Fin
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| posted on 20/2/07 at 11:44 AM |
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Ok one from out side the usual candidates, dont know if it would fit, But Hill climbing in mind the grunt of this engine might be worth while
A Chevy 4.3 90 deg V6 and build up to the spec as fitted in the GMC Typhoon I run (Also known as a Syclone Engine)
Ok its an Iron block but Lighter than the Chevy V8's and Stronger too.
Its a nice short Stubby block and as it shares many parts with the V8 the bits are dirt Cheap, plus the gear box mounting is the same
The Typhoons engine.... Which is turbocharged by a single Mitsubishi turbo and with a Charge Cooler kicks out 300bhp (underrated from the factory at
280 to make the Covette of the day look good) and 360Lbft.
This is a Yank 91 octain Tune and runs 14.3 Psi of boost.
In near stock form it gives the Typhoon a 0-60 in Less than 4.9 Seconds...... And this is an SUV!!! (Was the quickest 1/4 mile SUV untill very
recently)
Im currently upping the Boost to a conservative 18psi.... So should be a bit more fun and Im going for a Mid 12s Run on the 1/4 mile.....In an SUV
Some of the guys in the stated are running 24psi and over all day long....
Lag isnt really a problem as the big capacity and style of the V produces 200 bhp with out boost
You can pick up these engines in none turbo Vortex version for very little money. And £1000 of performance parts could see you in the Big performance
figures
Current Motors - GMC TYPHOON & Ford Mustang GT
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liftarn
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| posted on 7/3/07 at 02:35 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
i would almost dare say there are NO old 250+ bhp front wheel drive cars, newer ones like r32 golfs etc are going to be very expensive - and probably
4wd anyway!
The old (well, production ended in 1998) SAAB 9000 had a 2.3 litre turbo engine giving 225 hp (stock). Quite close.
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G.Man
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| posted on 7/3/07 at 04:39 PM |
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Accord Type R motor?
Add a supercharger and you're looking at the best part of 450bhp, maybe cost around £4k for that spec tho, so might have to live with 212bhp for
a while...
Opinions are like backsides..
Everyone has one, nobody wants to hear it and only other peoples stink!
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stig mills
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| posted on 7/3/07 at 05:10 PM |
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2000cc Duratec turbo 320 bhp now available. I'm putting one in a MEV ROCKET just for a laugh, expensive though at around £9500 by the time all
the bits are on. But with 640 bhp per ton I reckon it will be worth it .
Regards Stig Mills
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