G.Man
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| posted on 19/3/06 at 07:36 PM |
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Caterham RST V8 (busa based v8)
http://media.putfile.com/Caterham-V8
Opinions are like backsides..
Everyone has one, nobody wants to hear it and only other peoples stink!
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jonno
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| posted on 19/3/06 at 07:46 PM |
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http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=41072 
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olv
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| posted on 19/3/06 at 08:04 PM |
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Where do you think i got the link from in the first place? lol
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zilspeed
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| posted on 19/3/06 at 08:05 PM |
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And it's still based on FZR1000 engine(s)...
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G.Man
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| posted on 19/3/06 at 10:04 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by jonno
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=41072
well it shoulda been in the BEC forum
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kb58
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| posted on 20/3/06 at 02:42 AM |
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Whatever... at $28,000, it has no place on a Locost forum anywhere.
Mid-engine Locost - http://www.midlana.com
And the book - http://www.lulu.com/shop/kurt-bilinski/midlana/paperback/product-21330662.html
Kimini - a tube-frame, carbon shell, Honda Prelude VTEC mid-engine Mini: http://www.kimini.com
And its book -
http://www.lulu.com/shop/kurt-bilinski/kimini-how-to-design-and-build-a-mid-engine-sports-car-from-scratch/paperback/product-4858803.html
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G.Man
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| posted on 20/3/06 at 05:02 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by kb58
Whatever... at $28,000, it has no place on a Locost forum anywhere.
Dont see why not.... locost is now more a car type than a price...
I spent £15,000 building mine
[Edited on 20/3/06 by G.Man]
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RallyHarry
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| posted on 20/3/06 at 09:30 AM |
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Dennis Platov is right, 4wd is the way to go with that power to weigth ratio ...
Cheers
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kb58
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| posted on 20/3/06 at 04:26 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by G.Man
Dont see why not.... locost is now more a car type than a price...
I spent £15,000 building mine
But £15,000 doesn't even buy you the engine.
What transmissions bolt up to this V8? I think Quaife is making one - $15,000. The engine price probably doesn't include the dry-sump system,
another $2000... so $45,000 total.
Discussing this drivetrain is like discussing the chances we have of getting a date with Angelina Jolie.
Mid-engine Locost - http://www.midlana.com
And the book - http://www.lulu.com/shop/kurt-bilinski/midlana/paperback/product-21330662.html
Kimini - a tube-frame, carbon shell, Honda Prelude VTEC mid-engine Mini: http://www.kimini.com
And its book -
http://www.lulu.com/shop/kurt-bilinski/kimini-how-to-design-and-build-a-mid-engine-sports-car-from-scratch/paperback/product-4858803.html
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Gav
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| posted on 20/3/06 at 04:46 PM |
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Dosnt stop us hoping though
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JoelP
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| posted on 20/3/06 at 06:15 PM |
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its not totally unaffordable, you can get an sr8 with one in for circa 50k, so bare it must be a fair bit cheaper. ive emailed them anyway, but people
never seem to answer me...
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ChrisGamlin
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| posted on 20/3/06 at 07:02 PM |
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LOL, but once you've remortgaged to buy it all, youve then got to think of which organ to sell for the rebuild costs plus work out which bank
you're going to rob if it ever goes bang.........
[Edited on 20/3/06 by ChrisGamlin]
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JoelP
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| posted on 20/3/06 at 07:33 PM |
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lol, it said it had a 30 hour service interval!
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ChrisGamlin
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| posted on 20/3/06 at 07:53 PM |
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Bargain then, that would last me about 8 trackdays if I dont take it on the road
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Peteff
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| posted on 20/3/06 at 08:17 PM |
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well it shoulda been in the BEC forum
Not really a bike engine any more is it?
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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cossey
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| posted on 20/3/06 at 10:37 PM |
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i dont get the longevity issues with these bike v8s, the engines they are made from should last atleast 1000 hours so even accounting for the v8 be
racing hours it still seems very low.
im tempted to have ago at making one myself as most of the hard to make parts can come from the bike engine (pistons/con rods/cams/possibly head) the
only hard bit would be the crank but that bit could be out sourced
the heads might be a problem as they should be mirror images to get the inlets down the center but the stock casting can be modified to change the the
camgear end.
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Lippoman
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| posted on 21/3/06 at 09:08 AM |
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Some bikes (like the FZR...) have the camdrive in the center, so it should be possible to rotate the heads on those.
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G.Man
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| posted on 21/3/06 at 11:12 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
Not really a bike engine any more is it?
No, now it powers a car so its a car engine...
But it started in a bike, just like a BEC
The maintenance issues will be due to the increased vibration and stress of running it as a v8 with the same sort of rpm...
Far better would be 4 ducati 999 engines side by side...
hehe
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