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well i dont post here that much but ive gone the whole hog dont know 100% what its going to the final outcome but hoping for about 230ish
still a bit to do yet but i will try and keep you posted

carbon throttle bodys (from wsr btcc)
DAT ecu
light weight flywheel
steve :)

Oh I hate you so much! :laugh:

Please do keep us posted as I am interested in how this pans out. Hats off to you fella.

This project is gonna be very interesting to follow, looking forward to seeing the end product mate, and also seeing it again in our work car park!!

My zs is lonely all on its own!! Lol:console:

Should sound sweet!

BTCC kit... Hmmm. :)

very very nice indeed!


Tell George to hurry up and come pick up my stuff! lol

i bet that sounds the nuts. is it cammed aswell?

yep got that done last year then the inlet broke on me DOH! this is why i went down this route so i dont have any more vis or inlet problems again well i didnt mean go this far but its all fun trying :)

thanks for the kind comments :)

Nice!

Bet thats setting you back a few dollar...

230 thats hopefull??

230+ I would say is possible if using 285 cams as they can give up to 40bhp, throttle bodies with a DTA, why not? QED can spec over 300 depending on pocket depth. But then who would actually spend that much?

hasnt it got 270cams?

No idea mate, but if going throttle bodies and DTA why stick with 270's? However I did say 'if' fitted with 285's ;)

So whats been done to the car from whence you bought it to now?

:cool1:Jealous,,,,! lol
Very nice setup but i would have to go with 285 with that setup! ;)

Would be the best option I reckon

Shroon

yes i have got the 270's :)

piper zorst
sports cat
mani's
270 cam verniers
mapping done by RSM
bmc with custom made pipe same as the ITG (already sold)
carbon catch tank
think thats about it ???

i would of but it ment doing some head work as well but its nothing that cant be done in the future :)
285;s there the same price as the 270;s ????? would of thought they would be more

I think the carriers need machining out to clear the lobes of 285's. Quite common when going that far, had to do this on my Audi many moons ago.

Very nice dude, should go like stink :D

just a little update

well the engine is out to fit all the aux stuff, new bracket being made for the alternator this has moved to where the air-con pump was it wound not fit where it was so had to be moved and the power steering pump off and an electric one added this also was in the way so all new pipe work made up for that as well,small red top battery and the tray moved so the air box can be fitted (this has not been made up yet) some other little bits and bobs done but thats about it :)

It will be wicked once it is all done mate!!

Sounds a very interesting project...

I have forgotten what your car looks like now in our work car park!! Lol :-D

This car will be soemthing to watch with intent! Lookign forward to the results!

Any updates on this? After see the pics of the btcc engines very intrested to see how this does!! :)

Edit: Forgot im not on XPF no more phew

Dont want to stir anything up as Im not intrested in the details of the politics. Just wondered how the build was coming.

nor me mate :yes:

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I wouldn't hold my breath

and RSM as was has had 2 moves and a change of name since the last update in this thread.

...*holds himself back* :laugh:

Does anybody that uses XPF know if he's posted about it on there? In fairness the guy says he doesn't post on here a lot. Might have forgotton about us :(

Saw this car the other week...should be done soon :)

That sounds hopeful :D Where did you see it?

At RSM. He bought my engine, gearbox and manifolds off me :)

Ah was it your manifold that was on ebay the other week?

Dunno? Might've been? I sold them to him, who knows what he did with it :)

anybody who wants to know anything about RSM can ask me rather than post things on here about dont hold your hopes up etc.

while this car has been delayed due to moves, and units etc(out of rsm control) its well on its way and will be finished shortly

but as i said earlier in this post,please dont start making things up or spreading things that arnt quite true, its pointless and creates a issue out of nothing.

since joining this forum, iv not seen any posts like this other than in this one, in the past and present i am friends with Gmac. but dont post about it and dont want to get involved it is uneeded. after speaking with George tonight there will be futher pics of this next week!!

:D

That sounds good Ross:mml:
By the sounds of it, its been a hard year for G. He had alot of Issues to deal with this year with moving problems, the decease of a close family members etc.. Deserves a break!

Cant wait to hear that V6 with tbs!! :w00t:

last time I saw the car it was looking nearly finished, they are impressive looking bits of kit!

Really looking forward to seeing and hearing this car. Am really gutted that nothing came along like this when i still owned the Hot Wheels MG. Searched high and low to get some ex-BTCC bits.:D

i dont think talking cars was saying about rsm, i think he was saying wouldnt hold your hopes up from hearing from him because he hadnt been online:)

I was saying that you are unlikly to hear from Steve as he hasn't been on for a while.

I was also suggesting that progress on the car is likely to have been slowed as RSM been closed by the owner reopened as a different company and has moved twice since the first post in this thread.

The company change and 2 moves are fact, Steves last visit was a fact at time of posting, everything else is are resonable assumptions based on these facts.

power gain?.....this is the million dollar question and imo it will be negligible over what the car already had, 270 cams and full breathing mods mapped always make between 205-210 bhp.
QED made 230 on their trackday 2.5 kv6 engine with t.b's, 285 cams, dta etc but thats not the full story, they were making that power at 7600 rpm's and over iirc, thats real power proven on an engine dyno not an optomistic rolling road guesstimate.
270 cams power band ends at 6700 rpm's so you wont gain anything even if you up the rev limit as i did some years back.
I wonder if the plenum with vis removed and mapped with dta could even make the same power....at just 210 ish bhp the plenum may not even be a restriction.
The throttle bodies are just 1 piece of a thouasnd piece jigsaw that is the btcc engine and its just impossible for them to give big gains on their own.
Interesting project but the true cost makes it irrelevant as no one will ever do it again.
Throw in some more parts and will turn into something very nice but then unless your cars a track car it will start to have poor road manners.
I wonder if it will even need a "friendly" mot place to pass it as it stands now.lol