philip2
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Registered: 1st Oct 06
Location: n.wales/chester
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quote:
Wasnt JamesValver's running 232bhp
with the spec that thing had im suprised it made even 200bhp, it was mild as fuck.
heres my spec: and with me building it theres stil about £7k in it
bottom end:
Steel rods
CP slipper pistons
ARP rod, mains, fly, headstuds
helix 4paddle clutch
lightened/balanced bottom end
new lighter fly with new ring gear
head:
GM casting ported/polsihed
colisbro guides
REC wasted valves
dual springs/steel caps
Arrow solid lifters and shims
Newman full race cams
piper verniers
1.3mm cometic gasket
Induction
QED DTH throttle bodies and S60 DTA
will be on 120mm trumpet(ive got tons of space) haha
EX:
Tony law 4-2-1 manifold and will be custom 2.5 inch single box system
ive built it for about 250bhp...will find out what it makes in a couple of weeks
[Edited on 17-11-2009 by philip2]
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
Location: Kent
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Originally posted by sand-eel
Get a 3.9 EFI rover v8 or the newer "4.0L" still a 3.9L updated version, 200bhp a shit load of torque and will be cheaper and easier than to put in a redtop, plus you can get 300bhp+ out of them easy.
the rover v8 is historically expensive to extract power from i thought ?
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elliott023
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Registered: 1st Jun 08
Location: Bradford (West Yorkshire)
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duratec is a ford engine right?
i showed my dad those links from SDB and he didnt seem too bothered about the price, they deffinatly want a NA engine, so whats the story with the duratec's?
btw phil that engine looks the nuts lol, bet it goes like fuck
they shud just buy this lmao http://pistonheads.co.uk/sales/1348543.htm
[Edited on 17-11-2009 by elliott023]
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jr
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think of an xe with 20 years more development, its just going to be better
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Kevxx
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Registered: 14th May 08
Location: Forfar, Angus
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quote:
Originally posted by philip2
quote:
Wasnt JamesValver's running 232bhp
with the spec that thing had im suprised it made even 200bhp, it was mild as fuck.
heres my spec: and with me building it theres stil about £7k in it
bottom end:
Steel rods
CP slipper pistons
ARP rod, mains, fly, headstuds
helix 4paddle clutch
lightened/balanced bottom end
new lighter fly with new ring gear
head:
GM casting ported/polsihed
colisbro guides
REC wasted valves
dual springs/steel caps
Arrow solid lifters and shims
Newman full race cams
piper verniers
1.3mm cometic gasket
Induction
QED DTH throttle bodies and S60 DTA
will be on 120mm trumpet(ive got tons of space) haha
EX:
Tony law 4-2-1 manifold and will be custom 2.5 inch single box system
ive built it for about 250bhp...will find out what it makes in a couple of weeks
[Edited on 17-11-2009 by philip2]
that just made me wet 
[Edited on 17-11-2009 by Kevxx]
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X16joeXE
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Registered: 26th Jul 09
Location: Tarvin, Cheshire
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quote:
Originally posted by philip2
quote:
Wasnt JamesValver's running 232bhp
with the spec that thing had im suprised it made even 200bhp, it was mild as fuck.
heres my spec: and with me building it theres stil about £7k in it
bottom end:
Steel rods
CP slipper pistons
ARP rod, mains, fly, headstuds
helix 4paddle clutch
lightened/balanced bottom end
new lighter fly with new ring gear
head:
GM casting ported/polsihed
colisbro guides
REC wasted valves
dual springs/steel caps
Arrow solid lifters and shims
Newman full race cams
piper verniers
1.3mm cometic gasket
Induction
QED DTH throttle bodies and S60 DTA
will be on 120mm trumpet(ive got tons of space) haha
EX:
Tony law 4-2-1 manifold and will be custom 2.5 inch single box system
ive built it for about 250bhp...will find out what it makes in a couple of weeks
[Edited on 17-11-2009 by philip2]
I see this beast isnt in the lockup Lmao. Keeping it warm in your conny Phil? lol
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philip2
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Registered: 1st Oct 06
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that pics old...if note...no cambelt, its al timed up now in the corsa
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