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500 Hp twin spark brewing.....-Barry

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:12 pm
by Barry
My mate Franco has had brain fade..again !
He is revamping the old GTV racer to go "scare" some of the big boys here as he says.
Sooo,we are trying some different things on the old 400hp base engine I did 15 years ago..
Franco came up with a very novel dry sump system that we hope will work well...
So far the car has been stripped and rebuilt in anticipation of the new power plant.
Ill update as we progress..

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:14 pm
by Barry
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Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:16 pm
by Barry
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Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:21 pm
by Barry
The new experimental dry sump setup... :shock:

Remember all those stories about old Magnesium (Electron..hehe..for Jim and Mike..) blocks disintegrating from old age ??
BS..This is my old magnesium Autodelta race block from the seventies..Its sturdier today than it ever was ! Engine number DO 8 !

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:23 pm
by Barry
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Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 11:33 pm
by sh0rtlife
that thing looks INSANE...im in love

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 2:27 am
by Maurizio
:twisted: nice....

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 3:10 am
by sh0rtlife
sooo it hit me...what are you doing about transmission/transaxle...i cant see the transaxle handling that

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 3:40 am
by fedezyl
Wow, not so much of a GTV6 over there anymore, I like the tubular stuff!! :twisted:

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 6:56 am
by Barry
Franco races in our premier race series here..the big Wesbank V8 series.
These cars are from Rousch (Spelling?) racing in the states,basically Nascar chassis but made to go round corners both directions !!
They use a 4 speed race box in these..Franco found some special short ratios from a car imported years ago which will give 90Km/h in first , 140km/h in second , 190km/h in third and 230km/h in fourth..

The long ratio set in the v8`s give 140km/h in first , 190km/h in second , 260km/h in third and 305km/h in fourth..This is way too long for the little Alfa though..
As a backup he has the original Getrag 5 speed race box from the Ford Saphire Cosworth as raced here ..obviously all front mounted.

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 12:19 pm
by Greg Gordon
That's some serious fabrication work for the foward subframe. It looks great.

Greg

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 5:13 am
by Mats
Is there a good reason for turning the LCA upside-down instead of making a new one?

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 6:43 am
by Maurizio
Mats wrote:Is there a good reason for turning the LCA upside-down instead of making a new one?
Might be the autodelta lower A arms they didn't want to loose, if they are light weight?

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:03 am
by Barry
Mats wrote:Is there a good reason for turning the LCA upside-down instead of making a new one?
These are the proper Autodelta Aluminum LCA`s..This is how they are.. 8)

Just a pic of the mono and the "pegs" used to pin the sleeve so it does not bulge under high boost..
We would have liked to have made a cradle ala Honda ..But alas,no...

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:03 am
by Barry
Mats wrote:Is there a good reason for turning the LCA upside-down instead of making a new one?
These are the proper Autodelta Aluminum LCA`s..This is how they are.. 8)

Just a pic of the mono and the "pegs" used to pin the sleeve so it does not bulge under high boost..
We would have liked to have made a cradle ala Honda ..But alas,no...