The mx5 Rv8,.. thing!
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The mx5 Rv8,.. thing!
Well not an awful lot to start with, but a couple of pics (didnt want my grinding work of sunday to go unseen!), smoothed pretty much the whole lot of the valley for faster oil drainage onto the cam and got rid of some of the nasty flash from the casting on the rest of the block, and did a little mock up as wanted to see how tall the lump is going to be!!! Beats working on Mini's!!!
The donor... engineless
half polished
polished!
The mock up!!!
The donor... engineless
half polished
polished!
The mock up!!!
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Not sure, if I mount it low enough it may only stick out like, a foot Did roughly measure it- it should only stick out about 200mm (the scoop & carb)
I'm thinking this is going to loose its handling abilities!!! Drag racing here we come! May as well ditch the double wishbone suspension on the rear and put a big jag axle in!
I'm thinking this is going to loose its handling abilities!!! Drag racing here we come! May as well ditch the double wishbone suspension on the rear and put a big jag axle in!
An example..........Capri fitted with a 4-71 on a RV8
.........................You don't need a Periscope to see straight ahead You can see everything perfect whats in front of you and next of you on the right side ( in my case the opposite side...as I drive on the other side of the road)
Every thing else...well .....what you don't see..ehhh...what you don't miss...
Should warn you for the rain, be shure you'll have the right key next to your chair to turn the scoop backwards when it starts to rain.
It will deffo catch too much water causing the engine to stall. I found out the hard way
Without the foam/mesh filter the blower will breath much easyer as I found out on the dyno. Just use a good round K&N style filter.
.........................You don't need a Periscope to see straight ahead You can see everything perfect whats in front of you and next of you on the right side ( in my case the opposite side...as I drive on the other side of the road)
Every thing else...well .....what you don't see..ehhh...what you don't miss...
Should warn you for the rain, be shure you'll have the right key next to your chair to turn the scoop backwards when it starts to rain.
It will deffo catch too much water causing the engine to stall. I found out the hard way
Without the foam/mesh filter the blower will breath much easyer as I found out on the dyno. Just use a good round K&N style filter.
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is there a dimension for drilling for the cam retainer plate?
as i have a plate, but need to drill my block to suit,
as i have a plate, but need to drill my block to suit,
Regards Tony C (COOPS)
MS2 V3.57 Ecu mapable efi and wasted spark ignition.
Procharger D1SC supercharger and Cossie RS500 Intercooler @ 14psi of Boost. 416 RWHP, (boost leak)
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MS2 V3.57 Ecu mapable efi and wasted spark ignition.
Procharger D1SC supercharger and Cossie RS500 Intercooler @ 14psi of Boost. 416 RWHP, (boost leak)
Forged 4.8 V8 kitted out with the dogs Cajones of parts.
Sponsored by: www.v8performanceparts.co.uk, www.interpart.biz, www.caprisport.com & www.baileyperformance.co.uk
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Finally a small chunk of visible progress! I finally nearly finished my inlet manifold and I am very happy with it- lots of thanks to Nigel @ uk blowers and blown v8 (if he is still on here!) for the advice!
My old milling machine got through the lump of ally plate I found ok, and hopefully my tig is leak free..! I welded both sides of everything so will hopefully be fine...
All I have to do to the manifold is get in there with the die grinder and open up the ports a little, and give the whole thing a bit of a polish! Here are the pics:
I also ordered my blower cam from real steel today, so will pop it in the lathe and machine the lip for the retaining plate when it comes through- will try and finish off my heads this weekend, then I have to order the DV springs and get them into the machine shop to get the seats modified to take them! Once that is done its trial fit and geometry setting- fun
TC
My old milling machine got through the lump of ally plate I found ok, and hopefully my tig is leak free..! I welded both sides of everything so will hopefully be fine...
All I have to do to the manifold is get in there with the die grinder and open up the ports a little, and give the whole thing a bit of a polish! Here are the pics:
I also ordered my blower cam from real steel today, so will pop it in the lathe and machine the lip for the retaining plate when it comes through- will try and finish off my heads this weekend, then I have to order the DV springs and get them into the machine shop to get the seats modified to take them! Once that is done its trial fit and geometry setting- fun
TC
did you not try v8tuner for the cam?
Regards Tony C (COOPS)
MS2 V3.57 Ecu mapable efi and wasted spark ignition.
Procharger D1SC supercharger and Cossie RS500 Intercooler @ 14psi of Boost. 416 RWHP, (boost leak)
Forged 4.8 V8 kitted out with the dogs Cajones of parts.
Sponsored by: www.v8performanceparts.co.uk, www.interpart.biz, www.caprisport.com & www.baileyperformance.co.uk
MS2 V3.57 Ecu mapable efi and wasted spark ignition.
Procharger D1SC supercharger and Cossie RS500 Intercooler @ 14psi of Boost. 416 RWHP, (boost leak)
Forged 4.8 V8 kitted out with the dogs Cajones of parts.
Sponsored by: www.v8performanceparts.co.uk, www.interpart.biz, www.caprisport.com & www.baileyperformance.co.uk
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