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Different engines
- Thread starter SeanDezart
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ZHead
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My favourite car sticker to date is "my other toy has t*ts"
Am now convinced on the SBC - have picked an engine (with much help - thank you Mr F) which is BRAND NEW and runs 420 BHP and 418ft lbs of torque. Works out at just over £13 per BHP
Big power for what is actually quite a lot of money but very reasonable in comparison to various alternatives.
I cannot however decry Ford's, I mean, look at the Shelby Cobra !! Superb ........ when they go.
Am now convinced on the SBC - have picked an engine (with much help - thank you Mr F) which is BRAND NEW and runs 420 BHP and 418ft lbs of torque. Works out at just over £13 per BHP
Big power for what is actually quite a lot of money but very reasonable in comparison to various alternatives.
I cannot however decry Ford's, I mean, look at the Shelby Cobra !! Superb ........ when they go.
SeanDezart
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Zhead, when you add the required gearbox, the price per bhp goes up !
ZHead
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PMAC, the engine is £4,700 plus VAT, the box is £1,300 plus VAT BRAND NEW see :
www.roadcraftuk.co.uk/index01.htm
there will be approximately £2,000 worth of bracketry, radiator, cable conversion etc that Mr F has pointed out, apart from that yes, £6,000 plus VAT gets a 420 BHP brand new engine and 6 speed box.
£8K in total plus VAT is of course a huge amount of money but not for what is being delivered.
www.roadcraftuk.co.uk/index01.htm
there will be approximately £2,000 worth of bracketry, radiator, cable conversion etc that Mr F has pointed out, apart from that yes, £6,000 plus VAT gets a 420 BHP brand new engine and 6 speed box.
£8K in total plus VAT is of course a huge amount of money but not for what is being delivered.
....Seems good value in that context!
SeanDezart
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Six speed gearbox ? You never siad anything about that - now THAT is interesting AND new (in a Zed) !
My hat off to you !
My hat off to you !
grolls
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now that looks an impressive set up.....8k mmmmm
on top of that suspension/brakes? would the chassis rails be dragging on the floor? would you have to brake half an hour earlier? also would you have to have an insurance inspection to ensure its safe to drive on the road? never been involved in a project like that so would like to know.
on top of that suspension/brakes? would the chassis rails be dragging on the floor? would you have to brake half an hour earlier? also would you have to have an insurance inspection to ensure its safe to drive on the road? never been involved in a project like that so would like to know.
boomer
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Mr.F
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SBC with alloy heads is not going to incur the weight penalty you all seem to think - all this c**p about snow ploughs and needing the stopping distance of a 747 is unjustified. Of course you should plan to include improved brakes and suspension into your performance package - for God's sake, with the SBC you are potentially introducing three times the original specs horsepower!
BBC is not really viable for road use - the extra dimensions would make it cramped in the bay and liable to overheating and there is, of course, some extra weight. However, you could start with a "cooking" 396 ci and work your way up to a stroker 500 ci (roughly 6.5 litres up to 8.2 litres). RatZ had the latter and, far from being a snow-plough, was more inclined to stare at the sky for a short period after launch...
An insurance safety certificate would be a wise precauation to ensure that all work has been done to a good standard.
BBC is not really viable for road use - the extra dimensions would make it cramped in the bay and liable to overheating and there is, of course, some extra weight. However, you could start with a "cooking" 396 ci and work your way up to a stroker 500 ci (roughly 6.5 litres up to 8.2 litres). RatZ had the latter and, far from being a snow-plough, was more inclined to stare at the sky for a short period after launch...
An insurance safety certificate would be a wise precauation to ensure that all work has been done to a good standard.