Pit Crew
Full Race engine.. how usable on the road ?
Hi
I'm getting a full race x-flow engine. How usable will this be on the road ?
It's out of a national hotrod. Some of the spec is...
All steel innards (crank,rods,pistons etc)
Twin 50's
Dry sumped
blah blah
180 bhp
revs safly to 9000rpm
Am i gonna be able to drive this on the road... as in how much of a bugger will it be to drive ?
Cheers
Craig
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Pit Crew
Re: Full Race engine.. how usable on the road ?
You will probably find there is little useable power below 4,000 - 5,000 rpm, It's likely to be very cammy so yes, it's probably going to be a real bugger to drive down to the supermarket!
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Pit Crew
Re: Full Race engine.. how usable on the road ?
Do i remember correctly that there was an article in Classic Ford about remapping the ignition or something to sort this out ? I think it was a mk2 escort that the engine was in. I think it also had a national engine in ? Anybody else rememeber this ?
Cheers
Craig
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Racer
Re: Full Race engine.. how usable on the road ?
Yes I remember that.
It was a mk2 Harrier I think and Northampton motorsport(?)
did the biz with a electronic ignition kit and a rolling road etc.
A peaky engine will always be relatively hard on the clutch and difficult to drive smoothly.
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Re: Full Race engine.. how usable on the road ?
Difficult engine in traffic, but with 180bhp and all steel innards it sounds worth it Wouldnt like to see how much MPG you get though, 15-20 maybe?
Cheers, Gomp.
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Pit Crew
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Pit Crew
Re: Full Race engine.. how usable on the road ?
My 1.6 x-flow in my escort gives me about 20mpg at the moment and it is standard, what do you guys recommend? A really good tuned, clean carb etc
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World Champion
Re: Full Race engine.. how usable on the road ?
has it got a petrol leak?
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Racer
Re: Full Race engine.. how usable on the road ?
I had a Harris built engine on twin 48s in my kit car, Nothing below 3500 at 4500rpm it went mad, I span that puppie a few times very lively. I found I could live with the down sides for that much fun. Idled rough, slip cluth to pull away, leave big gaps in traffic before pulling away.
Had a stanard escort english axle - it ate a few of them.
Lee
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