DW's 3dr Cossie 24v TT Racecar

[lee76]

Re: DW's 3dr Cossie 24v TT Racecar

Yeah Bill will be a big threat in class D for sure as long as his engine is reliable.

That will be the telling factor.The engine is under way pistons are being made and Pipers are designing cams we are looking at 200bhp should sound nice if nothing else.

[FOSSIE]

Re: DW's 3dr Cossie 24v TT Racecar

Cheers, looking forward to using an engine that I can happilly take apart and fiddle with myself

I know I'm childish, but that made me laugh out loud... Its all in the wording

[Jamie CRX]

Re: DW's 3dr Cossie 24v TT Racecar

That will be the telling factor.The engine is under way pistons are being made and Pipers are designing cams we are looking at 200bhp should sound nice if nothing else.

That's just insane.

Why is he going into Class D? He beats all the Class D cars as it is!

[david_white]

Re: DW's 3dr Cossie 24v TT Racecar

That's just insane.

Why is he going into Class D? He beats all the Class D cars as it is!

No he doesn't Jamie, not any more

Can't blame the old fella for fancying a new challenge and I say good luck to him. I still think gearing and reliability will mean that he doesn't have it all his own way.

My new project is well under way, would help if I could find a virginal pinto block to fiddle with...
(Tom, down boy!)
All the pinto's I've seen are either bored out over 2000cc or would be once the bores are made right and we're sticking to the legal limits and making sure it is a genuine 2 litre whatever happens, although that could be a lot more work than just doing a 2.1 as most people would, given the shortage of good blocks now.

Starting to collect bits now and with the exception of the block and possibly wanting a sierra efi head , most bits are quite easily sorted. As I said it will all kick off in anger on Saturday

[tom burgess]

Re: DW's 3dr Cossie 24v TT Racecar

did someone mention ............

[lee76]

Re: DW's 3dr Cossie 24v TT Racecar

No he doesn't Jamie, not any more

Can't blame the old fella for fancying a new challenge and I say good luck to him. I still think gearing and reliability will mean that he doesn't have it all his own way.

Gearing wont be a problem its going on a 5 speed dog box.Reliability should be ok its not as if it cant have regular rebuilds during the season I think the old fossils problem will be not having any carbs to play with.I just want to get the Mini lighter as it is to heavy at the moment.

[david_white]

Re: DW's 3dr Cossie 24v TT Racecar

Gearing wont be a problem its going on a 5 speed dog box.Reliability should be ok its not as if it cant have regular rebuilds during the season I think the old fossils problem will be not having any carbs to play with.I just want to get the Mini lighter as it is to heavy at the moment.

If he has no carbs does this mean he'll have to be downloading engine maps onto those new-fangled records

[lee76]

Re: DW's 3dr Cossie 24v TT Racecar

Something like that when its done we will glue the bonnet down so he cant touch anything

[Broadmoor]

Re: DW's 3dr Cossie 24v TT Racecar

So are you running a Transit engine now then Dave? on EFI ?

[david_white]

Re: DW's 3dr Cossie 24v TT Racecar

So are you running a Transit engine now then Dave? on EFI ?

Yes mate, the plan is a 2.0 pinto with a bvh, nice cam and pistons and possibly throttle bodies as I already have the car plumbed in for injection and won't be running a dizzy anyway

Might seem like a step backwards to some, but I'd rather have the slowest car on the track than the fastest one in the garage

[Tezza2]

Re: DW's 3dr Cossie 24v TT Racecar

here's the engine you need dave.. http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/636028.htm

[Graham]

Re: DW's 3dr Cossie 24v TT Racecar

Might seem like a step backwards to some, but I'd rather have the slowest car on the track than the fastest one in the garage
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narh you wont be slowest, not iif i can help

although the cossie will need to go on a crash diet to get the best from ya pinto

[Graham]

Re: DW's 3dr Cossie 24v TT Racecar

here's the engine you need dave.. http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/636028.htm

thats very nice, but as a millington block isnt a production item the car would end up in class A, so it would be a bit pointless

[Pushrod King]

Re: DW's 3dr Cossie 24v TT Racecar

Why not use liners? At least that way IF it suffered bore damage for any reason you wouldn't have to scrap the block.

[Graham]

Re: DW's 3dr Cossie 24v TT Racecar

yes you could liner a block, better cheaper though to find a block thats still on std bores that will clean up with a piston that are +.025mm, if you later damaged that block you could still liner it