DW's 3dr Cossie 24v TT Racecar

[david_white]

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

all gone quiet..

anythign happening with this Dave?

Done a few bits to the engine to get it to fit better and to get the turbos and associated pipes more like where I want them. Bonnet closes now so doesn't look like I'll need to bulge it, probably just put a little mesh cut out in the middle above the front of the plenum.

Also need to get it down the painters to get all the bodywork parts fitted and painted (once I've made all the bumpers and even the whaletail quick release) then fit the perspex windows I've got.

Will try to get some done on it tomorrow but next week I have a longer weekend which is when it will get loads done

[markb]

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

sweet! you'll be out racing in no time by the sounds of it! well kind of anyway...

[markb]

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[Broadmoor]

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[david_white]

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

Ok sorry guys, not much to update really, just been spending the last 3 months 'trying' to buy a house. It seems that a good deposit, no chain, decent job, being married etc dont count for s**t these days, no one wants to lend you money for a house so you're screwed. Will end up taking the Abbey and my estate agent to court at this rate as they are all no good, lying pieces of . Rant done.

As for the sierra, I have quite a few bits to do on it still but I might get the bodywork a bit more sorted now while I have the chance to save having to strip it all again later.
Got loads of goodies to go on it, just trying to decide what engine to run in it as the current one puts me in class A and pretty much out of contention compared with the skylines and hi budget escos's.
Might go back to something more of a std fitment for a lower class, with 16 valves and similar power

Also want to look carefully at the problems the Turbo cars such as Graham Bahr's and the Skylines have as I want (need) to have something relatively easy to run and work on... ie more fun

[Graham]

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

now i am thinking aloud here

but it has occured to me that maybe class C capacity limits could be raised to 2800 or 3000cc for 2 valve engines, which makes an essex or colonge V6 a possibility............................................

i was mainly thinking it with a view to giving capris somewhere to race other than in classic stuff but i suppose it could apply to a sierra

[david_white]

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

now i am thinking aloud here

but it has occured to me that maybe class C capacity limits could be raised to 2800 or 3000cc for 2 valve engines, which makes an essex or colonge V6 a possibility............................................

i was mainly thinking it with a view to giving capris somewhere to race other than in classic stuff but i suppose it could apply to a sierra

Hmmm, that could be interesting then, keep me posted on that. Would love to race in C or D, but would a cologne be easy to build with decent power, I guess around 240 is possible at a price?

[david_white]

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Oh and yes it would be good to rope in some of the old crapi's, I can think of a couple that would probably like a go in DMN

[Graham]

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Hmmm, that could be interesting then, keep me posted on that. Would love to race in C or D, but would a cologne be easy to build with decent power, I guess around 240 is possible at a price?

if you start with a 2.9, then given a triple type inlet ( im pretty sure they are avaiable) then i recon 240 would be quite possible without going ott on the rest of the spec or revs, poss some 24v internals rods, pistons? might be of use

[Doug@g19engineering]

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

What mods are you allowed to make to the suspension pick up points?

If you are allowed to mod them you really need to look at changing the 18 deg rear beam you will currently have.

Some of the usual cossie suppliers charge a small fortune for this (£1000-1800) but if you aree handy with a welder or know someone that is i expect you can do it not much more than the cost of some good rod ends.

[popuptoaster]

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

XR4i's would fall into that class as well, can your lot race 4x4's?

[Graham]

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What mods are you allowed to make to the suspension pick up points?

If you are allowed to mod them you really need to look at changing the 18 deg rear beam you will currently have.

Some of the usual cossie suppliers charge a small fortune for this (£1000-1800) but if you aree handy with a welder or know someone that is i expect you can do it not much more than the cost of some good rod ends.

unless you want to run in the almost anything goes class A you cannot modify the pick up points.

[Graham]

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

XR4i's would fall into that class as well, can your lot race 4x4's?

4x4 ends up in class A where nearly anything goes, which is fine if you have 500 plus bhp, but no good if your using a non turbo ohv v6 motor

[markb]

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but if you aree handy with a welder or know someone that is i expect you can do it not much more than the cost of some good rod ends.

dave doesn't know anyone that can weld...

[david_white]

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The rear beam has already been considered so as soon as the car has got a few miles under its belt that will all get sorted pretty easily without modifying the cars pick up points or floor.

Graham, the 2.9 N/A is a possibilty, especially as it would bolt straight into the space I've already sorted with essentially the same block on the 24v.
Only thing is I'd want at least 240 brake from it and I don't know if that would involve a lot of exotic internals and head work as I know that most people seem to find the power by going massive on the cc's. The thought of triple carbs is alluring though

Alternatively I could run a CVH (stop laughing chaps) as was fitted in a sierra but in the form of a 1600 turbo which also fits into class C as far as i remember. 250+bhp would then be even easier to find and the install would be pretty easy.
The parts are also easy to get and there are loads of tuning options, which there aren't with the 24v TT which only a couple of tuners seam to bother with. Plus I'd save a shed load of weight and run in a more sensible class compared with the current class A setup

All food for thought anyway, I'm not gonna swap the engine withut a lot of research (thats if I do at all) and theres loads of other stuff for me to get on with in the meantime