Chris Wilson Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 After a scam with a compressor on Ebay I had a quick look, as I do every night, on the Racecarsdirect web site, and at the top was my car... seemingly for sale. Closer inspection shows they had just used some pics of my Toyota engined one, mixed in with some pics of their turbo car, which they are selling. I daren't buy a third, but if someone wants to go seriously quickly in something beautifully engineered, then this is the boyo. http://www.racecarsdirect.com/viewlisting.php?view=13388 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSheffield Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Getting a page not found.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Site seems to be down at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted November 16, 2007 Author Share Posted November 16, 2007 It does that from time to time, but not as badly as it used to! I saw the engine in development, but was unaware it was now finished and running. There was supposed to be a full resume of the engines gestation period in Racecar Engineering, and they took photos and made notes. I miss the odd issue, but have seen no reference to it. Was a very interesting concept, they had terrible problems with a Russell Savory 2.4 V8 they put in it, and cost them a fortune, they decided it was cheaper to build their own engine I say video of it on the engine dyno and it sounded and looked spectacular. I hadn't realised the car had run with it in, so I'll perhaps get in touch and see how it progressed. The team that own it are sure game to take on some expansive engine projects. The RST-V8 was an expensive bit of kit (*hit?) http://www.mountuneonline.com/searchresult.aspx?categoryid=206 It ran OK 'ish in a Caterfield, but in a proper race car problems became apparent http://www.metacafe.com/watch/106865/rst_v8_bedford/ probably the most expensive engine to grace on of these things ever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Ah, that's the diddy light V8, basically two bike engine heads and a special cast block? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted November 16, 2007 Author Share Posted November 16, 2007 Savory made bespoke heads as well, in the end, it was a mega project, that Mountune then helped finance, but I suspect they wish they'd not got involved. From what I hear it's been a financial disaster. Shame, the concept was sound and some very bright people have worked on it. As for the 4 pot 1500 cc turbo that's in the car now, time will tell. If it works reliably I could be tempted to sell the Opel engined Zeus and put one in the Toyota engined (later) car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Sounds like a plan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted November 16, 2007 Author Share Posted November 16, 2007 I have too many plans though. I think a cattle crush is the thing I should really be concentrating on, as the TB test is due very soon, and the vet won't want to be chasing the *uggers round the field. A cattle crush isn't nearly as exciting a project as some of the things I dream of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil tt Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 That car was very quick:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamc Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 is that blue thing a skylin that it blows by....? driver seems to be on a different level to the others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.