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It's a 2.3L Duratec built by Cosworth. Cosworth 13:1 compression ratio Forged Pistons and Rods. Best tune came in at around 243 or so HP and Torque was 180 if I remember correctly. I was more concerned with a safe tune with no detonation and since the tune was done remotely from England, I wanted to err on the side of safety. The Tuner said he could have squeezed out another 20 plus HP if he spent another couple of hours on it. I was more than happy with the results and once I learn to drive it to it's potential I can always have him take a another shot at it.

That's Awesome!!! Glad to see you back in the saddle Stewart. Now if you were really smart, you'd get working on putting the engine back in Collen's Elan. Let us know if you want a few of us to come up and give you a hand with the heavy lifting. You can supervise. :seeya: Tom

Pack lots of Sunscreen! Safe Travels. :driving: Tom

Hi Fred, It will be a while before they set next year's Member days schedule so we won't know until that happens. Unfortunately there is another group that rents the track out on that same weekend that we have been choosing and they have preference as the track usually sells the available dates and works our member days around them. Mike and I would love to have a day or Two on Thunderbolt as it's really a nice twisty track for our se7ens. But we will have to wait awhile before we know. So get to work synchronizing your cardinal grammeters. :rofl: Tom

Watching Busa's video reminded me that I never posted this video of one of the Dyno runs done on my engine. This was an early pull but later ones revved a little higher. :ack::ack: I didn't video them unfortunately. Cosworth built 2.3L Duratec with SBD cams. Billet Crank and all the other goodies to let it rev. Soft cut is 8600 rpm Tuner said 9000 is close to max. My heart couldn't take that for sure. Tom

Good luck with the inspection. Hopefully we will see you at NJMP next summer for our 7s trackdays. Tom

:bs::bs: There are some of us that have a very different opinion of that guy. :deadhorse::deadhorse:

Mike, they are not going to let you on Talladega. Your reputation precedes you. :smilielol5: Tom

Taber, are you going to let your wife take it out on track with us this time? Come one you know she wanted to do it at Barber all those years ago. It's time for that car to stretch it's legs. :seeya: Tom

Jim, My first trackday ever and first LOG were at Barber. Excellent Track. I'd consider towing down for LOG there again. Maybe Croc would be up for a Southern USA7s gathering in addition to the NJMP one. Tom

From the pictures it looks like it's an SV as well. Great price. IMO.

Ok, I'll bite. It depends. :iagree: First off, get some rides, see what you fit in. What do you plan to do with the car? Drive it on sunny Sundays, autox it, do track days? The initial thrill can wear off very quickly if you only take it out once in a while and then it's just an asset that doesn't get used, and you will tire of it in the garage very quickly. If you are just looking for a toy to play with for a couple of years and the dump it, then you know the answer already. It's not an investment. These cars are meant to be driven and have fun with. That should be your main concern. Will you have the time to drive it and the passion to use it. Otherwise buy some other classic car that has a bigger market. These cars are for those of us with a screw loose. :bs: Tom

Brakes are over rated, They just slow you down. :jester: Seriously, our cars don't need big brake kits as we don't use them that much, and our cars are so light. Save your money for sticky tires.

Pa is not horrible compared to some other states for registering, although there are a few hoops you have to jump thru to get it done. I spoke to Tom Carlin (TBox56 on this site) at this year's NJMP 7s gathering about how he handles the process of assembling a car or kit for the customer. He seems to have a good system for making sure that all the parts are included. Having built a Caterham in 2000, I can tell you that missing parts was a normal condition of the kits that arrived at almost builds. I'd give Tom a call to get a feel for him and the process. He's a good all around guy. Good Luck, Tom

Now that's pretty funny. Was all of that blocking the air filter? As we have said before, taking the car on track sorts them out a whole lot better than those garage queens that never are driven close to their potential. We expect to see you at the front of the pack next year, chasing Seb:seeya:

Well, I'm not an expert on this, but I was running 100 octane in my yellow car which is 12.4:1 and my Orange car was running 100 octane with it at 13:1 but had evidence of detonation and I had it retuned using VP race fuel at 105 octane. Don't know where it was tuned, altitude wise and the effect of the altitude on the tune. Definitely a little less oxygen at that altitude. I assume that would make it run rich? I'm sure one the tech savvy guys will chime in shortly. Tom

Your conversion is correct. Probably fine for the street, What compression ratio are you running?

Congrats Tim. Your face will hurt from smiling so much after each drive. First thing I would do if you don't know what oil is in it is drain it and put in some regular non synthetic of the correct grade. 5W50 is probably the right one for the Duratec. Then there are two schools of thought on break in. one drive 500 miles varying the revs but not revving over 5000rpm. and then change the oil after 500 miles. The other is to rev the nuts off it and don't worry about it. The caveat that I would put on both is to let the oil temp come up before putting any load/ high revs into it. Oil temp takes longer than water temp unless you have a heat exchanger, so be sure to watch the oil temp not the water temp Other than that, enjoy it. Tom

The green SV and the Anniversary editions are George's cars and probably for sale if anyone is interested. As for Doug. He's a wild man and a very good driver. Hopefully if you come up next year to our 7s gathering you'll meet him.

343 at the rear wheel:willy_nilly::willy_nilly::willy_nilly: I can't begin to imagine driving that. I thought that my orange car was the ultimate beast. But this car has 100 more HP at the wheels. Holy Crap. Good luck with the sale. Tom

The Orange R500 is Dr. Doug's. He's getting a new engine to replace the one he put a couple of holes in on the front straight of TBolt at NJMP a couple weeks before our 7s event. Is his Muira V12 engine still in the machine shop area? It was the last time I was down there. The red one is a 40th anniversary with a Sigma engine that is probably for sale. Tom

Nice driving Mike. Although it still pays not to be behind you on turns 3-4 as you are still kicking up all those little rocks. :smash: You can probably go a little wider too in the 2-3 section so as to get a better angle on 4. Interesting to watch TBox 56 go wide for some reason out of the bowl and that caused him to miss the apex and swing wide and put the two wheels off on the left. He hit that hole hard sort of like Shane did on his crash video. Tom cracked his headlight with that jolt. And he almost lost it there with that move to bring it on track. You did get a point by by Steve going into turn 5 but they black flagged you as that's just a bad place to pass as one of you is going to be forced off line and that is a tough turn if you aren't placed correctly. Thanks for posting the video. I'll try to remember to grab my SD card from the card when I get to the track next Saturday. Tom

Congratulations on the FTD!!! and sorting out the fueling. We hope to see you next year on track. Tom That course was nuts, very tight, and I'm sure the Vettes hated it. You'll like stretching the legs of the 7 on track.

I convinced her that all that money I've spent on preventive maintenance for both cars has paid off. My two cars were in the "did not have an issue" category during the trackdays. Although Croc said something is leaking from the yellow one. I hope it didn't blow a seal while it was sitting in his garage. :smilielol5:

It says with Higher compression, and I thought that if you went above 220hp they recommended forged pistons and rods, so it should have some engine work done to get it to 240 hp safely. Definitely a deal. IMO. Wonder if my wife would let me get a third Caterham. :jester: