John's Aussie RCR-40 Build

[JohnW]

The RCR-40 MK1 arrived in Australia a few weeks ago. Working on it in my spare time with the help of my brother Craig.

The body, chassis & parts look absolutely fantastic.

It will be road registered in QLD initally, but then used as a track car.


Specs:

Kit: RCR-40 MK1 Deluxe Plus kit with following RCR options: 6 point cage, sway bars, 17" wheels, Double Adjustable Shocks, +2" Suspension & Guards, Gurney Bubble.

Street Engine: 2002 AUIII Ford 5L(302w). Tickford version with 220kw(GTP Heads, Yella Terra Roller Rockers, Oil Cooler, Hand Built etc)

Race Engine: Keith Craft 302w stroked to 363.5, dart 4 bolt block, solid roller cam, AFR 205(ported) heads, zero balanced. Engine has been test dyno'd with 581.4HP@7100rpm, 508 lb/ft. Will be fitted with TWM Throttle Bodies & Autronic SM4 ecu and will be producing over 600HP after tuning.

Gearbox: Porsche G50/01 to start with.

Brakes: Standard RCR - 6 piston fronts, 4 piston rears, 2 piece 11.75" rotors.

Wheels/Tyres: 17" BRM with Sumitomo tyres for the street(supplied with kit by RCR). For track 17" BRM with race rubber.

Paint Colour: Red with twin white stripes.

Interior: RCR seats & carpet, vinyl covered dash, RCR instruments, Lucas switches

[JohnW]

Progress so far...

1st photo: Engine after it was stripped accessories, loom etc. The block and heads were never painted by the factory.

2nd photo: Some of the RCR bling. CNC billet arms, uprights, QA1 Springs & Double Adjustable Shocks, brakes. Check out the welds on the chassis, beautiful stuff.

3rd photo: RCR supplied alloy Radiator & Thermo fans mounted and installed. Used rubber washers to insulate from chassis. Very quick & easy to install.

4th photo: RCR supplied shift and hand brake assembly installed. Gone with centre shift. Just installed the cockpit stuff and threaded cables through chassis etc. Again very quick & easy.

5th/6th photos: RCR supplied brake assembly installed - pedal box, remote reservoirs, mounted brakes lines(not much to do there).

7th photo: Started installing RCR air con - condenser, hard lines, soft lines, air dryer/receiver etc. Also photo 6.

8th photo: Battery installed in the left-hand side of the chassis. Also ran the battery cable through the chassis to the rear.

9th/10th photo: Fuel system install. Not finished yet as this is a major project. Installed in the chassis on the right-hand side. Low pressure filters, lift pump, high pressure filter, efi pump, fuel changeover switch. Also ran hard line from the opposite fuel tank for feed & return line.

11th photo: Insulation. 1" aluminiumised foam for lower bulk head. Aluminiumised cloth for bulk head inspection cover. Also covered the coolant tubes in aluminised cloth to stop them conducting heat into chassis, should stop a few rattles as well. They are now a snug fit.

12th photo: Cut holes in rear clip for tail lights, engine vent cover & engine intake.

[EGLITOM]

Hi John

Good progress, looks great. Impressive datas on your race engine, should have some piston speed with that stroke and rpm .

TOM

[Trularin]

Excellent pictures!

Your work looks very well thought-out.

[Warren Boylan]

Great work Sneak....she looks beautiful so far...( Except for Ash's?? head sticking up out of the car)
Regards,
Warren.

[Craig White]

John's engine dyno figures from Keith Craft.

[StuM5]

Excellent! An RCR build in Aust with assistance from the RCR Aust Representative.

Very interested to see how the parts that come with the 'Deluxe Plus kit' go with Aust ADR's, or have you already had engineering confirmation that they will comply?

Good luck with the build John!

cheers
Stuart

[Craig White]

Stuart, the kits are being supplied here in a fully compliant form thanks to the full factory support of RCR in the USA.

So essentially the kits are different from the USA versions in a number of aspects.

All the testing & certification required locally is currently being performed for compliance.

Yeah, my brother is lucky to have the RCR rep coming and helping out. Well maybe he doesn't think so. It's in my best interest to get across all the build details. Actually my brother was one of the driving forces behind my involvement with RCR. He wanted to buy a GT40 and we knew exactly which kit to buy.

[JohnW]

All,
Thanks for the positive comments guys. Got a short timeline for this build as its planned to have the 40 finished and racing by Oct for the Aussie Cobra Nationals.

Tom,
I'm pleased with how the engine has come up. Its torque curve seems pretty broad. The dyno results were with 750 carb and victor intake, so with the multi-throttle body injection, it should go a bit harder.

Got to get out to shed and do some now. Will post when I have updates.