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Anyone subscribe to this? More to the point, is it good enough that you've renewed your subscription? Race Engine Technology Magazine

"Racing and Sports Car Chassis Design" by Costin & Phipps. It's out of print but worth searching for.

Shhh, not around this crowd.....;)

We've just been to the dyno with this motor and broken it in. It was not uneventful, however, as we spent nearly three days trying to figure out why the timing belt was so loose (causing it to jump time). In the end, we just fixed it by shimming the tensioner, and moved on. After corresponding...

Roger, welcome! That sure is a nice transaxle in that first pic :)

Steve26, your initial experience here sounds familiar. When I joined last year, I lurked, read, and then sent out several PM's to some of the older members with high post counts who appeared to have both the knowledge and willingness to help new guys learn the ropes here. For the most part, none...

Hmmm, maybe he has crossed over.... first the sheep, now Japanese motors. Me, I can't speak about the sheep, but the Toyota V8 is a real nice piece of work.

Fran, so what's the hidden meaning behind your new avatar, are you officially a ricer now?

If she bought the bit about the Motorsports business making a little profit, convincing her you need a dynamometer and a flow bench should be a doddle!

Dave they're Toyota Supra coilpacks, but are wearing Camry extension boots which can be purchased from Beck-Arnley. Many people with these COP setups prefer to hide the coils in the valley of the valve cover, and cover them up with the OEM plastic covers. I decided I wanted mine to be exposed...

Doug, I live in The Woodlands also - it's a nice area. We've had the home for 15 years, but have spent about half that overseas. The Holley looks a bit weird sitting up there, because the manifold is designed to take a supercharger, not a carburetor. Once the motor is broken in, the Holley...

Dave, yes the only reason I didn't use the 36-2 wheel initially is because of the Ford EDIS8, which requires a 36-1 setup. A few of us on Lextreme were interested in the EDIS8, so we setup a GP and David had a few wheels made up with a water jet vendor he knew. No reason why the later 36-2...

Dave, concerning the crank triggered ignition and COP's, there are multiple benefits: 1) A crankshaft reference can provide a much more accurate and stable indication of where a piston is in the cylinder than the distributor can. And an engine's ECU can then determine on the fly when is the best...

Scott I have a case of their break in oil in the garage which I'll be using to break in a motor on an engine dyno late in October. I liked all that I read about their product too. It's rumored this place is actually the old Kendall refinery, and they're using the same stocks, etc. that...

Fran, the nose looks great to me. Now, eliminate one seat, narrow the chassis, put some bodywork on the rear and call it an RCR 49. Oh, and paint it BRG while you're at it.......

Does anyone else hear those rear wheel arches begging for more rubber to fill them up? It would be tough, since the 10x15" Blue Streaks are already 26.5" tall, but maybe some 17" HA's from Vintage with 335's.....?

Mike, while I have no first hand experience with this ECU, I've looked at it previously for another V8 application and can tell you that it's being sold under at least three different names by three different organisations worldwide, so it's a pretty versatile box and it's gained a lot of...

FWIW, I was informed that car has one of Bobby Hart's "built" transaxles in it (California Motorsports - Porsche transaxles, gears, differentials, parts and service)

Here's an alternative that another Lextreme member Cobber is using to drive his alternator without the P/S pump, and retaining the tensioner in the stock location. Makes the right side of the motor a bit fatter, however (pics may not be visible to non members of Lextreme.com, so I've provided...

Dave, I'll be using the P/S pump, as well as the rest of the accessories. The first pic below shows how we do a S/C drive with the 1UZ, using a timing belt idler (smaller diameter than the normal serp idler so it allows the serp belt to pass around it backwards) on that bracket that I showed in...