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Looks like I will be able to depart this mortal coil knowing that I entertained, by playing music in my youth:guitarist: and by the demise of my race car engines in the latter years:helmet:, excellent:thumbsup:. Ross

In Feb earlier this year while racing the RF40 in the South Island of New Zealand I called in to the hardware store I worked at when I was a lot younger. This store is a must visit if you ever go to Invercargill as 'Neville Hayes' (pictured) is the owner and also the custodian of the original...

Oops look out it's my big boss, now where can I hide? Jac I suppose I'm lucky in some ways but unlucky in others. I have to admit I was about to rebuild this motor without any crack tests or clearance checks and I expect to be wrapped over the knuckles for these omissions. I realize now why the...

Ok I have some pics. I spent the afternoon down at the factory cleaning up my engine room to make way for the rebuild. The first pic shows the crank in the block, 2nd one shows the crank removed to go off for crack testing and the third shows the main bearings back in and waiting to be torqued...

Ok Boss:embarassed:

Ok to give some background on this engine- I purchased it in 2005 from Richard Bendell (CEO of Motec) who had been running it in his Cobra Daytona (replica) prior to switching to LS Chev power. An engine builder in the US called R.P.M had built it, and apparently it had a lot of money thrown at...

You might have pre-empted my thoughts Iain. I would like to have 500 to 550hp but the dyno sheet shows only 438hp at 6800rpm. I was told the Motec dyno is conservative and this could be the reason for the low hp result. This is the reason I'm suspicious of the heads and their ability to flow...

I'd like opinions on these flow figures for the Victor Junior heads Ross:thumbsup:

A pdf may be better I think

Ok bit of a catchy title I know, but I thought I would start this new thread to detail the rebuild of my race engine. I'm hoping for help and construction hints along the way, so maybe this thread can become a guide for others who choose to build their own engine. This system worked so well when...

Well done Tim especially beating those P...... cars. Ross:thumbsup:

Hi Maurice Yes weight reduction is part of my current plan to be competitive with the 'P.......' cars I will be talking to Roaring Forties about 1/ A lightweight Rear and Front clip (plan to shed 50kg or more) 2/ A front splitter (aero improvement) 3/ I will fit a rear wing (similar to Iain...

Thought I would come into this discussion to back up how Paul (The New Roaring Forties) has described my RF race car. The chassis is unmodified apart from minor alterations to allow fitment of the following 1/ Diagonal removed (RHS of engine/bellhousing) and rear rail sculpted for ZF transaxle...

Iain I'll be trying to be ready for the next round at Sandown in 7 weeks but if I don't make that meeting I have another 10 weeks before the last round in September, should definitely make that one, I hope. Jac Mac It's amazing how much action happened in that short space in time. I'm not...

No Russ it doesn't really hurt! The fact that this could have happened during the NZ trip crossed my mind too. I'll salvage what I can out of this motor but it won't be rebuilt. The heads and the manifold are the only good bits left. The heads will need some new valves too. Yes Randy cast crank...

Well here we are again, filing a report from a pretty eventful weekend.The lead up last week included fitting new front brake pads, checking the suspension settings and lots of cleaning. On wed evening I decided to remove the starter to run some checks for an intermittent problem I've had where...

Mark The old voltage regulators/stabilizers have a bi-metal switching action so the output your seeing could be ok. I remember I fitted a semiconductor regulator inside the old can for the Europa gauges and it works really well. Needless to say with the semi regulator having a steady voltage...

I have a solution to the fogging windscreen Ron. Duct cold air from the front of the car to the plastic heater vents. I had this in my 240z and I have it in the 40. Cold air blowing in (unforced) keeps the screen pretty clear. I also use rain-x deffoger as well. Actually I got this from a...

Sorry guys I didn't have the camera in the car for this meeting. I've got a fair bit of in car video from NZ which I'm currently making into a DVD movie. I was only going to do enough copies for my sponsors but I'd make the DVD available to anyone for a fee to cover postage and other out of...

Hi Randy I take toe measurements by measuring back from a string line to the wheel rim. Yes the car was an absolute dream to drive, after the suspension set up. The more I drive it the more I learn too. Wet weather driving is great for testing your car control, however on slicks in pouring rain...