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b*llshit jibby better car then the americans made for years. not saying faster or bigger I said better! you get what you pay for, the same 2nd haben car over here is much more expensive than the prices you state btw. and we haven't even discussed petrol prices yet..... don't get me started...

Hey Justin not much mini about those, look at the zcars link in my previous post, 550hp spaceframe mini cooper, i have took a ride in their NA 190hp busa engined demonstrator on the donnington circuit once, was in desperate need of clean underpants afterwards. insanly quick. grtz Thomas

Like Justin pointed out, he's not after getting the VVT to work, if I asume correct the lexus engine uses the oilfeed via the block for the whole head including the VVT, which is operated by a selonoid in the head itself like the 4age 20v. problem is the oilfeed from the block to the heads...

hmm if the price is good I might be up for a set then.... every degree counts if you want an effective system. Still the angles is what concernes me though, you could have to mill the whole piece at an angle, even if the manifold drops straight over the bolts the ports are far from straight...

sorry I thought the uz had a seperate port for the VVT oil. you are in trouble then...... still routing outside should pose no problems if done right, can't see that going very expensive unless you need to route drill the heads gallery towards the outside of the casting. surely you can feed...

that's what I thought.... easy enough, VVT does not really use flow, it only uses the presure if i'm not mistaking. grtz Thomas

The ferrari is to normal too be a good ferrari, I'd have a 430GT anytime over this. just an opinion but a ferarri must be midengined to be interesting at all...... anyway on the mini part there was a Danish mr named Viku Perala or something who stuffed a Rover RV8 in the front of a mini...

hmmm Rod, since the manifold flanges are cut in an angle would't that pose problems when the thicker gaskets are inserted regarding fitting? how much higher does the manifold come in? I have also got some nice insulating material for the lower end of the manifold. One thing on you install...

I think david means to drill the gallery from outside the engine in the valley, and weld a bung on there. the non vvt block indeed doesnt have a riser on from the main gallery in the valley that ends up in the hole for the VVT presure that the block also doesn't have.... What about the steel...

Thanx SPF, I think the engine would do the trick, although I'm not shooting for anything substantial like you see on here sometimes, I think everything above 375hp is bonus. goal is to reach 400 in the end. but if it won't I'm happy with that, just as long as it runs good. I got a private...

hmm eating through triple plate clutches seems like an expensive hobby! with a little bit of luck I'll go to Gardner Douglass this week, I'll ask andy about the possibility's of a system. Grtz Thomas

looks prommising Justen, you're absolutly right about the harmonics etc etc, the term boost fixes flow is something thought up after consuming a dozen kegs of beer, methinks. why would audi have spend most of their R&D in the intake manifolds and tubing paths in both the audi R8 multiple...

NICE!!! gave me an idea, thanx! of to sleep now le-mans convoy leaves in 6 hours! grtz Thomas

Justin you can eaily solder them up using, durafix brazing rods. if you then tap again it's even stronger than the original cast alloy stuff of toyota manifolds. M10 seems a bit daft. grtz Thomas

Ah S*** justin tommorow is to late, we'll be leaving 7:00am for 24h Le-Mans race in france. (YIPPIE Beer and judd v10 powered LM P1 cars: the best combo on earth) will check in tonight because I'm very curious about the way you mounted the fuel rails, that was my biggest brain buster, I...

@ Edd, that's looking bloody nice! exactly what I mean, I think you made a mould before making the box cause the clear finnish looks top notch, right? if you would presurize the box using a roots would you think it hold up with that? think about 0.8bar over atmo @80 to 90 degrees celcius...

I cannot agree more!

make you're own out of carbon, using the polystyrene foam method. the superbike guys use it all the time for making tanks etc etc. Grtz Thomas

how true the britts can't cook at all, it'd be better for them to stick to building quick cars and hire some french to do the food, and vice versa btw! grtz Thomas

presumably he got out with 2 broken toes. Car is written off, 1 down 2 still in race go for the 908HDIFAP, for F**k sake, now audi have an even better chance of winning, unles peugot pull of building up another before next week thursday. peugot had best times in free practice and now this...