Wanna vote on my race car build-up?
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I'm building a race car for my wife to play with at auto-x and road course events. My mustang is too much to handle and requires a level of finesse with the throttle that I don't think she's got. Plus it really is cheaper to race a race car than a street car.
Attachment 20935 Attachment 20936 Attachment 20937 It's a Formula Ford chassis (circa 1971). The series uses old pushrod 4cyl Ford engines and a 4 speed transaxle. I was thinking of something a little more interesting. Like maybe a Rotary (2 rotor) or a R6 or R1 engine. We're picking the power plant and a rear drive transmission and final drive setup. If you guys can't come up with something interesting I'll back down and do the Ford 4 banger pushrod (with a turbo). |
my vote would go for the 4cyl turbo
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1.3L wankel
bridge port it and put on a turbo they aren't that expensive and they are crazy light |
Actually in a car that light you might want to do a turbo or a bridge port cause doing both might be too much
you can get the 1.3 with a stock turbo aswell |
Are you aiming for a certain class or just building what you want? I would stick with a 2.0L Ford. No need to get fancy unless you want to drive it. And in that case, turbo.
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How light do you want this to be? And is there a way to find out if I've got an autox here in state? Because I've heard of people in three or four states talking about autox and now I'm interested in it.
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i would go with a motorcycle 4 cylnder and a short ratio 6 speed. you saw my indy car thread right? that was a 2001 cbrf4i drivetrain.
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Originally Posted by King
(Post 359080)
How light do you want this to be? And is there a way to find out if I've got an autox here in state? Because I've heard of people in three or four states talking about autox and now I'm interested in it.
http://www.scca.com/divisions.aspx?div=rm |
Originally Posted by gotMACH04
(Post 359014)
my vote would go for the 4cyl turbo
Originally Posted by Lazerred6
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1.3L wankel bridge port it and put on a turbo they aren't that expensive and they are crazy light
Originally Posted by Lazerred6
(Post 359017)
Actually in a car that light you might want to do a turbo or a bridge port cause doing both might be too much
you can get the 1.3 with a stock turbo aswell
Originally Posted by 01FR500
(Post 359071)
Are you aiming for a certain class or just building what you want? I would stick with a 2.0L Ford. No need to get fancy unless you want to drive it. And in that case, turbo.
Originally Posted by King
(Post 359080)
How light do you want this to be? And is there a way to find out if I've got an autox here in state? Because I've heard of people in three or four states talking about autox and now I'm interested in it.
Originally Posted by PureStang
(Post 359105)
i would go with a motorcycle 4 cylnder and a short ratio 6 speed. you saw my indy car thread right? that was a 2001 cbrf4i drivetrain.
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Colin, I'm sure you've heard of Baby Grand cars right? Or how about Legends cars? Water Cooled motorcycle engines (Yamaha XJR 1300), 6-speed etc. I think, like Pure said the motorcycle engine would be the route to go, trust me, it would more than give you a kick in the pants.
http://www.babygrandracing.com/car.htm |
http://www.rotaryengineillustrated.c...e-port-16.html
this explains a bridge port a little now if you do use a rotary you will probably want one from a second generation rx7 cause the 3rd gen motor is twin turbo makes 280 hp and is very expensive (could be fun) the 2nd gen motor you want is either the s4 or the s5 the 5 is slightly lighter and makes a little more power than the 4. With a stock turbo the s4 will have 189 and the s5 will have 200 with a bridgeport on either of those you will have between 230 and 240 with about equal torque if you put on an aftermarket turbo you will get more power obviously but I don't know how much it will do for you these motors can bolt up to a 6 speed tremec t56 if you want aswell http://www.jdmenginescorp.com/engine...s5-engine-swap here is a s5 13b T with 5 speed transmission comes with all this for 1,700 they quote it at 205 hp on stock boost my guess is with a bridgport and 14si you can push 300 hp really easy Block Turbo Intercooler Intake Manifold Sensors Exhaust Manifold Fuel Rail Injectors Throttle Body Alternator Power Steering Pump Wiring Harness ECU 5 Speed RWD Transmission Need I mention how much easier it is to run an aftermarket turbo on a car that is already set up for a stock turbo |
Originally Posted by r3dn3ck
(Post 359165)
linky plz. I really like the 15K rpm redline I can have with some of the hotter bike motors and they already use multi disc clutches (and are fuel injected) so it's easy to tinker with them. It'd be mostly a matter of deciding on which bike. I don't want a Hyabusa motor as they're startlingly expensive. I can get an R1 (180bhp) or an R6 (111bhp) for 500-800 bucks.
https://mustangboards.com/pictures/3...-indy-car.html we calculated that the lbs : hp is about 5lbs : 1 hp |
Here is almost everything you need to know about rotary porting along with pros cons and NA hp estimates.
http://www.mazdarotary.net/porting.htm kinda a long read but it has pictures |
killer. That was perfect. Now I'z be understandin'. Looks like a decent option.
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http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/...ne-housing.jpg
http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/...gine-rotor.jpg Rotary engines are kind of an addiction for me because the are so simple and yet so complex at the same time you can see where the porting is done from the pictures in the link I gave in the first picture the "bridge" is there for the corner seal which is the circle with a hole at the top of the apex seal it looks a little complicated but you can do it with a dremel and stencle of the port size you want |
wut motor? the spinning doritio?
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