Hope you can help me guys n girls
Looking to use a single or twin turbo engine i my mid engined Kit Car, can anyone tell me the weight (fully dressed) of the single or twin turbo\'d engines.
Also any idea how much i should pay for an engine, spoke to WGT about 18mths ago and was happy to do the work, can anyone recommend anyone else that may be able to help.
Cheers
Link to my kit :3gears-rh
http://www.aeonsportscars.com/Showroom/Blaze.asp
WGT - are very well known in the rotary community and will do a very good job but are not cheap.
Without knowing exactly where you are in England hard to point you to the correct workshop as most are down south
Nice kit car! :)
I too spoke to Pip about the convirsion. IIRC he said he has done the N/A 13b\'s before so I would think him top of the list to do the turbo ones too.
I also spoke to Carl Hayward about putting a rotary in a kit car and he too seemed keen to tackle the job.
As for what turbo to use, depends what your ultimate goal is. I coldn\'t see the weight of the kit car in question but with only 130bhp in my kit it gets from 0-60 in 4seconds dead with pleanty of grip to spare on 195\'s.
Hope some of this may help! :King
Based in Luton, Beds
Kit weighs about 700kgs with a Audi 1.8t engine in it, just cant bring myself to put a Audi tt engine in it:Snoring , Just has no character and will produce around 260 lbs of Torque with a Jabbasport stage 1 upgrade. I belive thats a touch too much torque in a mid engined kit, need to make sure theres a smooth delivery of power as well.
Had it for about 4 years now, has a tuned zzr1100 engine (170bhp) at present but a pain in the butt on the road and fancy a complete change. Also i want to stick the ZZR1100 engine in the back of a mini (Z-Cars conversion) :D
Cant warrant a RX at the mo as it would getting rid of my Integra type r and just cant bring myself to do it, so a RX engine will keep the urge at bay for another year.
TBH mate all the guys you need to get in touch with are at the top of the page as vendors anyhow,
Dragon
WGT
RE:WORX
RX MOTORS
JIMMY\'S
Give them all a shout and which ever suits you would be the best bet :D
Cheers will do some ringing around
Any idea on the weight of the engines?:xconfused
according to my hunting, the 13b engine and ancillaries weighs in at 153kg the S4 13bT at about 171KG, the 13bREW is about 162kg as far as my research can tell. I\'m sure one of the tuners can either confirm that or blow it aout of the water!
Quote from: sadgothaccording to my hunting, the 13b engine and ancillaries weighs in at 153kg the S4 13bT at about 171KG, the 13bREW is about 162kg as far as my research can tell. I\'m sure one of the tuners can either confirm that or blow it aout of the water!
Doesnt sound too far out, bare 13B-REW block is about 85kg.