I've been working on a new project for RIPS for a little while and have enough done that its worth sharing.
As you may know, we have run 7.2 @ 186mph with a RB30 on petrol and claimed a few records off the V8 boys during the last season.
I wanted to move up a class or 2 so I could claim records in the higher brackets but was told I couldn't go in those classes or claim the records because my engine was too small (read between the lines: because we were already running quicker than the existing record and the old school V8 boys didn't want to lose more records to a jappa)
Our classes are based on kg per liter and although I said I accepted I would be at a dissadvantage running in a higher class than I actually weighed in to, they wouldn't allow it.
After dodging being banned last year due to having "an unfair advantage" with 4 valve and efi, they asked that I help with submissions to bring parity back into the classes so push rod / carbed or mech inj V8s would be competitive with 4 valve efi enignes.
After much discussion we came with 4 valve = cc x 1.25 and if you had efi as well, take that figure and multiply by a further 1.15 so a 3000cc engine would be 3000 x 1.25 = 3750cc and if you were efi as well, 3750 x 1.15 giving a total of 4312.5cc and then the normal kg per liter formular would apply to put you into a particular class.
Now that that was all sorted my currnet front engined dragster still wasn't eligable for any higher classes than I have already been in so there was only one thing to do........
Build a new car that had a much bigger engine and get the vehicle weight just right so I could go in the 2 higher classes I previously wasn't allowed in.
This is what I'm working on and I want to run solid 6s @ 200mph+ on pump gas, using a stock block honed for new rings only, a stock crank polished for new bearings only, the stock cradle and bolts, no head porting, stock head bolts and stock head gaskets etc.
The 1NZ chassis from the 2009/2010 season arrived at my shop :clap::clap:
2 hours later it was stripped to a bare frame:
Not long after that we had this sitting in there just to confirm the engine I wanted to use would actually fit:
It was a tight fit and the exhaust ports only just cleared the chassis but a miss is as good as a mile so the green light was given........let the fun begin :thumbsup:
As you may know, we have run 7.2 @ 186mph with a RB30 on petrol and claimed a few records off the V8 boys during the last season.
I wanted to move up a class or 2 so I could claim records in the higher brackets but was told I couldn't go in those classes or claim the records because my engine was too small (read between the lines: because we were already running quicker than the existing record and the old school V8 boys didn't want to lose more records to a jappa)
Our classes are based on kg per liter and although I said I accepted I would be at a dissadvantage running in a higher class than I actually weighed in to, they wouldn't allow it.
After dodging being banned last year due to having "an unfair advantage" with 4 valve and efi, they asked that I help with submissions to bring parity back into the classes so push rod / carbed or mech inj V8s would be competitive with 4 valve efi enignes.
After much discussion we came with 4 valve = cc x 1.25 and if you had efi as well, take that figure and multiply by a further 1.15 so a 3000cc engine would be 3000 x 1.25 = 3750cc and if you were efi as well, 3750 x 1.15 giving a total of 4312.5cc and then the normal kg per liter formular would apply to put you into a particular class.
Now that that was all sorted my currnet front engined dragster still wasn't eligable for any higher classes than I have already been in so there was only one thing to do........
Build a new car that had a much bigger engine and get the vehicle weight just right so I could go in the 2 higher classes I previously wasn't allowed in.
This is what I'm working on and I want to run solid 6s @ 200mph+ on pump gas, using a stock block honed for new rings only, a stock crank polished for new bearings only, the stock cradle and bolts, no head porting, stock head bolts and stock head gaskets etc.
The 1NZ chassis from the 2009/2010 season arrived at my shop :clap::clap:
2 hours later it was stripped to a bare frame:
Not long after that we had this sitting in there just to confirm the engine I wanted to use would actually fit:
It was a tight fit and the exhaust ports only just cleared the chassis but a miss is as good as a mile so the green light was given........let the fun begin :thumbsup:
nice project keep the pics coming
