Engine choice, what do you think?
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The time has come for the ZZR1100 to be removed from the Pell Genesis now Aeon Blaze.
Have spoke to the very helpful guys at Aeon and they suggest/recommend the Ford Duratec 2.5 v6. Understand their choice but just a bit down on power for me and to get it tuned to produce 260/270bhp is not going to be cheap.
Got around £2000-£3500k to spend on the engine and must admit a bit of old school Cosworth turbo power is becoming tempting,as they are becoming cheaper with age but just concerned about the weight and increase in heat produced by turbo lump in a mid engined kit.
Any bright ideas
The Pell/Aeon weighs around 675kgs with the zzr1100 removed
I am having a Nissan V6 3.0 (Nissan QX/Maxima) built at the moment. They produce about 220BHP as standard and only need some throttle bodies, an ECU, exhaust manifold and some mild cams to produce quite a bit extra.
They weigh only a little more than the Vauxhall 2 litre 16 valve currently in the car.
I picked mine up for 500 quid (jap import cut out).
Mine is costing about 8 grand to build but it should make over 350BHP and a significant part of the cost is going on adapting it to a Hewland six speed transaxle I picked up ridculously cheap.
For info my car is mid engined as well.
They weigh only a little more than the Vauxhall 2 litre 16 valve currently in the car.
I picked mine up for 500 quid (jap import cut out).
Mine is costing about 8 grand to build but it should make over 350BHP and a significant part of the cost is going on adapting it to a Hewland six speed transaxle I picked up ridculously cheap.
For info my car is mid engined as well.
If you want to remain N/A then a Honda F20C (S2000 lump) would be my engine of choice. 240bhp out of a stock engine and a superb powerplant for a light car.
Otherwise an Audi 225bhp TT lump would be my F/I engine of choice.
Both nice light, compact, modern engines.
The Cossie can be a bit brutal by todays standards, though is capable of very silly power levels. IMO it's getting a bit long in the tooth now and this is from someone who runs one N/A in a kit.
>> Edited by juansolo on Monday 11th April 14:50
Otherwise an Audi 225bhp TT lump would be my F/I engine of choice.
Both nice light, compact, modern engines.
The Cossie can be a bit brutal by todays standards, though is capable of very silly power levels. IMO it's getting a bit long in the tooth now and this is from someone who runs one N/A in a kit.
>> Edited by juansolo on Monday 11th April 14:50
GIMPTON said:
MR2 turbo is something i have considered in the past dont know too much about them but maybe worth consideration.
I didn't actualy realise the Pell was mid engined! Toyota's 3SGTE lump obviously has some major benefits in that case, the first one being 225bhp or 245bhp in standard form depending on year. Reasonably cheap to get to 280-300bhp, and starts getting pricey beyond that (though silly powers are obtainable).
Stuff like the cooling system and gearchange is going to be a lot easier to adapt then a FWD engine and box.
BTW, the 3SGTE is actualy a Yamaha design, and still has bears the Yamaha name and logo on the timing cover.
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