THe heat soak is horrible. Inlet air temperatures are in the 90C range after a run.
The GT Cup cars ran a cone filter in the front of the front wing, behind one of the "brake duct" holes, it worked well until it rained and the car stopped running. The Mass airflow sensor is rather averse to water.....
There's not enough space to mimic the GT3 cars setup on the production plenum and radiator
With regards to the V10, it doesn't fit without substantial body modifications
Find a crashed X5 4.6 and swap the engine for easy power. The Cup car in 24hr trim was 380 bhp with nothing more than a proper ecu and map, the VANOs locked in "power" mode and and a dry sump
Simon @ SiFab.co.uk
Simon,
I've taken a look at an S85 v10 install in a S2 chassis with no chassis modifications. What the engineer had done was create a rear engine mount and bell housing effectively from a single slab of aluminium. Then tapped the engine block to attach this then bolt it directly to the bulkhead. This left plenty of space at the front for suspension and intake routing. It didn't look any further forward to a V8 unit. The gearbox to be used for this install was a Hewland HGT/IGT. The stock exhaust headers and the intake housing all fitted within the existing chassis.
Thoughts?
