It's 11 PM and Ben and Tom and I just got done tearing down the '99 4 Litre core engine that will be the basis of my project. There was a little water in some of the cylinders but no rust damage.
I did find two spun rod inserts. The crankshaft will require close attention, but since I will be using two inch big-end aluminium rods, the crank will require turning to the new size anyway. There...
Hello to everybody. Although I am quite new to this forum, (I didn't know it existed until Ken at LSK mentioned it to me), I do have some degree of experience. I work out of Ben's Place-(bensplace.us) and have helped with some of his more exotic projects.
I am the present holder of two Maxton Land Speed records with my '02 LS with a best of 140.106 in E/FCC. Since the car had 109 K miles ...
Sounds like fun, man.
You can sign up at photobucket.com and host pictures from there if you want. Would love to see pics of the car as it sits now and during the build up.
Best of luck!
I noticed somewhere on this forum the statement that there was no chance of using a Jag engine in place of the 3.9. Years ago, I knew a guy who had a '29 Ford Sedan with an Allison engine from a P-51 Mustang fighter in it. In point of fact, anything will go in anything (unless the engine is actually larger than the car) so there will be no giant problem with the four litre in place of the 3.9. ...
Tuesday night
Thanx for your good wishes. I have an appointment to sit down with my trans guy tomorrow. I'd prefer to keep the electronic controls of the 5R55N trans that came in the car. If I can be comfortable that the original will take the load from the engine, well enough. Otherwise, I'll go with a C-4 and Gear-Vendors OD system. That'll give me 1K HP or more of capacity. And I'll ...
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Tuesday night
Thanx for your good wishes. I have an appointment to sit down with my trans guy tomorrow. I'd prefer to keep the electronic controls of the 5R55N trans that came in the car. If I can be comfortable that the original will take the load from the engine, well enough. Otherwise, ...
Again, thanks for your kind words. I believe you have hit the nail squarely with your comments about doubters. In fact, being new here, I'd have been little more than a lurker if it were not that my record speaks for itself. Go to the ECTA website and look at the E/FSS and E/FCC records. They are held by the Ben's Place Racing Team. I am the owner and driver for that entry.
We finished 17th ...
I've spent several hours trying to re-size photos so that this forum (box below) will accept. So far no luck. I have no difficulty emailing photos, so if anyone is willing to post for me, I'd very much appreciate it. And, of course, if anyone has the key to re-sizing, I'll happily accept that too.
KenS from Ben's place email---ben@bensplace.us
Got them resized earlier today, just got around to posting.
Enjoy!
Looks awesome, can't wait to see a video!
1) Controls
2) Engine Compartment
3) Looking Across The Pits At Maxton
4) Maxton Timing Tower
5) Methanol Delivery System
6) More Helpers
7) No Substitute for Safety
8) NX Hardware
9) Pit Setup---104 In the Shade...and NO SHADE!
10) Ready to Get Started...
Thanks for your interest. Because I'm in process of writing a series of articles on the LS work for another site I'll probably not post pictures or 'hard tech' here. When discussions are complete I'll post links! KS
Quote: Originally Posted by cammerfe Probably the most outstanding characteristic of the Mod motor is that it seems to be almost routine to be able, by installing a turbo of appropriate size, to expect to have the output of the engine approach 2300 HP. I would definitely not call it "routine". Producing that kind of horsepower out of the 4.6 Modular V8 is not a walk in the park by any means and requires one hell of allot of...
sweet. i was gonna say my 6er with the 5 speed manual and an 80 shot has hit 150 mark a time or two. __________________ believe it or not she does clean up well
Quote: Originally Posted by cammerfe For those who might be interested--- I arranged, this morning, through a 'verbal handshake', to write a short item for a Primedia publication regarding our record runs at Maxton. I'll be sending in the story and photos within the next week or so and it usually takes at least six weeks before it would appear in publication. Depending on where the editor is in his work, it may well take longer...
"......it also gets methanol where it would ordinarily get gasoline." Now that you have posted this, your previous "tooting" of the NX system makes sense!
Quote: Originally Posted by cammerfe Thanks for your interest. Because I'm in process of writing a series of articles on the LS work for another site I'll probably not post pictures or 'hard tech' here. When discussions are complete I'll post links! KS I feel like I just got stood up on prom.. LAME!
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