Racing Dynamics Ti..
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Topic: Racing Dynamics Ti..
Posted By: Rhys
Subject: Racing Dynamics Ti..
Date Posted: 28-December-2004 at 21:49
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Have a look at this, not one to floor on a wet road methinks..
http://www.geocities.com/fly2low/R55.html - click here.  ------------- V reg Rustbucket Merc C220 Cdi estate J Reg Saab 900i 16v '63 Ford Anglia 105e deluxe R reg Honda PC50 moped.. No BMW as yet... |
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Posted By: david328icab
Date Posted: 29-December-2004 at 06:11
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Blimey....Rhys is this your next mod would not like to meet that i a dark alley |
Posted By: Rhys
Date Posted: 29-December-2004 at 06:51
..did cross my mind when I saw the engine in a 7 series at Jayson's (chippeduk) house. A nice Alpina V12 5 litre, and he said it would fit. 
Not likely to do anything to mine tho' except put a big bore throttle body on when it arrives to compliment the chip. Like the idea of putting an E30 M3 rear end on tho.. hmmm ------------- V reg Rustbucket Merc C220 Cdi estate J Reg Saab 900i 16v '63 Ford Anglia 105e deluxe R reg Honda PC50 moped.. No BMW as yet... |
david328icab wrote:Posted By: daddy cool
Date Posted: 29-December-2004 at 13:17
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sorry guys but , 420 brake horse power out of a 5.4 litre v12 is a bit ,, dare i say it ,,, pathetic there are 2 litre , 4 cylinder 16v engines producing twice the power of that with less weight to carry . it all makes me wonder why they bothered ------------- e30 2.7 cab e30 325i e30 325 sport e30 318 touring e28 m5 e28 m535 e34 m5 e39 540 e36 318ti (green) e36 318ti (mauve) |
. i was expecting to see somewhere around 5 or 6 hundred . also the torque figure isnt exactly mind blowing for a modded v12 either . 
Posted By: chippeduk
Date Posted: 29-December-2004 at 14:50
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it isnt the best. a chipped v12 will give close too 385hp and that costs less than 150 quid. |
Posted By: Rhys
Date Posted: 29-December-2004 at 18:40
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Well. all I can say is it's an American site, they tend to be restricted over there. ------------- V reg Rustbucket Merc C220 Cdi estate J Reg Saab 900i 16v '63 Ford Anglia 105e deluxe R reg Honda PC50 moped.. No BMW as yet... |
Posted By: MattB106
Date Posted: 30-December-2004 at 02:17
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Well i guess the point was to say 'look! we put a V12 in a compact'. I believe Hamann (sp?) put one in an E36 first though ------------- MattB E36 328i Sport in silver 
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Posted By: chippeduk
Date Posted: 30-December-2004 at 03:18
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i dint think about that :( yes, the us cars are well restricted so in this case it is very good. either way, into a compact it is a great achievement as space is at a premium. |
Posted By: david328icab
Date Posted: 30-December-2004 at 04:42
| I might try putting a hummer v8 in my 328 then :o) |
Posted By: Rhys
Date Posted: 30-December-2004 at 19:36
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You can bung any E36 engine into a compact, it's only the back end thats different (about 9" shorter and E30 rear suspension) A lot over there put M3 engines in. Mmmm nice..
I think someone put a Chevy V8 in one over there as well, tho' with the restrictions, the HP wasnt fantastic. I think they have emition restrictions as well. IIRC M3's etc, have a lower bhp output over there. Now I wonder if a certain BMW engine would fit, say from a McClaren F1? ..nah, that's just being daft ------------- V reg Rustbucket Merc C220 Cdi estate J Reg Saab 900i 16v '63 Ford Anglia 105e deluxe R reg Honda PC50 moped.. No BMW as yet... |
Posted By: MattB106
Date Posted: 07-January-2005 at 06:57
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Hmmm what about the McLaren V12 into the front of a Z3. Make sure it has nice open trumpets and hole in bonnet then drive everywhere with the room down :D ------------- MattB E36 328i Sport in silver
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Posted By: david328icab
Date Posted: 07-January-2005 at 08:27
I saw the m3 with a cossie engine......although I think it to be a disgrace 
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Posted By: Peter Fenwick
Date Posted: 07-January-2005 at 09:52
I know it must feel really slow with only 420bhp. It may not be as much as is possible from such a big motor but it is still more than enough. Sure they could have put a tuned cossie lump in and got the same power but it's a bit different insn't it. After all I bet it sounds awsome. It doesn't always have to be about how much power, sometimes it's how you get there that makes it more interesting. ------------- Entering an age of Austerity and now driving a Focus Diesel. |
Posted By: daddy cool
Date Posted: 07-January-2005 at 10:03
but all the effort and money involved in creating a hot car only to end up with something luke warm . i also wonder what it handles like with all the extra weight in the front  ------------- e30 2.7 cab e30 325i e30 325 sport e30 318 touring e28 m5 e28 m535 e34 m5 e39 540 e36 318ti (green) e36 318ti (mauve) |
Posted By: Peter Fenwick
Date Posted: 09-January-2005 at 15:54
 Luke warm?!!? 420bhp in a car that weighs less than 1400kg is hardly luke warm. Thats almost TVR power to weight and you wouldn't describe them as lukewarm. ------------- Entering an age of Austerity and now driving a Focus Diesel. |
Posted By: daddy cool
Date Posted: 10-January-2005 at 15:52
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it will weigh a damn site more than 1400kg with a v12 slapped in the front of it . i bet the engine and box weigh nearly half that on their own . my personal opinion is , considering the amount of work thats gone into the engineering of something that could have been mind blowing , its a bit of a let down. ------------- e30 2.7 cab e30 325i e30 325 sport e30 318 touring e28 m5 e28 m535 e34 m5 e39 540 e36 318ti (green) e36 318ti (mauve) |
.Posted By: Peter Fenwick
Date Posted: 11-January-2005 at 03:38
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The standard 318ti compact weighs 1175kg. I would have thought that the V12 wouldn't weigh more than 200kg more than the 1.8. I could be wrong though. I think it's great what they have done. OK it could have been more powerful but there may be some component in the gearbox/drive train which won't take much more power. I would have thought that the chassis would struggle with much more power. This kind of thing is more of a demonstration of what is possible and a bit of advertising for the company. ------------- Entering an age of Austerity and now driving a Focus Diesel. |