TerryHoll Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 I am looking to upgrade my Roadsport A car to 200 bhp . I have been advised by Minister Power that the most effective way of doing this is to install an R400 power plant (rather than go through an expensive upgrade process with my existing 1600cc / 140bhp engine). I am therefore looking for an R400 engine for sale. I you can help, please drop me a line or call me on 07887 633235. Many thanks....Terry Holland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean nash Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 😬 try calling afew caterham race teams most R400 have been converted toC400 and last time i was at hyperion they had quite afew R400 engines. good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberts Wallet Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 Not sure if this is any use to you here Gareth Blue and Carbon 6 Speed Supersport with new wheels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davef Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 That's a lot of money for something that is likely to need a rebuild - and you will need to factor in a dry sump system if you don't already have one and you want to use the performance of the engine. Speak to Oily and Minister for likely refresh costs. (FWIW earlier this year I didn't pay much more than that for a complete R400 engine package - dry sump and all - that has so far given me 1000+ miles of entertaining blatting and a couple of trackdays). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nifty Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 £3500 is about the going rate for the complete package .... if you can find one. Keep off the straight and narrow 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Piper Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 The Hyperion packages were priced at about £2500 and included exhaust, dry sump, dressed engine, but they all went quite quickly. FWIW I think that £2500 is a great price to pay, providing you know the history of the engine...one of the Hyperion engines had been rebult several times, for example.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nifty Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 £2500 ❗ ❗ Caterham were only taking them in for that 🤔 £3500 was the going rate ever since I've been looking which started about 12 months ago. Keep off the straight and narrow 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davef Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 As Nifty says CC were taking them in for around £2.5K - and selling them on for much more than that (here for the French ones) I too followed several sales before buying mine - all went for within the £3-3.5K range, though some were advertised for much more than that. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryHoll Posted September 20, 2006 Author Share Posted September 20, 2006 I have purchased the R400 unit an will have it re-built by Minister Power from Monday. I really appreciate the advice and the steer to the Piston Heads advert. Happy days are on the way....only I haven't told my wife yet!!!! Cheers....Terry. Edited by - TerryHoll on 20 Sep 2006 17:30:38 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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