Mickrick Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 here It even has clams! Should be a doddle in an SV. There's also a picture somewhere on that site, that shows it sitting next to a Zetec. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Very Impressive 'Can you hear me running' ......... OH YES and its music to my ears 😬 😬 😬 1988 200 bhp, 146 ft lbs, 1700cc Cosworth BD? engineered by Roger King, on Weber's with Brooklands and Clamshell wings, Freestyle Motorsport suspension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Ok I will ask, what is a H1 engine and what was it in before hand? FreeRange7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grubbster Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Looks like it has been developed from the Hayabusa . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul jacobs Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 It's a Hyabusa based hybrid 2.4l V8 knocking out 400bhp, It looks like the price in the states is $24,000. Paul J. Loud pipes save lives, but quiet ones save your hearing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul jacobs Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Too slow! I spent too much time reading their web site Paul J. Loud pipes save lives, but quiet ones save your hearing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millsn Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 not entirely sure it would steer very well, look for the uj on the steering column here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stationary M25 Traveller Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 Impressively full engine bay, but, as you say - the line of the steering column is horrendous 7 related photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickrick Posted August 2, 2008 Author Share Posted August 2, 2008 There are two extra UJ's in the steering column, to miss the left hand cylinder bank. Not pretty, but shouldn't affect the way the car steers. Don't forget, this was a first fit, and the seven was a mule for testing the engine. I think he did well to get that in an S3 chassis. I recon it would be less of an issue in an SV chassis. Anyone know how much further off center an SV steering column is, compared to an S3 ? Holeshot racing, in Ireland, who are IMO Hayabusa gods, are assebling the engines using Hartley bottom ends. I don't know if the pricing on the website is up to date, but have a look here for pricing, and power outputs 🥰 they look like good bang per buck to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
u01rsb Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 They do indeed look good value for money, if only I had £16K kicking around in the bottom of my sock drawer I'd be having one of those. One of the best things about the motorbike engines IMHO is the sequential gearbox that they come with. What gearbox would you need to stick on the back of this? From the looks of things it certainly doesn't have room for the original! Beautiful though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickrick Posted August 2, 2008 Author Share Posted August 2, 2008 The bottom end is a bespoke billet crankcase. Same as the RST, except the RST used Yamaha top ends, although I belive they are planning bestoke top ends for the RST, or maybe even have them already by now. Only the top ends come from the Hayabusa engines for the H1. So no motorcycle gearbox. The H1 has mounting for a type 9 bellhousing. So you could fit the new heavy duty quaife, or Drenth sequential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Plato Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Ok - so it looks nice edited after I looked at the photos properly what is the ground clearance and I assume it uses a quaife type sequential ? Edited by - Dave Jackson on 3 Aug 2008 17:42:04 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickrick Posted August 3, 2008 Author Share Posted August 3, 2008 Dave, if you trawl through the pictures on the H1 website, you'll see it next to a Zetec, here it's nowhere near as tall. There are dimensions on there too. Ground clearance doesn't seem an issue. here It's tiny! (For a V8) and light! about 90 kilo's I think. From what I can remember after spending hours on the site he's using a heavy duty H pattern type 9 box here . So you could use the new quaife, or a Drenth, as Drenth offer a type 9 bellhousing option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgrigsby Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Dave if it's anything like the RST then ground clearance isn't an issue, in Mike Biddles car the bottom of the engine is above the bottom chassis rail so the lowest thing is the gearbox. The advantages of being a V I guess. Having said that the steering takes a pretty tortuous route on Mike's car but apparently it works very well. Rob G www.SpeedySeven.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevefoster Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Blimey - cleared for take off Add lightness, says the man with a VX :-) My 2002/2003 racing pics here General pics (mostly of 7's and cars). here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willie. Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Slightly off-topic as its not an H1, but just to encourage anyone who fancies something different, but can't justify the price of an H1 or RST...have a look at this Westfield I know its not a Caterham, and that may offend a few of you, but that's a 3.0ltr V6 from a Vauxhall Omega in there. Rumor has it that once upon a time a Vaux V6 was sitting in a Caterham 21... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 Well Mad Harry had a V8 rover in a Caterham complete with auto box and twin turbo's over the Clam wings. That was with a lot of body mods, met him on the swiss trip in err 1992 ? Nice Bloke is he still a club member 🤔 'Can you hear me running' ......... OH YES and its music to my ears 😬 😬 😬 1988 200 bhp, 146 ft lbs, 1700cc Cosworth BD? engineered by Roger King, on Weber's with Brooklands and Clamshell wings, Freestyle Motorsport suspension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiF Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Hi Mickrick, I wonder if we could have a chat sometime? I too have been thinking along the same lines of engine and could do with picking your brains!!!! email me a contact number on easiclad@tiscali.co.uk or you can call on 00 44 13873 75777. Many thanks RiF Driving one of the first Duratec 7, and building CA07BON for Henrietta 😬 😬 😬.for pictures of 7 and carbon andCA07BON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area Representative Golf Juliet Tango Posted August 5, 2008 Area Representative Share Posted August 5, 2008 Rumor has it that once upon a time a Vaux V6 was sitting in a Caterham 21... Are you sure? Check with D21P; but there are, I think, two 21s with VX 2l engines. If there was any thought about a V6 it would most likely have been a KV6. Democratic dissent is not disloyalty, it is a positive civic duty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area Representative Golf Juliet Tango Posted August 5, 2008 Area Representative Share Posted August 5, 2008 OpLock See D21Ps post on Jack's thread in ChitChat - car V engines do not fit in the 21s bay (if you have not looked under the bonnet of one there are additional diagonal bracing bars.) Democratic dissent is not disloyalty, it is a positive civic duty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willie. Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Ah-ha...but my information comes from an extremely reliable source. I read it in an ancient post by a gentleman by the name of Arnie Webb. Dave21P says the Rover KV6 and the Rover V8 doesn't fit, correct...these are both 90deg Vs. The Vaux V6 is a 54deg V, so is much narrower. The Duratec 30 is a 60deg V. Still, Dave knows alot more about 21s than I do, and I've no idea if they ever had a V6 in one or not. If anyone has an 3.0 V6 S-Type jag and fancies getting me 3 measurements, please blatmail me. Willie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irrelevant Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 if you have not looked under the bonnet of one there are additional diagonal bracing bars. Yes - but they are higher up, and the additional strength they give would probably allow the normal upper diagonals to be removed. I still reckon a dry sumped Rover v8 with minimalist rocker covers and a small flywheel/bellhousing would fit without removing the diagonals - they're tiny. Anyway, Rover v8s are old hat now . . . . the v8 Audi RS4 engine is a far better choice 🥰 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willie. Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 A GERMAN engine in a beautiful British car? That's like putting a Panzer engine in a Spitfire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickrick Posted August 5, 2008 Author Share Posted August 5, 2008 RiF YHM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickrick Posted August 5, 2008 Author Share Posted August 5, 2008 RiF, mail came back Called earlier, no reply. You can call me tomorrow on my mobile, (0034) 629 644 285. But I have to warn you, it's slim pickings! 😬 And as for the rest of you. Don't get putting this number in any Gay personal ads! 😳 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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