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| dave660 |
Posted on: Thursday, January 24th, 2008, 3:35:39am
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Its been a very long time in the making but my cap is pretty much finished now except for a few small bits and pieces.The new engine has been run in and is getting tuned as we speak.It's suprised me at how much of a head turned it has become as it gets alot of attention wherever i go 
Mechanically the car has been behaving perfectly, until yesterday when it was strapped on the dyno for a limited power run,where i found the limits of the standard gearbox when it destroyed itself  now i have the major task of finding someone in australia that can build me a stronger gearset that will be able to handle the power that im going to be putting out.
Looking at the power that the engine was putting out before the gearbox blew im fairly confident that this is the most powerful F6A around 
AS soon as i get it back on the road it will be appearing on the covers of Zoom and High Performance Imports, 2 magazines in australia which im over the moon with 
heres a pic of the engine bay  |
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| Badger |
| Posted on: Thursday, January 24th, 2008, 6:12:29am |
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Looking good, sorry to hear about the box, where are the pics of the Carbon Roof Panels...??? lol
btw, what was the dyno figure before it let go...??? |
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| dave660 |
| Posted on: Thursday, January 24th, 2008, 6:16:53am |
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i forgot all about the roof pics  they will be a bit longer now as the car is in the workshop...
gearbox let go at 125kw...theres still more in the motor tho > |
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| paolo |
| Posted on: Thursday, January 24th, 2008, 9:18:06am |
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| 125kw = 169bhp!! Wow! NIIIICCE Cappo, love the detailing the engine bay too, no wires! |
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| Olyfan |
| Posted on: Thursday, January 24th, 2008, 9:44:18am |
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 Magnificent - just superb Dave
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| paolo |
| Posted on: Thursday, January 24th, 2008, 10:02:24am |
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| Three thumbs up from me!! |
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| Olyfan |
| Posted on: Thursday, January 24th, 2008, 10:10:41am |
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| Two lots of three thumbs up - any advance....................... |
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| Jeremy_Cairns |
| Posted on: Thursday, January 24th, 2008, 10:32:26am |
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| Andy |
| Posted on: Thursday, January 24th, 2008, 10:57:26am |
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Three thumbs? Bit of interbreeding going on in your neck of the woods guys?
Got to agree though, stunning bit of kit Dave. Look forward to scans of the magazines too |
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| Olyfan |
| Posted on: Thursday, January 24th, 2008, 11:07:57am |
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| vg Andy. |
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| dave660 |
| Posted on: Thursday, January 24th, 2008, 11:25:15am |
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| thanks guys hopefully the new gearbox will be strong enough for full power |
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| Cappo |
| Posted on: Thursday, January 24th, 2008, 1:59:05pm |
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Impressive stuff! Any chance of a rundown on the spec?
Crux do a close ratio gearset - not sure how it compare to standard strength-wise...
Looking forward to seeing the magazine features.
Andy |
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| scotcap |
| Posted on: Thursday, January 24th, 2008, 3:58:23pm |
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| It's a shame you need to cover that glorious engine up with a bonnet!! |
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| capgun |
| Posted on: Thursday, January 24th, 2008, 4:01:44pm |
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| Looks so good Dave! (thanks for the info with the bonnets recently too, going to get one soon ) |
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| Badger |
| Posted on: Friday, January 25th, 2008, 6:18:05am |
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Impressive stuff! Any chance of a rundown on the spec?
Crux do a close ratio gearset - not sure how it compare to standard strength-wise...
Looking forward to seeing the magazine features.
Andy
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If you look in the SNEAZA Album, page 2, 'bout 1/2 way down.......gives you some idea of what's in there........... |
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| crisp |
| Posted on: Friday, January 25th, 2008, 9:02:21am |
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Looking good
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| ThePorko |
| Posted on: Friday, January 25th, 2008, 9:20:07am |
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| Awesome mate...cant wait!!! |
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| DickW |
| Posted on: Friday, January 25th, 2008, 12:06:51pm |
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| dave660 |
| Posted on: Monday, January 28th, 2008, 3:27:08am |
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125kw = 169bhp!! Wow! NIIIICCE Cappo, love the detailing the engine bay too, no wires!
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that 125kw is at the wheels im not too good with percentages but it would be a fair bit more than 169bhp (30% more if im not wrong) but willing to be corrected |
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| Andy |
| Posted on: Monday, January 28th, 2008, 3:14:32pm |
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Transmission losses are probably around 20%ish at a guess.
Paolo has done a simple conversion from KW to BHP which is correct but doesn't take into account that your figure is at the rear wheels and bhp is at the fly. |
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| paolo |
| Posted on: Monday, January 28th, 2008, 4:00:43pm |
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So we are talking more like 200Bhp at the flywheel?  No wonder the gearbox gave up |
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| dave660 |
| Posted on: Tuesday, January 29th, 2008, 6:38:56am |
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yeah i my guesses were all around the 210-220bhp mark...with more to come
i'll keep you posted.hopefully someone can come up with something for me gearbox wise. |
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| loufred |
| Posted on: Tuesday, January 29th, 2008, 11:34:56am |
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| nice, did u happen to have any on that power on the road. or u put it on the dyno right away? i so want around 200 bhp and want to know what it is like to drive in a car like this. surly it could be a lambo killer? |
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| dave660 |
| Posted on: Tuesday, January 29th, 2008, 12:40:10pm |
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well my old motor had just over 150hp at the wheels,it was pretty fast - easily beat rx8,200sx,300zx...the only thing you have to worry about with getting this much power out of a cap motor is that you have to realize it was never made for this much and you're kind of pushing everything to its limits so eventually something will let go, as ive found along the way with almost every part of the car,the only standard thing left in my cap was the gearbox...which has ceased to exist at over 125kw
i calculated that at 150hp a cap has more hp/litre than a brand new evo 8 lancer- not too bad for a three cylinder |
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| dave660 |
| Posted on: Tuesday, January 29th, 2008, 12:41:51pm |
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oh and that 125kw never saw the road, only the dyno - gearbox would have lasted for 5 seconds on the road
im not giving up tho !! |
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| grant4561 |
| Posted on: Wednesday, January 30th, 2008, 7:34:41am |
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I don't know if this will help but from my experience (old drag racing days) more than half the time that gearboxes failed it was due to the casing not being strong enough and either flexing or breaking causing internal gear damage.
A carefull inspection of the casing and gears is needed when pulled down to try and determine the problem. If it appears that its a casing problem we used to get them stengthened by a decent welding or head repair shop but if its weak gears this may mean you have to adapt another box. Years ago we used to adapt Celica 5 speed boxes to Holden sixes & v8's with good success.
What part of OZ are you in? |
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| dave660 |
| Posted on: Wednesday, January 30th, 2008, 8:12:36am |
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| yeah they are in the process of pulling the box apart as we speak, so until then i wont know exactly what let go.im in sydney. |
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| grant4561 |
| Posted on: Wednesday, January 30th, 2008, 11:08:29am |
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| Get them to check if there are any chatter marks on the gears or evidence of the gears not running fully seated. This would indicate that the casing has flexed and needs strengthening. |
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| dave660 |
| Posted on: Wednesday, April 30th, 2008, 6:21:10am |
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| finally!! my new gearset has arrived today and hopefully within the next weeek the beast will be back on the road |
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| ThePorko |
| Posted on: Wednesday, April 30th, 2008, 7:38:50am |
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| Badger |
| Posted on: Wednesday, April 30th, 2008, 7:54:30am |
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| EGGGXCELLENT, Maybe we can organise a get together again soon...??? |
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| grant4561 |
| Posted on: Wednesday, April 30th, 2008, 10:51:52am |
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| capgun |
| Posted on: Wednesday, April 30th, 2008, 1:38:35pm |
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It is worth it! ^
Well done Dave |
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| svdude |
| Posted on: Wednesday, April 30th, 2008, 3:53:56pm |
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| wats the spec on ure engine? |
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| ThePorko |
| Posted on: Thursday, May 1st, 2008, 12:19:26am |
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EGGGXCELLENT, Maybe we can organise a get together again soon...???
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Let us know i will be interested in a get together! |
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| dave660 |
| Posted on: Thursday, May 1st, 2008, 9:24:32am |
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| Fionn |
| Posted on: Thursday, May 1st, 2008, 12:04:34pm |
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| That looks really excellent!! |
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| svdude |
| Posted on: Thursday, May 1st, 2008, 6:44:15pm |
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| didnt u have any crank work wone when u rebuilt engine? lightening and balancing? cryogenic freeze? |
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| dave660 |
| Posted on: Friday, May 2nd, 2008, 4:45:30am |
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| the cap crank is fairly sturdy, i just had it linished.i didnt want to spend too much time with it as ive never had any probs with it..leave well enough alone dont they say |
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| mattjohns |
| Posted on: Friday, May 2nd, 2008, 9:42:35am |
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Is there a stronger word for impressed?
perhaps some chassis strenthening is in order |
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