A Modified Rover Sd1

[Fidgits]

For the right reasons...

a 27 Litre Meteor engine conversion

linky: http://ppcmag.co.uk/staffcardetail.asp?id=8

vid of the engine running: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8247949944477077608

[Gnome]

Awesome!

I love them cars!

[jaxx]

read about this before

but why use the girlie Meteor! use the manly supercharged Merlin! if i was in WW2 they'd call me Spitfire

also PPC.... the bloke with the turbo mazdas idea of upping the boost.... drill an increasingly big hole in the actuator line <_<

[Gnome]

Do ya reckon he lifted it in by himself as well? :D

[jaxx]

i doubt it if memory services me right they're around 3/4's of a ton! :o (about 750kg)

[Gnome]

Damn! That's almost as heavy as me! :o

[Fidgits]

read about this before

but why use the girlie Meteor! use the manly supercharged Merlin! if i was in WW2 they'd call me Spitfire

also PPC.... the bloke with the turbo mazdas idea of upping the boost.... drill an increasingly big hole in the actuator line <_<

he does talk about that...

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic...23&t=245424

I think he was worried about the extra torque on the XJ-6 gearbox...

[jaxx]

awesome none the less :P

infact reminds me of the bloke who built the project car, based on a caterham style thingy a while back, but used the series 61 merlin which made 1500bhp!

but he didnt use a gearbox to step down the power just a centrifuge clutch on direct drive from the crank, but what he used fo the diff i dont remember, but a calculated top speed of +400mph on full throttle :o

[Fidgits]

yeah, you have to admire the engineering, not to mention the lunacy to undertake such a project..

i just find it ironic, practical performance car magazine...

[Al J]

Eee young feller, that takes me back!

Reminds me of this merlin engined Capri (sort of).

The Beast

[jaxx]

yeah, you have to admire the engineering, not to mention the lunacy to undertake such a project..

i just find it ironic, practical performance car magazine...

indeed

i kinda wonder how it must have felt to fly the Spit and Hurricain hulking that thing about.... erm... all the way up there.... with a few irrate jerrys, its a huge mass in simple terms of engine weight to power ratio, let alone the rest of whats bolted to it

just put that into perspective of the likes of the olympus (as fitted to concorde) at a weight of just over 3 tons, at sonic cruise speed each one produced (roughly calculated) 60,000bhp

(bit of topic... sorry :) )

Eee young feller, that takes me back!

Reminds me of this merlin engined Capri (sort of).

The Beast

funny snippet on there, quoting superchargers as plural, common misconception, the merlin only had one charger, but the late engine's had a twin speed gearbox running them for different altitudes

[Fidgits]

the second biggest problem on concorde was protecting those 4 olympus engines from the shock wave...

mind you, wasnt it the merlin that had the initial problems of the rotor tips reaching the speed of sound? they had to shorten the blades to prevent them shattering?

[jaxx]

yup, funny things happen when you hit the sound barrier, a temporary void for a matter of milliseconds occurs when the barrier is broken, due to the shockwave disturbing the air. No air in the turbines result in overfuel, and a little too much heat and a phenomena know as ovalization occurs on the turbine blades... a form of distortion... not good as the profiles alter!

and most WW2 planes suffered with supersonic blades, mainly (as you say) the spitfire/merlin and the mustangs, also suffering 'cavitation' when the blades spin so fast that they create a vacuum on both sides of the blade :!Removed!: you can get this on boat props aswell

[Fizz]

you missed the best poicture..

[Fidgits]

you missed the best poicture..

"must be slow mate - you aint go no neons or NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSSSSSS"

[Karma Supra]

Its not the first one he has done either!!!!!!!!!!!

Very cool :D

[Jinxed]

DROOOL

Its insane ....but then it seems like such a great idea.....

*runs off to call me a psychiatrist

[Moffmo]

yeah, you have to admire the engineering, not to mention the lunacy to undertake such a project..

i just find it ironic, practical performance car magazine...

i was just abouut to mention that