Well, what do you think about this? Cyclone V8
Oh boy a V8 Exige
75kg … gotta guess its stupid expensive and no way could you mate a gearbox to suit … well then again its gotta be a short engine and …
Ho hum
10,000rpm, carburetors, 73kg, 300bhp
Might even fit. What a laugh! Bet is sound cool too.
Ian
In fact, I had drooled over this for some time.
And now I have the 8 page article in my hands, in the Ocober issue of (Ahem!) CCC (yes, I’m subscribed and by the way, they don’t say anything about that being the last issue).
Anyway, I wish I had a scanner, but I don’t, so let me type some details:
_________Motopower__________Cyclone Power_____Maxsym Radical
_________Firehawk 2.0 V8____Y40R______________2.6L V8
cc_______1979cc_____________1997cc____________2597cc
bore_____75mm_______________75.5mm____________81mm
stroke___56mm_______________55.75mm___________63mm
Vangle___90deg______________90deg_____________72deg
Power/rpm___320+BHP_________320BHP/11Krpm_____320BHP/9250rpm
Torque/rpm__180lb/ft@8500___167lb/ft@8500_____193lb/ft@6500
____________104lb/ft@1500___108lb/ft@2000_____N/A
Weight___73Kg_______________73Kg_____________134Kg(w/trans.)
Height___450mm______________430mm____________457mm
Width____552mm______________540mm____________560mm
Length___500mm______________460mm____________530mm (900mm)
Cost_____�14000_____________�14000___________�N/A
Check out Motopower and Maxsym
The bad thing is that we’re talking mega-quid here.
�14000 is out of my league
So that’s me with my stock engine, soon to have an Emerald ECU and probably this winter Dave’s headwork and … that’s it! no more.
Uldis
PS - F*ck the list looks horrible, but it’s a mess to do with this interface, anyway, you get the idea!
trouble with these is that they all are little more than one-off’s at the moment.
they are all currently looking for ‘investors’ and ‘guinipigs’ to finnish the job.
the concept is great, but I suspect the real costs by the time you have finnished will be nearer �20K (ie. sorting out mountings/ancillaries/ECU/induction/Exhaust/drivetrain/etc etc.
But you have to admit, it would sound cooooool!
true enough, if I had a wedge of cash buring a hole in my pocket, I would like to do one, but I don’t!
Rob - have you a full time job? - where/how do you source this info?
This engine would be a boon to the Exige IMHO (understatement)
very very tasty IMO… ouch tho’ on financials…