4wd rear engined project, before I'm too old - v6 engine recommendations please?

[minimutly]

Is that 400 na, or turbo?

 

[stuvy]

Is that 400 na, or turbo?

Turbo on stock internals from a quick google

My mate had a 370z that was 360bhp with a back box and air intake in NA

 

[Morrisman]

Double hayabusa?

A single Hayabusa, with a mild turbo system on.....easy 250 hp.

 

[stuvy]

A single Hayabusa, with a mild turbo system on.....easy 250 hp.

£3k just for the clutch conversion when I built mine

Zx14r doesn’t need the extra expense

Gsxr1000 turbod did 800bhp and 5 second pass with no wheelie bar a week or so back in the US

 

[8ob]

Most of these very high hp small units are nasty things to drive, unless there are a million gears to match the very small part of the rev range there is any torque they are a waste of time. A sensible hp figure with a nice torque curve through a useable rev range with gear ratios to compliment is the way to go. I have overdone it a few times and it’s both expensive and disappointing.

Bob

 

[minimutly]

It's going to be a v6....
List is getting shorter.

Jaguar 3litre (s type)
Nissan/Renault 3 litre
MGkv6 2.5 (cos I have a couple here allready)
Honda Accord 3 litre (the only one which has off the shelf tuning bits, so could be cheaper to modify)

Hmm, not sure if it is much shorter. Thanks everyone for your help and advice, greatly appreciated.

 

[PhillipM]

Is that 400 na, or turbo?

For ours? N/A to fit in class rules as a 3.5L
The only thing that would make it a little tricky to daily at that would be it ran cold race plugs so it was a bitch to start if the temp was below 10c, but it was tractable from 3.5krpm to 9krpm

 

[mr haynes]

Give Millyard 2 'busa's and tell him to make a v6

Alternatively, i would probably vote your MG unit for the proto 1

 

[Bullet2012]

Thanks everyone for your help and advice, greatly appreciated.

Am I included ? I mean my contributions were not exactly helpful.

 

[stuvy]

Give Millyard 2 'busa's and tell him to make a v6

Alternatively, i would probably vote your MG unit for the proto 1

About 20 years ago it’s long long been done

 

[stuvy]

Am I included ? I mean my contributions were not exactly helpful.

I think he was being polite

 

[minimutly]

For ours? N/A to fit in class rules as a 3.5L
The only thing that would make it a little tricky to daily at that would be it ran cold race plugs so it was a bitch to start if the temp was below 10c, but it was tractable from 3.5krpm to 9krpm

Now you have my attention - 9k rpm? Presumably steel rods and lightweight race pistons, cams as well?
Point me at a supplier of parts please?
Thanks.

 

[stuvy]

For ours? N/A to fit in class rules as a 3.5L
The only thing that would make it a little tricky to daily at that would be it ran cold race plugs so it was a bitch to start if the temp was below 10c, but it was tractable from 3.5krpm to 9krpm

I’d be doing this

Then after a month or three of giving it death I’d add boost and learn it all over again

 

[PhillipM]

Foucart in France is your go-to man for 350z engines, he's built hundreds of rally motors out of them at this point, although you can get a lot of stuff like pistons and cams from the states, and I can point you to a builder over here if you prefer.
There's so many of his motors around you could probably just fit a stock engine for now and just buy one of his second hand when they pop up.

 

[8ob]

It's going to be a v6....
List is getting shorter.

Jaguar 3litre (s type)
Nissan/Renault 3 litre
MGkv6 2.5 (cos I have a couple here allready)
Honda Accord 3 litre (the only one which has off the shelf tuning bits, so could be cheaper to modify)

Hmm, not sure if it is much shorter. Thanks everyone for your help and advice, greatly appreciated.

Another worthy contender is Fords V6 SHO, built and developed by Yamaha. Revs to the moon without the need for any internal mods and is very tuneable.



Bob

 

[minimutly]

Another worthy contender is Fords V6 SHO, built and developed by Yamaha. Revs to the moon without the need for any internal mods and is very tuneable.



Bob

Sho, mish moneypenny, you shuggesht I should go to iron block?
Recipe for going backwards through a hedge...

Interesting engine though...

 

[stuvy]

Foucart in France is your go-to man for 350z engines, he's built hundreds of rally motors out of them at this point, although you can get a lot of stuff like pistons and cams from the states, and I can point you to a builder over here if you prefer.
There's so many of his motors around you could probably just fit a stock engine for now and just buy one of his second hand when they pop up.

I had a google of foucart

He built a v16 with x4 cbr600 block and heads it sounded insane on the video I watched

 

[stuvy]

 

[PhillipM]

Oh yes, he's famous for building wild engines in his shed. He did a 3.6 litre W12 as well but rolled it on it's first outing so there's not much footage of that one, as well as a 2.0L downstroked Mclaren V12 and other weird and wonderful stuff, supercharged ZX14R's, rotaries, etc.
Speaking of the V16 the car you hear pull up at the end of this one is me

 

[stuvy]

Oh yes, he's famous for building wild engines in his shed. He did a 3.6 litre W12 as well but rolled it on it's first outing so there's not much footage of that one, as well as a 2.0L downstroked Mclaren V12 and other weird and wonderful stuff, supercharged ZX14R's, rotaries, etc.
Speaking of the V16 the car you hear pull up at the end of this one is me

The man certainly has skills

After a few mins of looking the French classes have a limit of 3.6cc upper limit

Under that it appears anything goes