Cossie turbo power not enough in your sleeper(ish) mkII Granada? What you need is...

penski said:
http://www.zatzy.com/showthread.php?t=295397
PS: That's a Koenigsegg V8...With a pair of Turbots.
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It's not a Koenigsegg V8, it's a Ford 4.6 modular V8 which is the staple of millions of cars over in the US and makes around 180-260BHP standard.

He does, however, have the rather more peppy 32 valve 4.6, instead of the 'cooking' 2 or 3 valve motor :) This makes, as standard, around 260-310BHP.

Koenigsegg do utilise it but by rebuilding it from the ground up with their own components and to their own specification, virtually the whole shebang.

That looks like this:

koenigseggcc02_engine.jpg


Awesome project, nonetheless!
 
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I believe that's an accusump, or a derivate of one. It's in effect an oil reservoir, that upon sensing a pressure drop releases oil to the the engine. It contains oil at whatever pressure the engine runs at, i.e. if the oiling system is at 40psi, the accusump contains a pressurised reservoir of oil at 40psi.

It's designed to prevent starvation under hard cornering, or in the instance of an oil pump failure or similar - giving you time to either re-establish the flow, or kill the engine, instead of writing it off :D

Obviously the larger the container, the longer it can supply oil :)
 
From what I've seen, Accusump systems aren't much cheaper than dry sump systems...But are more complex and weigh more :/ Cool geekery item though. :)

Thanks for the lump clarification too :)

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No worries :p

I think what he's saying in the text is that "it's a similar lump/as utilised by" not "it is" :D

I've never really looked into accusumps much either, it's quite a hefty bit of kit to lug about but I guess, depending on motor, I'd rather carry that bit of weight to insure against total oiling system failure - even a dry sump system can blow a line or sieze, only takes a few seconds of that to total a set of main bearings!
 
i translated the intro and the bit about the engine..
so in september i ordered a bunch of parts from the states..
have toiled with power plants together with cosworth engines, so the power plant was first on the list.

the car now gets a new and modern independent rear suspension which is taken from a mustang cobra R and will, pursuant to rumours, be a solid case.
the visual impression confirms this

a stiff/rigid axle will also be available for use on the strip, i have ambitions for competing at a high level there.

this picture (axle) is of a normal cobra, mine resembles this, but stronger in all ways
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the engine is a package i have thought of for many years now, and we are finally under way.

visually, it is like a 32V 4.6 mustang cobra engine, incidentally the same starting point of what sits in a koenigsegg ccx

my engine is based on a clean (and completely new) aluminium race block with nicasil steel coating which is substantially stronger than production blocks.
the volume is changed to 5 litres, but the engine can manage up to 6l


the engine has also received a 250hp nitrous kit
it's just for fun really

the bottompart(?) i built can manage 2500hp, but now to begin with we have the tubors to only just 1700hp

i am 150% convinced that the engine will be violent (lol)
both visually and when you push the car, both on the track and on the road
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if there's anything else you want translating let me know ;p
 
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That will just be silly!!

There's a same shape granny that belongs to a guy in ireland with a supercharged v8 and about 700 bhp that runs 10's that was at totb this year. That's on a whole new level though!!! :eek::eek:
 
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