My 200mph budget build

pzr vr6 · 24 Jan 2010 at 19:24

4wd for the win lol

Fevvahz · 25 Jan 2010 at 17:27

turbotoaster said:
and no the car wont be fitted with a rollcage, you may not like that, but im 6ft3, not really much room in there as it is

I appreciate the size issue completely, and a 5'9" I've more room to manoeuvre in my FD, however my opinion is that your taking the safety considerations too lightly.

Daveyboy · 25 Jan 2010 at 18:42

Hayabusa engines and tube frame chassis then?

Housey · 25 Jan 2010 at 18:59

Very few cars hit 200mph at Brunters, you will need not only to have lots of horses but a quick entry speed onto the straight to see 200mph. Dangerous will know better, but I think Leon's RUF was pushing 700bhp and that hit 211mph, perhaps more but then that's a RUF with 'proper' horses. Seeing it pull away from an SLR 722 demonstrates what I mean about proper horses. Having said that, the MRC tuned S4 was around 650bhp when I saw it and that was seeing 200mph through the trap so it is very feasible. That car today has 850bhp.

robgti · 25 Jan 2010 at 19:23

I would be looking at some form of safety device. Last thing you will want to do is to roll the car at 200mph

Fett · 25 Jan 2010 at 20:00

Housey said:
Very few cars hit 200mph at Brunters, you will need not only to have lots of horses but a quick entry speed onto the straight to see 200mph. Dangerous will know better, but I think Leon's RUF was pushing 700bhp and that hit 211mph, perhaps more but then that's a RUF with 'proper' horses. Seeing it pull away from an SLR 722 demonstrates what I mean about proper horses. Having said that, the MRC tuned S4 was around 650bhp when I saw it and that was seeing 200mph through the trap so it is very feasible. That car today has 850bhp.

The list of exotica and big money cars that can't do 200mph at Brunters is impressive, the sort of grunt required is probably best left to a 520d or S-Max, so if he does do it, it will be remarkable given the budget. I don't think the corner exit/entry will make much of a difference, it does save on a hard launch though.

Not sure if a downpipe exiting by the drivers door will get past the db level though?

Muncher · 25 Jan 2010 at 20:04

Good point, noise is going to be a very real consideration.

helpimcrap · 25 Jan 2010 at 20:18

sounds very interesting! will you be having a website up when you finish it for those of us who wish to see it from beginning to finish without all the trolls? lol

turbotoaster · 25 Jan 2010 at 21:53

well bit of a small random update today, since i got the apexi ecu ive just celotaped it to where my pocket pc is on the left hand side of the gearstick, this was just to monitor is on friday while i top up with fuel and let the ecu learn the idle.

The issue was that it was so far away from my line of sight that i had to take my eyes well away from the road to monitor it, now after neally driving into a curb last night while watching my knock readings i decided its better to look for something to attach it to sooner rather than later.

Ill also need it for my top speed runs and i dont want to be looking away from the tarmac for that

So i theres the r magic power fc holder from japan but they are £50 and thats a lot for just a piece of plastic, so i started looking at the commander and thought, well its the shape of a phone, why dont i just get a phone holder.

so i started searching the net for one, i found a few that attach to the windscreen but didnt fancy that as people might think its a sat nav and smash my car open when i go to tesco etc.

then i saw the ones that fit to your air vents, better i thought so i sat in the car and looked straight head to see if the vents were in my eye line, not quite.

so i looked at my dash, and thought where is the best place to put it, well i dont smoke and where the cigarette lighter would be good.

so i sat and made a little design on a scrap piece of paper and commited to making myself one during this week.

Anyway i was walking around tesco today and walked past the mobile phone part, decided to have a quick look and what do you know, they had the perfect thing.

Also as an added bonus they reduced them down from £6.84 to £1.99!!

So snapped it up and took it home.

first things first, cut of the little charger cable that i dont need.

where fag lighter is

attached commander to holder

plug into fag lighter and adjust height

check visability...seems good

turn lights on for night mode

a day full on win it seems.

anything that helps me stay in budget is a good day for me

Mobius 1 · 25 Jan 2010 at 22:02

this thread is awesome! i hope it all goes well for you. just wondering, are you going to give the rx7 a lick of paint? or are you going to just keep it red?

ZG002 · 25 Jan 2010 at 22:09

Red is the fastest colour

lol

I don't think a "lick of paint" would be good for the budget.

Loving the whole id of this thread

turbotoaster · 25 Jan 2010 at 22:21

Housey said:
Very few cars hit 200mph at Brunters, you will need not only to have lots of horses but a quick entry speed onto the straight to see 200mph. Dangerous will know better, but I think Leon's RUF was pushing 700bhp and that hit 211mph, perhaps more but then that's a RUF with 'proper' horses. Seeing it pull away from an SLR 722 demonstrates what I mean about proper horses. Having said that, the MRC tuned S4 was around 650bhp when I saw it and that was seeing 200mph through the trap so it is very feasible. That car today has 850bhp.

yeh i read up on leons car a lot to see what he had done and watched a few videos of how he takes the bottom corner as he claimed to have give him better final top speed.

He did 206mph with 650bhp and 650ft/lb so ill have more power and less weight than him but he will have more torque so it should be a fair comparison, im not expecting 206mph though

Fett said:
The list of exotica and big money cars that can't do 200mph at Brunters is impressive, the sort of grunt required is probably best left to a 520d or S-Max, so if he does do it, it will be remarkable given the budget. I don't think the corner exit/entry will make much of a difference, it does save on a hard launch though.

Not sure if a downpipe exiting by the drivers door will get past the db level though?

well ive been thinking about doing it at RAF woodbridge as there are no noise limits and the distance is the same, we shall see, they dont db test the vehicle when you turn up, as far as im aware but they will probbaly tell me off once they here it going down the runway, to be fair i doubt they will have a company car quick enough to catch me to tell me to go home if im going for 200mph

-Tauren- said:
this thread is awesome! i hope it all goes well for you. just wondering, are you going to give the rx7 a lick of paint? or are you going to just keep it red?

nah, not gonna bother painting it, the paint is fine, it could do with a detail to bring it to its best but overall its not to bad

Peerzy · 26 Jan 2010 at 00:08

Just out of interest what is your 'background' with cars? Any racing, track days, previous builds or interesting projects? Seems like a massive project for a novice to jump into and you seem clued up enough to have tinkered with a few bits before!

Stormster · 26 Jan 2010 at 00:18

Would this be the white reno 5 turbo toaster?

turbotoaster · 26 Jan 2010 at 01:31

Peerzy said:
Just out of interest what is your 'background' with cars? Any racing, track days, previous builds or interesting projects? Seems like a massive project for a novice to jump into and you seem clued up enough to have tinkered with a few bits before!

ive built a few cars over the years for myself, got into drag racing, karting, few track days when money allowed just the usual things like that.

Then got into building engines myself, couple of cosworth engines, forged a 300zx engine mostly for friends and myself, did a couple of projects, put a hayabusa engine in the back of a fiat cinquento and a big power r5 turbo

Stormster said:
Would this be the white reno 5 turbo toaster?

that would be me, do we know each other?

Lethagized · 26 Jan 2010 at 04:54

I'vw subbed to your thread on MRC TurboToaster. At least it never goes completely off topic on there

For anyone else interested, without the unrelated banter visit MRC or FDUK

turbotoaster · 26 Jan 2010 at 14:37

haha rob, dont worry about it, its all good fun, this thread seems to chug along very nicely, plus its fun to talk about it from people not into rotarys, they might come out with fresh ideas i never thought about

Fusion · 26 Jan 2010 at 14:51

Great thread! I think it's wonderful that there are people like yourself that have gumption and are willing to push for an achievement and not be staid and mundane- especially on a limited budget. All the best.

pzr vr6 · 26 Jan 2010 at 18:22

it knocks my golf project into a cocked hat mate lol
apparantly mine would get close to 200 with longer gearing mine will hit the limiter at 185

turbotoaster · 26 Jan 2010 at 18:48

cool, what sort of power are you putting out, turbo or supercharged vr6 engine i presume?