sport 2000 Dan Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 Hi all got this e-mail from a freind thought it may be of interest, This is Nick Mann's hillclimb car.( I use to service for him when he had a V8 Morris Minor) It uses a Ford BDX engine with Westland Helicopter air compressor as a turbo. The turbo is so big it has to be started with compressed air, once its running a gas turbine takes over spinning the turbo till the engine reaches 3000 rpm then the engine runs it. The result is no turbo lag and produce's 500bhp on petrol and in excess of 700bhp on methanol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 want one :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mid life crisis Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 Wasn't that car at this years SS event at Shelsley. or was it the Saturday event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashBangWallop Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 Good God! That sounds fantastic! A comment below says someone needs some in-car footage... Not arf! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westyblade Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 Fooooooook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Stare Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 kine'll, that sounds great. Who came up with that idea..... "i know luv, lets stick a helicoptor air compressor on the car" Anyone found incar footage or pics of the engine yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Loudon - Sponsorship Liaison Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 Yes it was at Shelsley in May when the SS were there. The engineis lay virtually on its side to keep it low. The whole car was built from scratch by the owner and its 4 wheel drive utilising Sierra 4x4 components. A credit to its owner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterg Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 Yep, it was at Shelsley but had some probs on the Sunday so only made one run before lunch... QUOTE Nick Mann's "Mannic" which uses a helicopter turbine to keep the turbo at 20 psi. The car is 4WD with a Ford 1700cc turbo engine lying on its side. The Ford motor is started first then the turbine is started up just before he goes to the start more stuff with pics of the engine here and here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.c Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 A true engineer David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westy1700 Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 I still can hear that old V8 moggie he used to campaign at Prescott all those years ago.... and he used to drive it to the events with the slicks in the back seat ready to change them over... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott_prelit now westfield_bumble Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 I'm sure when i was at stoneleigh Dax were in the middle of fitting a bell ranger helicopter engine to one of their cars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedricTheBrave Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 Does anyone know if it made it to the Gurston down event at the end of May? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scruffythefirst Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 QUOTE I'm sure when i was at stoneleigh Dax were in the middle of fitting a bell ranger helicopter engine to one of their cars Yup, gary is a bit nuts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cast iron Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 I'm sure when i was at stoneleigh Dax were in the middle of fitting a bell ranger helicopter engine to one of their cars Yep it was at Stoneleigh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kipford Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 Standard Jet Ranger engine has available 460 SHP max for take off 320 SHP max continuous Engine itself is minute but the gearboxes are quite bulky. Biggest problem (exception of very hot exhaust gas tempertures) is the throttle lag!!! GT's do not respond like a BEC! When Rover ran the Gas Turbine car at LeMan back in the 60's Graham Hill reconded the lag was something like 2 to 3 secs!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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