For those interested in hi HP L series engines, you need to get in touch
with Les Collins, the original owner of Datrally Developments. Les still
builds top HP L series engines, some of which go to Japanese enthusiasts.
$12000 for a bullet proof reliable, "legal" L18 block, putting out a
genuine 215HP using 48mm webers. However the engine capacity isn't under 2
litres. One of these engines is running in a 1600 rally car running in
Victorian events.
Speed costs money. How fast do you want to go?
----- Original Message -----
From: Terry & Heather <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, 27 March 2000 20:18 PM
Subject: Re: L20 and sss heads
> Gregg,
> The figures i quoted earlier were only approximations and they were based
on
> the L18W block and were definitely not road use specs. The rally spec
engines
> were designed to make power upwards of 4000 rpm and wouldn't really get
going
> between 5-8k rpm and they run on a minimum diet of BP100 or usually AvGas.
I
> would not sa it was easy to build a 200+ hp L engine but i spose if you
had
> access to the necessary parts etc. it was done by a few ppl but you
definitely
> needed a truck load of cash. The only cost that i can recall off hand (as
i
> bought a used one missing a few bits from RallyeQuip) was for the 1889 cc
> A87BP street engine which ran on 100 octane super was in the order of
$5000
> new in ~1982, and that's got to work out to be a lot of $ these days, the
> street version of the 1889 had around 150 hp and was very reliable. If you
> also had another truck load of cash for a FIA head, then you got a few
more hp
> but at very high rpm - some ppl say they weren't worth the money.
>
> All this talk (reminiscing about the good old days) and about hypo L
engines
> makes me feel much better about paying the dollars for a FJ - cheap hp off
the
> boat; all you need is a bleeder and a Wolf and you're racing.
>
> Terry
>
> Gregg Sheridan wrote:
>
> > Isn't it fairly easy to get about 220 hp out of a 2 litre l series using
a
> > non crossflow head?
> > I mean it would cost a bit but still possible.
> >
> > Gregg
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Terry & Heather <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: Ozdat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Date: Monday, 27 March 2000 2:21
> > Subject: Re: L20 and sss heads
> >
> > >Zac,
> > >The ball park figures for the Group G AJ engines were:
> > >
> > >1770 cc ~ 150hp (A87)
> > >1889 cc ~ 170hp (beatiful L engine this one and best value for $)
> > >with A87
> > >1940 cc ~ 190 hp (A87 head) ~ 210hp (xflow & $$$$$ or Nissan twin
> > >cam head aka 710SSS Fury)
> > >~2100 (exact capacity escapes me, mongrel L engine) ~ 200 hp (A87)
> > >~230 - 240 hp (xflow & $$$$$)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >--
> > >Terry
> > >
> > >"You win some, you lose some, you wreck some."
> > > Dale Earnhardt
> > >
> > >> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >> From: "Zac Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >> Subject: Re: L20 and sss heads
> > >> Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 15:57:44 +0930
> > >> -----
> > >> ah ok, I didn't realise we were talking that type of head..!
> > >>
> > >> ----- Original Message -----
> > >> From: Philip Egan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >> Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2000 3:22 PM
> > >> Subject: RE: L20 and sss heads
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> > The old Group G 1600s would be up around this figure! (they
> > >were using L18
> > >> > blocks with cross flow heads etc) Big bucks for big horsepower
> > >though...
> > >> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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