Gee, thought it was my engine bay for a minute - well kinda the same colour at least !!
Mmmmmmm - 200 hp
Owwwwww - $$$$$$$
Oh well, I can dream
Cheers

any update on tha strut brace...

strait brace lol. Mint as. I would love to know more about this engine. WHat are the specs please.

Its actually for sale at the moment...if you want to purchase...PM me and I'll pit you in touch with the owner

there seems to be a lot of interest in these strut braces. do they improve anything other than looks???
surely can't be that hard to make???

I had one on my veilside prelude years ago...I recon I could notice a difference in corners...but mabe just a mentality. THey do look cool though aye.

i have a brace on my rally-car, not sure if it makes a diffrence, but my brother put one on his sprinter after he found going over jumps (rallying) was making his car skinnier at the front, the strut towers were folding inward

so i guess it makes it stiffer if it's possible for the struts to fold in, i should pretty up the one i have and put it in my road car

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hehehe good ol' 1200s.

built like a wet paper bag - but they're as light as one too...

I have tried it at the racetrack with and without the brace fitted, and you can feel the difference on sticky tyres. On road tyres I very much doubt if there is any benefit - you simply can't generate enough lateral load.

I don't notice a change in balance, but the car feels slightly more responsive, and precise. Makes it easier to place the car consistently, and just generally provides more feel and feedback from the chassis. Very hard thing to explain in words...

I made mine for about $35 - and $30 of that was getting the strut tops water cut to the spec I provided the local metal fab shop.

Love the color

nice colour sceme.
as in yellow, red, black and crome.
pretty clean inside the bay.
What size webbars are they??

200 HP with webers? Mate, this engine has fuel injection.

DD youre sounding more aussie every post!!

Do his motors last more than 2 races?

Jeff Taylor told me that after every 2nd or so events they replace the double valve springs in their engines with new ones. So going by that, it tells me their engines are always being refreshed.

I wonder how much John has on the coupe. I bet heaps as it one very well sorted 1200.
I feel with a slight detune say 180hp and keeping revs under 8000rpm engine life would be greatly improved. The throttle bodies are actually quad 50mm !!!!! it sounds like a bit of a pig at idle but as the revs pic up it sound soo sweet. Im pretty sure he is running a quaife 5 speed and that very different rear end
Andrew

Yep its a very special and well sorted 1200.
That rear end has a porsche turbo centre allowing the live axle to have 1 degree camber. But with his new springs, the rear camber is pretty much unnecessary...

nice work not everyone can get that much power outa a NA 1.5

what sort of compression is it and is that on pump fuel or methonal/c16??

do you know what radiator that is? a gemi one?

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If I recall it was out to 1.7

I hear that EFI system is still for sale
He paid $1900 for it but would let it go for $1500 plus freight

looks like a vannette rad

If that setup is for sale for $1500 its a steal, 50mm throttle bodies ladies and gentleman.