My new Widey : BRUTUS

groupAralliart · Post by **groupAralliart** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 9:48 pm

It's home! And I have washed it, vacuumed it and been in and out of the garage 20 times already just to look at it. A few bits to tidy up but basically done. Once I get the big cams then the real fun begins!
On the drive home I had a couple of comments at traffic lights, just like when I would take my E38 charger out for a cruise. Worth the wait.

NXTIME · Post by **NXTIME** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:23 pm

Congrats! I can't wait to see the finished product :) It's been a while and I am sure it was worth the wait.

thrash · Post by **thrash** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 10:41 am

congrats!!!

has it been on the dyno at all yet?

redzone · Post by **redzone** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 11:21 am

It was mapped up to 4500rpm & the waste gate is set at 6psi, just to allow it to be run in, obviously no dyno sheets were done. If u want a comparison between the engine running n/a cams & a nice set of kelfords we have planned, I'm sure Steve would only be too happy to let someone else pay for a full tune on the n/a cams :P

groupAralliart · Post by **groupAralliart** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:36 pm

I'd be happy if they would also like to purchase the cams and then get a final tune done :-)

Mick · Post by **Mick** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:49 pm

finish off mate thats peanuts compared to how much it costs to get a car this far :roll:

thrash · Post by **thrash** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 6:27 pm

n/a cams? ahhh my apologies, i thought it was already running vr4 or evo cams :)

redzone · Post by **redzone** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 10:31 pm

yeah it was a complete n/a galant gsr engine that we used, replacing the block with a starion 2L block etc. so they were the cams that are in there now, perfectly fine for running her in :)

stace · Post by **stace** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 9:17 am

Saw your car at redzones when I was up there on hols in december. Love to go for a spin in it someday.

stace

redzone · Post by **redzone** » Sat Oct 20, 2012 9:01 am

Hi guys, well we now have a set of camtech 272's in Brutus, and fixed a couple of dramas with the autronic (whoever heard of an autronic playing up?!) that included the thermofan output dying and the ecu setting it's own password (we never set a password)... But all is great now, it made the trip back to Chapman's dyno and pumped out 320rwhp at only 14psi!

Considering the original aim/expectation was 400rwhp at 25psi we were feeling, shall we say, pretty confident! Rob ran out of time yesterday to go much further but we managed to tune it to 17psi and it spat out 371.7rwhp, staying on the 370 line from 6600 to 7300 rpm, it is rev limited to 7500 due to it having a stock flywheel (next on the list I think).

So it's gaining over 16hp atw from each pound of boost, gives us some confidence of seeing 400rwhp at or just under 20psi.... :beer

NXTIME · Post by **NXTIME** » Sat Oct 20, 2012 12:51 pm

awesome news :) :beer
Will it be hitting Willowbank at some stage?

groupAralliart · Post by **groupAralliart** » Fri Oct 26, 2012 4:15 pm

Firstly, a big thanks to Dave for all the extra work and effort in getting this thing running, thanks mate. Secondly, to all the guys on this forum who have kept my interest in the project by simply talking about their own dreams, dramas and showing their own projects on this forum. At times it feels very lonely when hiccups occur but seeing others make it, helps.
Okay, driving this thing is 'brutal', 'amazing' and at times bloody scarey!
The power is awesome. Way too much for street tyres and the brakes it has at the moment. I thought the clutch was slipping and the motor was blowing a bit of smoke- then I realized at full noise from about 5500 revs it just turns the tyres ( they are 10" wide!!) and all hell breaks loose, along with black lines on the road and smoke. I need to do a little more work on the struts and a front brake upgrade to realize the full potential of this package. In race trim with nearly 500rwhp I will need a cage and a big set of balls.
It's a bit laggy but with a change of rear diff gears to 3.9 it should improve.
I know QLD Raceway will b fun in this and Willowbank drags might get a visit soon as well.

thrash · Post by **thrash** » Fri Oct 26, 2012 8:12 pm

good on ya mate :beer

i'm jealous!!

ProZac · Post by **ProZac** » Fri Oct 26, 2012 10:58 pm

That sounds bloody fantastic mate... Pics, pics and more pics? :)

FST4RD · Post by **FST4RD** » Sat Oct 27, 2012 4:28 am

ProZac wrote:That sounds bloody fantastic mate... Pics, pics and more pics? :)

This!!!!!!

Austarion

My new Widey : BRUTUS

Who is online