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Thought I'd share this here since a lot of folks have been following this build for year. Well it's finally done, and done right! Still needs the big motor, this

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Old 03-24-2017, 02:40 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Thought I'd share this here since a lot of folks have been following this build for year. Well it's finally done, and done right! Still needs the big motor, this is a test motor which is mostly stock except for JWT cams and a dry sump.

Valkyrie 370Z vs. Porsche GT3 Cup!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRILfG2IsQ8
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Are you running HR heads or VHR heads Brian ............... rev limits seems conservative but that comes with a 3-hour race I suspect ........... BUT very well done
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Are you running HR heads or VHR heads Brian ............... rev limits seems conservative but that comes with a 3-hour race I suspect ........... BUT very well done
This is a stock VQ37 block from a junkyard, with HR heads with JWT's most aggressive drop in cams. It is just a test motor, and the goal right now is to get the chassis working right, all the complicated electronics, the gearbox, etc. So yeah we are just trying to get laps on the car right now.

We will be putting a JWT built 4.0L high compression stroker motor with flow benched heads with custom machining for giant cams, eventually. That motor will rev to 8500ish if we go with the billet crank. That is phase II of this rebuild of the car. Get it working probably and get everything we can out of the chassis, then start adding power. Ultimate goal is the 25 hours of Thunderhill, so we will always run the engine slightly conservative.
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Thought I'd share this here since a lot of folks have been following this build for year. Well it's finally done, and done right! Still needs the big motor, this is a test motor which is mostly stock except for JWT cams and a dry sump.

Valkyrie 370Z vs. Porsche GT3 Cup!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=https://youtu.be/eRILfG2IsQ8

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This is a stock VQ37 block from a junkyard, with HR heads with JWT's most aggressive drop in cams. It is just a test motor, and the goal right now is to get the chassis working right, all the complicated electronics, the gearbox, etc. So yeah we are just trying to get laps on the car right now.

We will be putting a JWT built 4.0L high compression stroker motor with flow benched heads with custom machining for giant cams, eventually. That motor will rev to 8500ish if we go with the billet crank. That is phase II of this rebuild of the car. Get it working probably and get everything we can out of the chassis, then start adding power. Ultimate goal is the 25 hours of Thunderhill, so we will always run the engine slightly conservative.
Sounds like my spec (I have the Bryant Racing billet stroker), but we are still fiddling with the Motec - will maybe have an installed/running engine with flat-shift for the Quaife ready for winter testing (our winter).
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Sounds like my spec (I have the Bryant Racing billet stroker), but we are still fiddling with the Motec - will maybe have an installed/running engine with flat-shift for the Quaife ready for winter testing (our winter).
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I can tell you that with the JWT rod/piston combo, the bottom of the piston "just" kisses that crank counter-weight and we had to machine the counterweight about 2mm to be really happy - that meant re-balancing the entire rotating assembly which cost the project some time and unplanned spend.

Apart from that, it looks mint .... the proof will be when we get it on the dyno (will run the engine first time on our hub dyno).

It is an extended process because we are fitting the Jenvey ITB (including DBW throttle motors - 1 for each bank) on the OEM engine first, before we swap engines .... so it takes time as my project is not the shop's bread and butter - I get to use quiet time in their schedule tokeep costs down - a bit like you working on a shop project which means revenue forgone rather than customer work that pays the bills.
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I can tell you that with the JWT rod/piston combo, the bottom of the piston "just" kisses that crank counter-weight and we had to machine the counterweight about 2mm to be really happy - that meant re-balancing the entire rotating assembly which cost the project some time and unplanned spend.

Apart from that, it looks mint .... the proof will be when we get it on the dyno (will run the engine first time on our hub dyno).

It is an extended process because we are fitting the Jenvey ITB (including DBW throttle motors - 1 for each bank) on the OEM engine first, before we swap engines .... so it takes time as my project is not the shop's bread and butter - I get to use quiet time in their schedule tokeep costs down - a bit like you working on a shop project which means revenue forgone rather than customer work that pays the bills.
I'd love to do ITB's, but that is probably not in the budget anytime soon. Let us know how it goes!
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I can tell you that with the JWT rod/piston combo, the bottom of the piston "just" kisses that crank counter-weight and we had to machine the counterweight about 2mm to be really happy - that meant re-balancing the entire rotating assembly which cost the project some time and unplanned spend.

Apart from that, it looks mint .... the proof will be when we get it on the dyno (will run the engine first time on our hub dyno).

It is an extended process because we are fitting the Jenvey ITB (including DBW throttle motors - 1 for each bank) on the OEM engine first, before we swap engines .... so it takes time as my project is not the shop's bread and butter - I get to use quiet time in their schedule tokeep costs down - a bit like you working on a shop project which means revenue forgone rather than customer work that pays the bills.
Wait so you're doing a DWB itb set up?
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