jwyatt

Will contact you if the chap above does not reply by well into next week - can't expect much on a bank holiday weekend!

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£35, buyer collects Winchester. Edited by - jwyatt on 29 Apr 2005 11:27:56

Passat 2.8 V6 synchro estate, dec 1998, silver with black leather/blue alcantara interior. 145k miles, just run in 😬VGC, meticulously maintained to 100k by VW, then local specialist (all ex VAG staff). Climate control, full-time 4WD - these cars are mostly Audi Quattro mechanicals, no Haldex nonsense. The engine is Audi 2.8 30valve as well. High-spec Witter tow bar discretely installed. Very well looked after, the exterior and interior are both in amazing condition, mileage was mostly non-towing motorway miles, synthetic oil used. Excellent tow can without compromising too much on non-towing performance (unlike with some diesel nail). 6CD and RDS head unit. A bargain at £3250 OVNO. Details/photos at http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/detail.asp?i=38935&s=99

Hi Patrick - get well soon - I've had the joy of two hernia ops before I was even 30! I'm hoping that's it now.... You racing this year? I won't be on here much longer by the looks of things... If i stil had a 7 I'd join, but I'll wait until I do, it's only a matter of time. And baby. And Kitchen. And conservatory. And by then probably another baby. Then a better tintop for R. Then old age. Then, maybe, another 7 I miss my track time But I do have a decent tintop now

Seats/discs still available, had some interest in the seat but it has gone quiet now so am throwing this open again...

sold Edited by - jwyatt on 30 Dec 2004 12:41:42

To answer the original questions, from the results of the research I did before buying my Busa Furynail to replace my caternail (plus the ongoing adivce of a few BEC-mad friends, one with a Busa he's turbocharging!): Busa's seem to be regarded as the most reliable engines for BEC use, they have quite large transmission components and seem to even take tuning/supercharging/turbocharging better than many car engines. Dan is a fan of Blackbird's so I won't slag them off, but let's just say Busa's seen to suffer less from oil surge issues than many bike engines when dry sumped, some lack lubrication near the main bearings in a car installation where cornering forces are different (engine stays upright). Legend has it that blades and R1's don't really need dry sumping, but the bigger engined (bird's, busas) usually are - whether this is to protect the higher cost, or because they need it, I don't know. Busa's also (according to folklore again) tend to produce at least the stated bhp, some bike engines are not quite so realistically quoted by the manufacturer, or are quoted with theoretical "ram air" effects. One reason they are so rare is the cost - Suzuki will not sell them off of the bike, and of course they have become popular as Radical use them heavily. The bikes were expensive and not a volume seller, so not many engines are available. Engines are usually £2-2.5k+ and dry sumps are £1500 or so by the time you have all the hoses, then ideally you need a power commander or similar device so you can re-map for the non-standard exhaust. Compare this to the £800 a blade costs and the £1000 or less an R1 engine costs and you can see why they are so popular. Especially as a caterfield with blade engine will be pretty much R300 quick around a track, a friend's blade locost was quicker than my RS-B Caterham and I was on the pace in RS-B and he's never raced! As to lap times, the R400 challenge is mega competitive compared to mot club motorsport, and uses well-developed cars on slick tyres with stacks of testing. You are not really comparing like for like if comparing to a Busa or Bird RGB car or similar, which is someone's pride and joy on road legal tyres, not a professional's company car. Performance-wise, my Busa Fury pulled as you changed from 5th to 6th better than my Caterham Roadsports B car pulled changing from first to second. It really was that quick! I always wanted a Busa Caterham but couldn't afford it, in an ideal world I'd love one. PS very well looked after engine for sale in the "for sale" section!! Edited by - jwyatt on 9 Dec 2004 14:45:03

I've been told by a number of people that they will fit the Caterham uprights, and the car they came off now has a set of the standard front discs off a Caterham... If anyone wants to drive a Caterham over here I'll check it out. I had a look at a brand new R400 recently and apart from much more basic discs on the Caterham part, the callipers looked 99% the same as mine... I can probably arrange to try and fit them on a local Caterham to be sure and certainly don't intend selling them "as seen". Edited by - jwyatt on 9 Dec 2004 09:17:50

Suzuki Hayabusa 1300cc standard spec (180 bhp) engine with Pace dry sump system including all-braided oil hoses. ECU, Dash, injectors. Power Commander (correctly programmed) and TTS foam filter also included. Low mileage when it came off the bike, it has since done 2 years in a kit car that did very low mileage, and was professionally refreshed 3 times in that period (the last time less than 250 miles ago). Very well looked after, very powerful. £3750. contact James at james.wyatt@uk.wdsglobal.com or 07775 870 161

Edited by - jwyatt on 9 Dec 2004 09:38:27

Would be ideal, let me know!

I have a 3.89 diff with Quaiffe ATB installed and recently accquired/professionally set-up crown/pinion. Would like to get a standard 3.54 and sell what I have, would consider px'ing a 3.54 against my 3.89 with Quaiffe... Edited by - jwyatt on 6 Dec 2004 15:45:37

e-mail dispatched... The car I'll be selling as a rolling chassis, it has twin AP master cylinders and bias valve, so no need for the master cylinder...

Edited by - jwyatt on 3 Dec 2004 17:36:40