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Twin turbo KL power Commodore<P><A HREF="http://www.mx6.com/boardnew/showthread. ... adid=47406" TARGET=_blank>KL turbo</A>

<A HREF="http://www.mx-3.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb. ... 3&t=000013" TARGET=_blank>http://www.mx-3.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb. ... =000013</A> <P>Already ahead of ya, Chris

Thought I'd give it a try...can't beat the king of the UBB

Holy ****, Batman! 595 kw = 798 HP!!!!!<P>Healthy looking crank dampener.<P>Notice they dumped the cam belt tensioner for something a little more reliable, a turnbuckle with spherical rod ends.<P>Adjustable timing sprockets too!<P>The water pump pulley looks like it's missing. Reckon they be runnin' an electric pump?<P>What are those lines coming out of the plenum? Never mind, looks like they're sensing lines for the wastegates.<P>Six coils, I wonder what engine management system they're running?<P>I like it but it looks like I can't afford it!<BR> <p>[ December 13, 2002: Message edited by: pelado ]

Since it is an Aussy company, my guess is a Tec or Haltech.

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by maldo:<BR><STRONG>Since it is an Aussy company, my guess is a Tec or Haltech.</STRONG><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Actually it's a Motec M800. Big money system

I wouldn't even consider Motec as an option due to the fact that I would sell my soul to afford it.

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by pelado:<BR><STRONG><BR>The water pump pulley looks like it's missing. Reckon they be runnin' an electric pump?<P>[ December 13, 2002: Message edited by: pelado ]</STRONG><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P><BR>Being that it's also drysump, Id guess all the accessories are now electric.

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by ProtegeSTS:<BR><STRONG><BR>Being that it's also drysump, Id guess all the accessories are now electric.</STRONG><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I'd wager the drysump pumps are run off the crank.

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by pelado:<BR><STRONG><P>I'd wager the drysump pumps are run off the crank.</STRONG><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>My point was more than if they went to the length of going drysump... not that they made the drysump electric as well...sorry the poor clarity of the post.<p>[ December 13, 2002: Message edited by: ProtegeSTS ]

that just goes to show, with a deep pocket book, some knowledge , a goal, and alot of drive can produce. Says there seeking a alternate power source, dunno why youd want over 800hp , but for a 2.5 liter thats amazing...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Ryencool:<BR><STRONG>that just goes to show, with a deep pocket book, some knowledge , a goal, and alot of drive can produce. Says there seeking a alternate power source, dunno why youd want over 800hp , but for a 2.5 liter thats amazing...</STRONG><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>If you have REALLY deep pockets, you could have had 1500 hp from a 1.5L back in the 80's. You probably also knew some guy name Aryton at the time too... [img]shrug.gif"%20border="0[/img]

so much for people thinkin that the KL series engines didnt have that much potential and that they can't handle boost.

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by ProtegeSTS:<BR><STRONG><P>If you have REALLY deep pockets, you could have had 1500 hp from a 1.5L back in the 80's. You probably also knew some guy name Aryton at the time too... [img]shrug.gif"%20border="0[/img]</STRONG><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Good point. However, I believe this was only(!) 1000-1200HP and I believe Ayrton came on the scene at the end of the turbo era. The rules allowed for only 1.5L in turbo engines and 3.0L in N/A engines, guess which one won? The N/A cars only won if the turbo cars broke, which they did frequently. The only thing this proved is that a team of well financed engineers can always concoct a way to excel within a set of rules. Another example of this is the FIA made the tires narrower toward the late 90's to slow the cars down and lap times just kept going down!<p>[ December 14, 2002: Message edited by: pelado ]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by pelado:
<p>Good point. However, I believe this was only(!) 1000-1200HP and I believe Ayrton came on the scene at the end of the turbo era. The rules allowed for only 1.5L in turbo engines and 3.0L in N/A engines, guess which one won? The N/A cars only won if the turbo cars broke, which they did frequently. The only thing this proved is that a team of well financed engineers can always concoct a way to excel within a set of rules. Another example of this is the FIA made the tires narrower toward the late 90's to slow the cars down and lap times just kept going down!<p>[ December 14, 2002: Message edited by: pelado ]<hr></blockquote><p>
They were closer to 1500 hp during qualifying.