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seems pretty laggy, but I guess it doesnt really matter for a circuit only car

really? I wouldn't call it laggy. it reaches 260kw at 5,500rpm and holds it to redline. that's a pretty nice bit of power for a little 2L.

It's coming on hard from 4,500 onwards and is very strong by 5,000. so as long as you can keep it above 4,500rpm it will be hauling ass!

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Well after Targa I think it's time to get a gated sump after i ran a bearing the night before the event. I'm also going to rethink the breather setup to stop it blowing oil out of the breathers all the time, and last of all put some cam gears on to improve response.

I gained some motivation today, put the dead engine on the engine stand, and drained the oil out. There more than an acceptible amount of bearing on my magnetec sump plug. But I ran out of motivation when it got time to remove the sump.

Some incar from targa

Riana:

Cethana:

Nice vids...seems E85 is the way to go :)

I call 1bar @ more than 5000rpm laggy, but thats just me :)

and yeah doesnt make a difference on the circuit as long as its kept over that sweet spot!

Cant have everything in this world, and you dont make 260+rwkws from an RB20 unless you move the power band up over 4,5000rpm!

Nice vids...seems E85 is the way to go :)

Cant have everything in this world, and you dont make 260+rwkws from an RB20 unless you move the power band up over 4,5000rpm!

You so can have everything... You just need to shoe horn a V8 in with twin turbos... :D

So what were you doing the night before the event to spin a bearing and call oil surge issues?

Was at Baskerville raceway. I've now been over the datalogs, and the oil pressure keeps dropping to 0psi under brakes (didn't for targa though)

The lag wouldn't have been a problem if I was able to rev to 8000rpm, but the new engine had issues to prevent that, so I lost 1000rpm off the powerband.

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