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Apr 27, 2011 4:00 pm
Apr 27, 2011 4:00 pm
Subject: Power At Last
Just to let all you 16/80 owners know what is in the pipe line here at the fun lab!
We are in the middle of producing the equivalent to our 2.4litre Lagonda engine but for the 16/80. as some of you will already have experienced, the mods to the 2 Litre took it from a paltry 53bhp to an iron pumping 115bhp with torque almost up to std 4.5 litre figures! we have done about 20 or so of these now and power is always between 110 and 120 @ 3800 rpm, dependant on customers final spec, and it will pull from idle upwards. Great fun!
So now to the 16/80.
I think all will agree that these beautiful cars are very under rated and at the moment under valued! mainly because they don't go half as well as they look!
We have so far got our project half done! It will be 2.8 litres!
Bored and stroked with a new crank and special rods, modern design pistons and re worked combustion chambers to effect a better mixture distribution! Cooling is at this moment being looked into and new water pumps prototyped. All will look standard from the outside but be VERY different on the inside! We are in the process of developing a new camshaft to go with this package and I expect a lot more in the months to come. I will post some pictures etc as we go if anyone is interested?
As we do with the 2 litre, the whole package needs to be included or it won't give best results. So everything will be included, from Air filter to eg-Zhaust (sorry
) and everything in between including the clutch!
I think there is a lot more potential in this engine than there is in the Lagonda 2 litre engine (even though the 2.4s work fantastically well) so am hoping for some good big, but reliable numbers! 4.5s look out!
And watch this space!
Regards,
Julian
Just to let all you 16/80 owners know what is in the pipe line here at the fun lab!
We are in the middle of producing the equivalent to our 2.4litre Lagonda engine but for the 16/80. as some of you will already have experienced, the mods to the 2 Litre took it from a paltry 53bhp to an iron pumping 115bhp with torque almost up to std 4.5 litre figures! we have done about 20 or so of these now and power is always between 110 and 120 @ 3800 rpm, dependant on customers final spec, and it will pull from idle upwards. Great fun!
So now to the 16/80.
I think all will agree that these beautiful cars are very under rated and at the moment under valued! mainly because they don't go half as well as they look!
We have so far got our project half done! It will be 2.8 litres!
Bored and stroked with a new crank and special rods, modern design pistons and re worked combustion chambers to effect a better mixture distribution! Cooling is at this moment being looked into and new water pumps prototyped. All will look standard from the outside but be VERY different on the inside! We are in the process of developing a new camshaft to go with this package and I expect a lot more in the months to come. I will post some pictures etc as we go if anyone is interested? As we do with the 2 litre, the whole package needs to be included or it won't give best results. So everything will be included, from Air filter to eg-Zhaust (sorry
) and everything in between including the clutch!I think there is a lot more potential in this engine than there is in the Lagonda 2 litre engine (even though the 2.4s work fantastically well) so am hoping for some good big, but reliable numbers! 4.5s look out!
And watch this space!
Regards,
Julian