RS performance qui s'était illustré en faisant le V8 de la Caterham Levante travaille en ce moment sur un petit V6 aux caractéristiques époustouflantes :
mieux encore.... jet ski, souvent 3 cylindre, de plus en plus en 4t, des perfo ahurissantes....
un jet (je ne connais plus la marque) de compet, 1500cc, 3 cylindre, turbo.... 330cv
bcp de u.s.atiens montaient des cylindres et villo de jet ski dans des banshee ethanol pour les dunes. ca donne un banshee de moins de 200kg, 3 cylindres, 1000cc pour 400cv parfois en 2t biensur
trinity avait d'ailleurs sortit un moulin 350cc bicylindre de 220cv a 32000 rpm
chap3d a écrit :RS performance qui s'était illustré en faisant le V8 de la Caterham Levante travaille en ce moment sur un petit V6 aux caractéristiques époustouflantes :
Moteur développé entièrement par Russell:
- version "normale" : 2.3 l , 24 soupapes, 360 hp à 10000 tr, 74 kg, longueur 41 cm, largeur 61 cm, et surtout hauteur 35 cm, le haut du moteur est en-dessous du niveau du tube carré supérieur du chassis S3 Cat.!!!
- Bon, après tout est possible avec un turbo : 500 hp pour seulement 8 kg de mieux...
"La simplicité est la sophistication ultime".
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rs (Russel savory) performance a contruit 2 types de levante:
- en 2008: les 8 levante V8 RST pour le compte de Caterham, dont une en france livrée par SV
- entre 2010 et 2013, environ 5 Levante V6, basées sur des chassis SV, qu'ils ont vendu directement, et la derniére basée sur un chassis s3, projet special pour Richard Lee (de RiF Carbon) qui a été vendue inachevée aprés son décés
les V6 sont équipées d'un V6 2.2 basé sur deux moteurs Yamaha 1150cc de...scooter des neiges.
vendue 130K pounds
la jaune en vente avait été livrée en france à un collectionneur français qui avait un parc assez important.
voici un essai de l'époque
yesterday was over at Russell Savory's and had a passenger ride in a levante - with a v6 2.2 with rotrex/sadev sequential etc - 510 bhp with low boost - 600 possible - probably weighs about 690kg (think approx 740-870bhp/tonne) - looked reasonably innocuous had a screen - no badges - only the central stack derived dash with 12000 rev counter and twin two box silencers either side hinted at was to come. not ridiculously noisy although at road speeds the sadev box was clearly agricultural at road speeds
we went for a gentle pootle around the lanes to warm things up - traction control turned off - and then with an empty straight - he used half throttle and short shifted at 8500 rpm. forget cammy 4 pot 2 litres - this thing has proper torque
i can assure you a priest would struggle not utter a stream of profanities the first time he experienced that level of acceleration - at approximately a ton - clean wheelspin for about 20 yards - he then shortshifted as i uttered a few expletives and then burst out laughing in shock.
i promise you - untill you have been in one and you think a 300/400/500bhp/tonne 7 is quick you will not believe the other worldly g that these things pull on acceleration - it has really recalibrated my understanding of the word quick. i went on to a meeting afterwards and could not stop babbling and had pupils which suggested i had been liberally sampling some pure colombian marching powder.
inevitably you find yourself asking the question of how much - which is £100-130k if you are interested. i asked what happened if you revved it out and used full throttle - apparently with traction control switched off it can get a bit exciting on a bumpy road but the power delivery is just linear fk off stomp. Obviously it's a road legal track car really - Russell told me a customer took his to a trackday in France recently and completely monstered an MP4.
We all know you do not need to have that much power to have fun in a 7 - of course you don't - but it is nevertheless utterly intoxicating/stupid/brilliant. I want one. I salute the lucky few who have got a Levante.
I am now on the way to my local - a quick detour for some Euro lottery tickets will be in order - it would be another toy that would get hardly used - but fk me - what a way to blow out the cobwebs
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