Finally located ALL of my old pictures (all digital pics = 7k+ since 1998) I had backed them up to a hardrive that was sitting and collecting dust!! Moved them to another server and backed up most of them onto DVD.

Enjoy!!

Randals car currently looks "nothing" like this..LOL


B

Such a pretty car

But then the dark side........

Randal has a car? what?

I just thought he had an engine...

I wish I had joined racing when the BP cars were out in force. It would have been fun running with everyone. Randal's car always looked great. Wait till you see the new iteration.....

Bill P.

The dark side scares me.
I'm so close


KT

I'm pretty sure Randals car was abducted by space aliens.

(Faint voice calling....) Come join us Trekkor.....come join us....you know you want to....it's easy....it won't hurt....it's good to be bad.....

muuuhuuuhaaahaaahaaa.......

Bill P. (proud member of the dark side forces)

"If he could be turned, he would be a powerful ally."

Come to the dark side Trekkor

randal...

whats the story on the car? did you ever get the harness from the link guy?
how is your motor?

whats left to do on your ride?

Hi Aaron,

Neil got me the harness and it is very very well made. Really great workmanship.

We're going to be putting it in the car, making sure everything is perfect, then Neil will add the connectors.

The engine is getting close. Finishing up the pistons now and then it's on to the roller rockers and valve oiling.

The car itself is pretty much ready to go...maybe a weekend of work.

Randal,

Is that the 2.0L or the 2.4L that is almost done?

get that thing ready for next season...

My build should get started in the next week or so.

Randal?

Is this yours?? Pretty sure these are the earliest pics I have of the car.


B

very cool! neil seemed like the brightest crayon in the box...

whats the story on the pistons?? sorry if im prying... sounds like you have been doin this for a while...

pauter rockers? kick ass! going with a spraybar on the valve cover?

It is. That was the first of many trips to High Performance House.

Feels like watching a kid grow up (I dont actually know what that feels like..lol)


B

J&E was mechanically challenged on my piston build. We went through 6 sets to finally get the right configuration.

They would do stupid things like mill out underneath the dome when we specifically told them not to take anything off. The 5th set was pretty close and we could have live with them, after modification, but again they milled underneath the dome and left less thickness than they specify: which I think is .80k.

We are working with Charles to figure out the best way to oil the pauter rockers/valves seats. It probably wouldn't hurt to go with the "normal" configuration, given this is a race motor, but there have been failures and we don't want to take any chances.

And you’re right about Neil. Did you know that he used to work on/build F1 cars before he opened Performance Developments?

The 2.4.

The 2.0, with the great heads and jake cam, is next.

very cool randal....

so JE are morons.. and neil is a genius LOL...
whats jakes opinion of the spraybar setup thru the valve covers? should oil the rockers well enuff no?

Looks to us like the best place to run the oiler bar is between the intake manifold and the valve cover. This is a bit more solid mounting location and not subject to constant removal, i.e., like a valve cover.

You saw Neil's shop...what did you think?

he had a 4 cam spyder motor sitting there.. along with lots of other sundry treats LOL

cleanest place ive seen...

I like the spray bar on top of the head idea.

Honestly.. you are not removing the covers that often when you are autoX'ing. Valve adjusts are pretty infrequent.


but I see where Paul is coming from.


B

If the oiler is on the outside of the valve cover (no room on the inside with the roller rockers) there is also the potential to break or bend the oiler every time it is removed.

The real challenge is getting the oil to three different places that require oiling within the rocker or valve. OK, let's say two as the oil from the pushrods goes right out the top now, with the fitting provided by the roller rocker folks.

My guess is that the pushrod oiling will splash the main needle bearing on the shaft.

But the oil isn't going to be moving uphill, hence the requirement for the oiler to spray the valve seat and the roller that sits on the valve.

Sorry I don't have a picture. Maybe Charles does.

Um... you use -4 braided line from the engine to the spray bar?? Paul couldnt figure this out??

undo the bail clips and flip the covers off to the side... no stress on the spray bar??

Britain did this on his turbo engine I built. Jay actually did the spray bars for him. I think Jake used Weber main jets in his spray bar to control the amount of oil.

I say do it just like the 911 engines and their spray bars.. tube with holes pointed at the rocker shaft.

FYI: I have never seen a failure. Pauter changed the material they used in the rockers way back.. I dont beleive the failures were do to lack of oil..more like "wrong" material.


B

We are planning using a braded line from the engine to the spray bar.

Are you saying Britain's engine has the spray bar on the valve cover or on the head as we are doing?

BTW the failure happened to Charles in a street engine that was subject to long idles. It really shouldn't happen in a race engine, but better safe than sorry.

Actually Charles helped Pauter redesign the rockers after his oiling failure.

for us on the outside - can you post the current car pics - from what I have seen its bootifulllllllll

Britains spray bars are on the outside. Pretty simple. Pretty straight forward.

Britains spray bars are on the outside. Pretty simple. Pretty straight forward.

Don't get much simpler than that

And this is why dollars fly outta my wallet.

Nice going guys, you took a simple post and made me think of one more way to spend $$$$$

I gotta quite coming here. But I am so addicted!!!!!

High, my name is Stephen, and I have a problem.

BTW, nice shot of your foot in the 1st pict.

I'm not claiming any of these pics.. I was just involved with the entire engine build for this project. Britain shot the pics! I knew I should have cropped them..LOL


B

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Wow! Your car sure has evolved Randal!
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(or should I say disolved )

and it needs more

Always....

No no.. it needs LESS.. this is case where "less" is MORE!!



B

He meant it needs "more dissolving "

brad - that oiling setup is pretty similar to the ones i saw on alot of Big Block HP motors....

and weber or solex jets have been used with success....

I need to run a little tank, like Steve and Andrew.

And figure out a removable starter.

And find some really light wheels

And cut off the sail (man would that make the car look different )

i assume you're not running an alternator? three pc680's and a couple chargers should be all you need... small fuel cell should be no problem. wheels are just a matter of $$$.

external starter -- i like that idea. you could use a kart starter with an extended shank, and just machine/weld a gear on the end. you'd have to insert the starter from the rear of the car into the flywheel.... hmmmm...

Ditch the starter + alternator, then when you're at GGR events I'll help you push start it if you give me a ride/instruction. I have lots of practice push starting my 914 and can do it solo in the confines of a gas station, even in reverse

Great idea Nathan.

I've already go some cutouts, maybe I need a bit more .

Lose the driver and make it remote controlled. The car will drop 225lbs right there!!

Hi Randal.



B

Only 200lbs Brad, but I should lose 10lbs for sure.

I miss hanging out with you Randal

You have NO idea how much positive influence you have had on me.


Thanks for all your guidance.



B

I'm pretty excited Nathan and Paul and I are starting to put the electronics back in Sunday. Have to locate all the right places to put the new Mallory stuff. We will also be testing the length of the new wire harness.

Progress.

Oh yeah, the 2 of you have been a big help for me.
I usta' have this pretty stock 914..... I prolly shoulda gone out of my way to thank youz guys before this thing turned out to be a vehical with no redeeming social value
Bill: Consider yourself included in this rant.

JP....you gotta do Hoopa with us this year.