The Formula 27

I have raced a Caterham at Silverstone but crashed quite hard but I enjoyed it. I wanted to have a go at the 0-100mph-0 record and decided to build a car to do it. I didn't actually build all of it. I bought it completed but modified it so much I ended up rebuilding it.

Here are the specifications of this incredible car:
Rebuilt, balanced, gas flowed, lightenned and tuned 3.5 V8 with Weber (Edelbrock) 4 Barrel Carb and Edelbrock manifold, producing 245bhp.
Hi-Spec Big Disc brake conversions all front and back with Willwood 4 pot caliper, stainless steel lines throughout. This alone cost over £2,000. The car stops as good as a F1 racer.
Brand New Quaife ATB LSD (nearly £1,000.00)
Tyres Delta 205 x 50 x 15" Front Yokohama A022R 225 x 50 15" Rear (the closest thing to road legal slicks you can get)
This car is featured in the Formula 27 Owners Club

O-100 in under Eight Seconds - That's Quick. Even for a car

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 Engine shot.
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Formula 27: Parts List
BACK AXLE = Ford Capri 2.8I, : Ratio 3.08:1 Circa 1984
Brand New Quaife ATB fitted
Gearbox = ;Standard Rover 5 Speed
Propeller Shaft = Formula 27
BRAKES:
Brake Pedal Box = Formula 27
Rear Brakes = New rear "HiSpec" BIG disc conversion
Front Brakes
New "HiSpec" BIG disc conversion with New Willwood 4 pot calipers
Uprights = Cortina MK4
Upper Ball Joints = Cortina
Lower Ball Joints: = Transit
Steering
Rack = Cortina MK4 Quick Rack
Column = ;Escort MK2
TYRES
Front = Delta Sports 205 x 50 x 15
Rear = Yokohama A022R 225 x 50 x 15
Wheels: = New Alloy 15

 

Engine Specifications

SD1 V8 3.5 L

Crank ground & balanced with flywheel (Lightened)

Std Comp. 9.5:1: BHP = 245 on Aldon Dyno : Power/Weight = Just over 400 BHP/Tonne

Piston & Rods Weights (Odds- Dist Side, 1 Front Of Engine) Rings Gapped in Tolerance

Performance: Top speed = MAX calculated at 175MPH: 0-100 = 7.56sec: 0-60 = about 3.5 secs

Pin No 1 Pin weights total 2260 gms = 1 1128 + 2 1132

2 Pin weights total 2261.5 gms= 3 1130.5 + 4 1131

3 Pin weights total 2262 gms = 5 1130.5 + 6 1131.5

4 Pin weights total 2262 gms = 7 1130 + 8 1132

Heads:

  • M/C Flat Only.
  • 4.6l Vale Guides & Seals. Bulleted In ports
  • Vitesse Inlets & Exh (Throated Stems) Std Springs
  • Ports Fettled/ Equal & Flow. Matching Gaskets In & Exh
  • Gas Flowed and bench tested
  • 3 Angle Seats
  • Composite Head Gaskets

Case:

  • Fettled For Oil Flow and Feed to Timing Chain
  • Cloyes Duplex Chain & Gears
  • Oil Pump Gears & Uprated R/Valve
  • Piper 270/2 Cam. Fast Road (Mild)
  • Hyd. Followers. (Std)
  • Group A Style Sump. Large Cap/ Baffled with wing tanks
  • New Weber (Edelbrock) 4 Barrel Carb.
  • Mtr Jets 1421- 0.080
  • Mtr Rods 1441- 062 x 052
  • Std Springs
  • new Edelbrock Manifold – matched and fully ported
  • new 14 Inch Filter K+N Free flow
  • Power Speed 4 into 1 exhaust
  • Caterham Radiator with new aluminium cowling fitted.
  • Std Ignition (Lucas)
  • New Clutch Assembly
  • No Thermostat, Bypass Blanked Off, Restrictor In Outlet
  • Std Castrol GTX Oil
  • NGK Spark Plugs BP6ES / Std New Lead Set, New Coil
  • Timing Pointer Reset to True TDC