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V8 Stylus wanted
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 11:18 pm
by v8 wanted
Stylus wanted, prefer part built V8 but would consider something already on the road, needs to be decent spec, ie. 2.0 ltr 16V car or turbo. Cash waiting following sale of westfield.
Re: V8 Stylus wanted
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 11:38 pm
by hearbear
There is one for sale up here in Scotland, Paul is selling his V8 Stylus it is on the road but he is on holiday at the moment but when he comes back I could get him the contact you if you. This is the advert in our news letter.
Metallic Blue 4 Litre V8 low mileage (43mpg) T&T
s/s exhaust & alloys, leather interior and mahogany
steering wheel Tel. Paul McCrindle
Cheers George
Re: V8 Stylus wanted
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:19 am
by DH2
Also an ad for it on Pistonheads, here:
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/575668.htm
DH2
Re: V8 Stylus wanted
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 11:44 am
by jefferybond
hearbear wrote:
Metallic Blue 4 Litre V8 low mileage (43mpg) T&T
Blimey, 43mpg from a 4 litre? My 3.5 V8 only manages 27mpg at the best of times, which I think is pretty good.
Unfortunately mine's not for sale!
Jeff
Re: V8 Stylus wanted
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:10 pm
by Antnicuk
well i have just learnnt something, i didnt know there were any V8 ones.
Out of interest, whats the highest BHP stylus that anyone knows of ?
Re: V8 Stylus wanted
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 11:06 pm
by stylussprinter
Don't know but it's which is quickest that counts
Re: V8 Stylus wanted
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 1:37 am
by spidermike
Some things have 2 b good 2 look at as well
stylussprinter wrote:Don't know but it's which is quickest that counts
Re: V8 Stylus wanted
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 12:37 pm
by jefferybond
spidermike wrote:Some things have 2 b good 2 look at as well
And sound good too!
I admit that a V8 probably won't be the quickest round a track, but they make great road cars.
Jeff
Re: V8 Stylus wanted
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 5:20 pm
by stylussprinter
jefferybond wrote:spidermike wrote:Some things have 2 b good 2 look at as well
And sound good too!
I admit that a V8 probably won't be the quickest round a track, but they make great road cars.
Jeff
That's true
Re: V8 Stylus wanted
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 1:15 pm
by stylussprinter
Antnicuk wrote:well i have just learnnt something, i didnt know there were any V8 ones.
Out of interest, whats the highest BHP stylus that anyone knows of ?
There's a guy I've been in touch with to help him fit the side screens but I don't think he's registered on here , although he did say he would do for info in general ---- he'd looked at the old site run by Don Love , where almost nothing happens from one month to the next or more
His name is Neil Boyle and he built a Stylus with a V8 supplied to him from Neville Powell / Babybertha(on this list) Basically Neville sold him an engine which he'd not stripped to check out but said it was a good engine . Cutting a long story short , Neil needed help with it so Neville went to help him , stripped it out , only to find that it had a very high spec' head,cams etc etc . So my bet is that it will be the highest bhp and torque Stylus around / 300 ish
---- just guessing (Neville regretted not having a peep first though -- it was a cheap engine
)
Great for Neil though
Re: V8 Stylus wanted
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 1:32 pm
by Cerberus
Last time i spoke to Tim i was thinking of putting one of these in mine very light 110kgs,
http://www.pistonheads.com/pics/news/19 ... -eng-t.jpg he advised against it as the chassis's limit was about 300hp IIRC, although he said he could make a chassis from thicker material, so there must be a few people pushing the limits of the chassis out there.
Re: V8 Stylus wanted
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 2:48 pm
by stylussprinter
One of my fellow competitors is putting a stretched 2.3 --- making a 2.5 lt Duratec with ultimately 320bhp minimum , developing upwards , into his standard chassis Westfield
he reckons it'll stand it
Going by that I'd say the Stylus chassis is stiffer so would stand a similar load of grunt .
The reason Tim would have advised against would probably be because he believes in the Colin Chapman approach ---- light car plus light smallish engine/power gets the job done
Trackwise he's spot on but plenty of builders enjoy other things about their cars so up to a point ------------------ stick it in there