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[Big Dave]

Some of the 400+ photos i took from PPC in the park, hopefully it will give you a good idea of the variety of cars on show/track.

BMW Z3 with GM LS3 engine swap.


Escort cossie with GM LS engine


27ltr engined Rover SD1




All hand draw with a sharpie pen




27ltr Rover melting the tarmac on its dyno run (bad place to stand when wearing sandles lol)


Couple of very nice Datsun 240Z's on display with various engines S30, RB26






View from the hotseat of a dragster




Oh dear i think i made a mess



track pictures to follow

[Exocet]

What engine was in that 27 litre SD1?

Looks like a very nice line up, some interesting cars to look at!

[Big Dave]

A couple from the drift demo, these guys were going at some pace into turn 1.








This one kinda sums ppc in the park up for me, what other place would see an evo sharing track time with a stock 2cv












Jeeves i do belive the damm thing is smoking what what, i shall call a man sir


Awesome little car this hilman imp was embaressing much more exotic machinery on track, was quite emotional for my dad as later on in the afternoon when there was an 850 T5-r on track as the car he used to own (imp) and the car he now owns (t5) were fighting it out lol


This suzuki was crazy fast, standing at the entrance to turn 1 watching it go around it cornerd like a scalextrix car


Volvo's i spotted at the show.

[Big Dave]

Exocet, on 26 May 2011 - 20:02 , said:

What engine was in that 27 litre SD1?

Looks like a very nice line up, some interesting cars to look at!

it was a metior engine i think its from a tank.

[claymore]

Exocet, on 26 May 2011 - 20:02 , said:

What engine was in that 27 litre SD1?

Looks like a very nice line up, some interesting cars to look at!

RR Meteor tank engine, which is basically the old Merlin engine.

[Exocet]

I had a feeling it was a Merlin. I've read about that car before somewhere! Would have loved to hear and see it in action!

[mark850r]

Exocet, on 26 May 2011 - 20:19 , said:

I had a feeling it was a Merlin. I've read about that car before somewhere! Would have loved to hear and see it in action!

is the green mexico the 1 that jezza clarkson got made and drove on his last dvd????
but great car mate looked like a good day out

cheers mark

[Gregs T5R]

Hi

My self, Tim Williams, Black Beast, PaulsT5 Estate, EddyP & Ross where there Tim's was parked 2 down from from the V8 Escort's
That SD1 Was a steaming pile of Shit and about as interesting as fresh dog turd in in a green leaf salad & Charlie The Owner was even Worse LOL!
The show was poorly organised in terms of entertainment but the public who turned up made the day!

Cheers Greg

[Exocet]

Gregs T5R, on 26 May 2011 - 22:42 , said:

That SD1 Was a steaming pile of Shit and about as interesting as fresh dog turd in in a green leaf salad & Charlie The Owner was even Worse LOL!

I disagree entirely, I think it's a fantastic car - Anyone who manages to shoe-horn a Merlin into a car deserves a medal. Don't let the owner ruin the car.

I remember reading about this from years ago though, so it may well be the current owner didn't build the car at all.

[Gregs T5R]

Exocet, on 26 May 2011 - 22:45 , said:

I disagree entirely, I think it's a fantastic car - Anyone who manages to shoe-horn a Merlin into a car deserves a medal. Don't let the owner ruin the car.

I remember reading about this from years ago though, so it may well be the current owner didn't build the car at all.

It was clever to do! it its not been done in an SD1 before! but it has in other cars with that Engine I think Jay Leno Bought 2 of them over the years, look up his Tank car!
If you go look closely you may change your mind, after standing next to it for a while and looking at all the dangerous and dodgy bits all over the car, it's a piss poor effort at a tank car!

Great British Engineering is supposed to look Good, Solid and make you proud! this did not! These guys where from the Practical Performance Magazine and they did not between them have a single practical working performance car lol

If Tim Williams had built my 850 in this manner I might t have shot him & buried him next to the late great RT

[EddyP]

You seemed to have missed a pic of one of the best cars there

[shemtek_racing]

Exocet, on 26 May 2011 - 22:45 , said:

I disagree entirely, I think it's a fantastic car - Anyone who manages to shoe-horn a Merlin into a car deserves a medal. Don't let the owner ruin the car.

its not a merlin as its missing one vital component

[T5-Andy]

shemtek_racing, on 30 May 2011 - 21:36 , said:

its not a merlin as its missing one vital component

Indeed... the Spitfire it was attached to!!!

You mean of course, the supercharger was rather AWoL, and for all of its 27 litres, in standard trim it only pumped out some 600bhp!!!! Should've had Tim have a look at it, clearly they were doing something wrong!

[Exocet]

A Merlin with the supercharger removed is still a Merlin, and a Merlin engine in a car is still a beast, even if it is 'only' 600 bhp.

620 bhp at 2550 RPM equates to 1276.9 ft lbs of torque. That's just monstrous.

There is a 55 Chevy BelAir in the states with a fully supercharged Merlin if I recall correctly, there are a few vids on YouTube. Something like 3000 bhp and unimaginable torque. It's done to a much higher standard than the SD1.

I'm in work at the moment otherwise I'd post a few links, well worth a look though.

[Gregs T5R]

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A Merlin with the supercharger removed is still a Merlin,

I thought A Merlin Was a wizard with only 2 feet!

[Exocet]

You'll be talking about sleeves next

[Gregs T5R]

Nope but he could do with a magic wand to sort out that old thing with the big engine in it

Cheers Greg

[foggyjames]

It is a Meteor...it's the non-supercharged tank-based version of the Merlin - http://en.wikipedia....ls-Royce_Meteor

Charlie who built the SD1 is supposed to be a nice bloke...perhaps you caught him on a bad day? I haven't examined the car in great detail, but I imagine he didn't have much energy left over for tidying after shoehorning that thing in. I know practical is in the name of the event, but the SD1 is bonkers, and never fails to draw a crowd. I've long maintained that a car can be "crap" / flawed / useless and still be hilarious fun and priceless to the owner / builder.

cheers

James

[Exocet]

foggyjames, on 01 June 2011 - 01:05 , said:

It is a Meteor...it's the non-supercharged tank-based version of the Merlin - http://en.wikipedia....ls-Royce_Meteor

We established that James, do keep up .

I agree with you entirely though, even if it is a bit rough, he owns a Merlin powered car. Few people can say that.

Imagine listening to that every morning on the way to work

[Tim Williams]

It would be interesting to know what sort of speed it can reach at Bruntingthorpe with 27 ltr's, I did one run not using the full length of the straight two up and lifted off at 170MPH on the GPS.