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Guess what im about to buy..... Frankenstein resurected!
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 8:51 pm
by Valandis91
the frankenstein engine from RPW
this is no joke i am being one hundred per cent serious...
bag me as much as u want but im doing it!
im excited!
just not looking forward for the wait for them to build it...
its how i like to stimulate the economy
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:03 pm
by nvr2low
wow sh*t man that is gonna be bloody awesome mate. good luck with it
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:05 pm
by koolio1234
Holy Crap.....AAAAHHHH its frankenstein, RUN!
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:05 pm
by Astron_Boy
You going to need a stand alone?
Post up the specs, cant find it on the website.
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:09 pm
by Valandis91
yeah it will need a stand alone...
im pretty sure the standard 6a12 wouldnt be able to handle this baby!
it is going to be a beast
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:12 pm
by Valandis91
1.
Mitsubishi 6A13 DOHC Mivec Hybrid Engine utilising 6A12 DOHC Mivec heads onto a 6A13 DOHC Turbo Engine block
2.
RPW / CP Custom 12.5 : 1 Forged pistons suitable for NOS
3.
Forged Steel 6A13 Conrods
4.
Engine bored, honed and acid cleaned
5.
RPW Ported and Polished Cylinder heads
6.
RPW Valve springs and Vernier Camshaft Gears
7.
RPW Stage 1 Improved Camshafts on high rpm lobes, custom 1/2 Grind improvement on low rpm lobes
1.
RPW Modified 3-1 Extractors, custom long tube "Race Design" to accomodate longer engine block
2.
RPW Modified customed aluminium billet flywheel with heavy duty cushioned multi paddle clutch
3.
Haltech E11 ECU to control everything
4.
RPW Modified intake manifold with larger 65mm throttle body
5.
Larger 240cc Injectors to replace the stock 6A12 165cc Injectors
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:15 pm
by koolio1234
^^^Nice
Any plans on when they're gonna start the project?
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:17 pm
by Astron_Boy
Wow, wonder what level of porting the heads have gone through.
How much it costing? and what ecu you have planned?
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:27 pm
by Valandis91
still in discussions with them...
will give them a ring tomorrow to sort some things out...
they said it will take about 3 to 4 months to build
thats gonna be a very slow few months!
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:38 pm
by mr-charisma
cool stuff mate ...
Definitely gonna be a slow 6 months .. I think I would die from that much anticipation..
How much is the whole project going to cost you?
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:41 pm
by Valandis91
still sortingg out the nitty gritty...
but yes i think i will die...
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:48 pm
by vipfto
holy sh*t man that is fu'&ing kick arse!
I read they built one then stripped and sold off as parts, was wondering how long it would take someone to this
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 12:50 pm
by Valandis91
so after a lengthy discussion with my mechanic it seems that this would be very expensive to run...
with such a high compression it would require race fuel which is above $6 a litre!
it would chew through oil and petrol...
it would need a rebuild every 15,000kms...
but it would be freakin awesome!
i just dont have the funds to keep it runnning like that...
ive emailed rpw to see if they could tune it down a bit by lowering the compression and having lesser cams but they havent gotten back to me...
so now we wait and see...
if they cant do anything then i mite go the gr turbo path...
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 12:55 pm
by Bennoz
That will cost you at least 20 grand to get right. RPW aint cheap.
Save your coin, either put a snail on a GR ($6000) or do the 6A13 ($10,000)
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 12:57 pm
by nvr2low
wow man why not go down the 6a13 path look what happened to sams car when he went 6a12 gr turbo. but then look at simons his works sweet
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 1:28 pm
by I8A4RE
nvr2low wrote:wow man why not go down the 6a13 path look what happened to sams car when he went 6a12 gr turbo. but then look at simons his works sweet
so man what are you telling him? to do it or not
I agree with ben and (maybe) nvr2low
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 2:13 pm
by nvr2low
ok just get the 6a13tt their happy simon haha
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 3:19 pm
by mr-charisma
In addition to what Ben said. .there is a reason why RPW scrapped the project ..
It would be awesome .. No argument .. but it does have to be a "money is no object" project ..
As Ben & Mitch said .. 'tis a better spend of the money to go 6A13 or plain turbo .. even dropping in a 4g63 would be better & still pretty unique.. not sure if it's been done in Aus yet..
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 3:25 pm
by nvr2low
yeah mate it has been done before i think the car with the number plates fto evo or evo fto it was for sale on this forum mate
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 3:42 pm
by Astron_Boy
do the 4g63, would love someone to tackle that.
I nominate you!
The r35 requires a similar job to be done to it every XXXXXkm and it makes a balls load of power.
so unless this engine can do equal, then yeah, not worth it.
you would be spending a LOT to keep it compliance happy, and then you'd simply hinder it.