So who has the most highly modified CSL?

[Mike R]

Originally Posted by The Gorilla

Hi,

Quote - ''I thought you were a Cecil expert ?

Firstly the claimed factory figure is 355bhp (360PS) and secondly, very few make that figure.....


I am no expert on CSL's, never claimed to be,
never said that the std car makes 360 BHP either,
simple search would qualify my own thoughts
on that.
I actually said a CSL with 360 BHP.

So maybe good to heed your own advice on assumptions ?

TB's with Throttle actuators give almost the
same response as Roller Barrels, so its more
bling than really zing.

The Cosworth engine only comes with a single throttle butterfly as standard, the roller barrel arrangement is from a works WRC car, it's not standard.

Originally Posted by The Gorilla

Your Turbo is heavily modified due to ''heat issues'',
[which was my point not assumption]
and replacing the Turbo Spindles with a larger
spindle made of better material has been
done for years.
Michelotto were doing in the late 80' early 90's.

Der, of course, it's a track car, so it's required. I didn't say it was cutting edge, I just clarified your assumption that all the parts wouldn't be up to scratch .

Originally Posted by The Gorilla

As regards air temps the reason for asking
for a different mean temp reading was to see
what degregration the engine suffers performace
wise, as large fans blowing nice cool air through
static Charge Cooling in not real world.

It suffers very little, as it has water injection as per the works cars, which activates at 44 deg C. This has two 0.6mm jets supplied by a 6.8 bar pump (to ensure that it can overcome the boost pressure, which inject a fine water mist into the inlet charge, which maintains the charge temps around this figure. However, as explained to you earlier, I have yet to have this come on since fitting the larger capacity intercooler. So the real world figures match the dyno . In fact in the vids, you can see the charge temps displayed on the read-out in the centre of the dash .

Originally Posted by The Gorilla

As regards the chassis its the mechanical grip that
keeps the ''patch'' in contact.

And the aero . The Escort is one of the first cars that had negative lift (downforce).

Originally Posted by The Gorilla

As I said fun Car, but not for me.

I will watch out for your super S54 though
with great interest.

Regards,

The Gorilla.

It is, but it's too focused - as you can hear in the videos, it's harsh and noisy - hence why I want something that is a little more of a compromise. The E90 is just too far the other way .

It does seem that there are too few gains to be had from the engine, so I may end up just being a sheep yet .