HIGH OUTPUT M30 (UPDATED 4/15...new price and info)

Very nice George! great set of invoices, and a nice job well done. After you know more on the cam, can we talk some more?
Thank you!

Best regards,
Alberto
 
Another few comments from the peanut gallery
(1) the invoices remind me of how relatively reasonable VSR1 is. In the gang I race with, $16k to $20k is typical for a 4-cyl race motor (lotus twin cam) with carbs but no exhaust. The 16v Fords (YB, etc) are $15k to $30k and they are still 4-cyl.

(2) I personally think your price is already fair, but you need to confirm what is inside the motor and what it was designed/setup to do. Without this into it’s hard for people to know if the motor is what they want or not. For example: if the motor is setup with a full or 3/4 race Schrick cam that makes power only above 4500 rpm then buyers know it’ll be a PITA on the street, but great as a track day toy.

I’ll go further and say ideally …. You would have a dyno sheet for this motor that shows torque/HP and AFR. I guess it might cost $1000 to get that data, less if the shop has dyno’d M30’s before
 
JFENG said:
Another few comments from the peanut gallery
(1) the invoices remind me of how relatively reasonable VSR1 is. In the gang I race with, $16k to $20k is typical for a 4-cyl race motor (lotus twin cam) with carbs but no exhaust. The 16v Fords (YB, etc) are $15k to $30k and they are still 4-cyl.

(2) I personally think your price is already fair, but you need to confirm what is inside the motor and what it was designed/setup to do. Without this into it’s hard for people to know if the motor is what they want or not. For example: if the motor is setup with a full or 3/4 race Schrick cam that makes power only above 4500 rpm then buyers know it’ll be a PITA on the street, but great as a track day toy.

I’ll go further and say ideally …. You would have a dyno sheet for this motor that shows torque/HP and AFR. I guess it might cost $1000 to get that data, less if the shop has dyno’d M30’s before
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LOTUS - (L)ots (O)f (T)rouble (U)sually (S)erious
agree on the high overlap cam - i drove a 2002 with a 316 schrick cam and twin 45dcoes ... didn't idle for crap, but above 4500 rpm it just took off.
 
JFENG said:
I’ll go further and say ideally …. You would have a dyno sheet for this motor that shows torque/HP and AFR. I guess it might cost $1000 to get that data, less if the shop has dyno’d M30’s before
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^^^^^^ Fully agree.
Otherwise, it is a shot in the dark.

Regards, Alberto
 
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