Warrior engines.

[sambo]

Reliable? or just as tempermental as the BD series engines??

I cant see why a Holbay/warrior engine would be any less reliable and fragile as a N/A cossie or something?

 

[Toby]

The Warrior is more reliable than a BD as they make their power at lower rev's.

 

A BD at 10,000rpm plus is a ticking bomb, and a must have!

[MexDan]

These are cracking engines if you can afford one in the first place... not cheap!! AA few of the Irish Rally boys are running them.. very quick.

 

They sound good imo, but not as nice as a BD.. but then you wont have to rebuild it every few hundred miles.. They are great engines.. I doubt they would be much cheaper than the N/A cossie you were looking at..

[sambo]

I lost out on the N/A cossie. He changed his mind all of a sudden

 

just wondering about the warrior engines as there are a few about and they do seems to pop up regularly too. Its only a matter of saving! ..........

 

and they look very. very cool too!!

[5hane]

do it ! VERY VERY old skool motor

[tim]

jason lepley has an engine for sale on the rallye sport escort forum at the moment

[richie_stix]

you talkin bout the twin cam pinto head? cos if you are.....

[Billy_smith]

Got one thing to say Simon Mckinley!!! hes running a beast of a warrior and looks like it takes some stick aswell

[livewire7116]

So what sort of horse power to the pound do you get then?

[Retromotorsport]

Sambo, you should have been at the last round of the DMN (Andy Pipe races in it ) you could have had a chat with Tim Swadkin, now you'll have to wait till next year,

 

Or phone him at Connaught Engines

[CapperTom]

Connaught still make these heads, i spoke too him once and said it would be roughly 6 grand for a complete head

But also could be looking at 300ish bhp with right set up

[Toby]

Warrior stuff here....

 

http://www.connaughtengines.co.uk/warrior.asp

[MexDan]

jason lepley has an engine for sale on the rallye sport escort forum at the moment

 

Jason's Engine:

 

2.3 Warrior engine for sale , dry sumped Fardon steel crank and matching fardon rods, steel flywheel, cosworth pistons , billet steel cams , 200 block , twin 48 webers , dizzy , ign pack ,dry sump pump and sump pan (to suit escort) Tony law exh manifold etc . Very little use since pro rebuild, dyno sheet available. Lots of torque & power , sounds awesome !

 

looking for £8950 for the unit complete with ancil , shows 198lbs torque and 245bhp , (more power is available with a cam change)

 

Taken From Rallyesportescort

[sambo]

Sambo, you should have been at the last round of the DMN (Andy Pipe races in it ) you could have had a chat with Tim Swadkin, now you'll have to wait till next year,

 

Or phone him at Connaught Engines

 

I have been meaning to get down to brands for that for ages. Im very dissapointed in myself for not getting down there

 

Anyway, the warrior engine is a lovely bit of kit but the one Jason Lepley has for sale is out of my price range for the moment. Could anyone really justify spending £9000 on just an engine for their toy that only comes out on sunny weekends!!???

I was wondering if they were tempermental as most rally bred engines seem to be but it seems not.

I would bloody love it though!

 

The search for an engine continues!...........................

 

[tim]

the tempermental engine comment confuses me,why would a rally engine be any more tempermental than any other,plenty of bda out on the rac over the weekend being buzzed to 8k/9k for 3 days solid

[MexDan]

the tempermental engine comment confuses me,why would a rally engine be any more tempermental than any other,plenty of bda out on the rac over the weekend being buzzed to 8k/9k for 3 days solid

 

Agreed.. if an engine is built well and kept running well even in a so called tempremental rally spec then there is no reason why it shouldnt be just as reliable as any other tuned engine... Rally engines are built to be strong because of the way they are used... if they were tempremental most cars would drop out after the first stage!!!

[sambo]

Well, its just that you never hear of a warrior twink being used on the road or even for a track day car. Then again, that is more than likely due to the price!!

I for some reason associate rally spec engines as tempermental but i guess your right in saying they arent any less reliable than any other tuned engine. its just the abuse they get on the stages.

[livewire7116]

A £9000 xe in 2.0 ltr form will produce more than 245bhp

[sambo]

A £9000 xe in 2.0 ltr form will produce more than 245bhp

 

What about the torque figure? 195lbft !!

[john_3.0s]

A £9000 xe in 2.0 ltr form will produce more than 245bhp

 

any you would get a couple of free calibras

 

I think sam wants to go oldskoool justifying the expense for a top power motor may be hard tho! cant you get a 3.1 essex in there?

[sambo]

Gotta be a 4 banger screamer John!

I hate being engine less!!

[SmokeEm]

Why not just go for a 230 bhp Pinto from the Harris clan or Elvy/Ashton etc?

[sambo]

Cos i'm a tart and i want a twin cam engine in there! (cos they look nice)

Also, i think that kind of power from a pinto is not acheivable on pump fuel is it??

[Stu_B]

Volvo?

[Vista]

Cos i'm a tart and i want a twin cam engine in there! (cos they look nice)

Also, i think that kind of power from a pinto is not acheivable on pump fuel is it??

 

Alfa Romeo!