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[fs1eman]

just got my rear frame today .and it's fitted .front engine frame fitted 2 weeks ago .now the fun begins

[rids]

how do you plan to sync the engines?

[Carlos W]

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[fs1eman]

to sync thinking of a power shifter so change gear together hopefully is there any one doing a late z cars mini ant the moment on here thanks tony

[Carlos W]

You still got your FS1E?

[fs1eman]

what one i have had a few i have had 1 with rd 400 and 1 with rd 350 ypvs in it ?

[Carlos W]

what one i have had a few i have had 1 with rd 400 and 1 with rd 350 ypvs in it ?

I've got a RD125LC in the garage, matching engine and frame numbers, gibson exhaust, tuned engine

[rids]

what one i have had a few i have had 1 with rd 400 and 1 with rd 350 ypvs in it ?

proper mad!!!!

[fs1eman]

well the frames are now in , have to get lynx down pipe for the rear engine , just thinking wear to put the rear rad ??
next week i have to make the gear shifter together .that should be fun. have put some more pics on photo bucket (fs1eman )

[cptkirk]

Here's a link to the photobucket account:

http://s935.photobuc...eman/?start=all

[benmoffat]

If you check out the Ultimate Mini dvd () there is one on there with 2 R1 engines in the back, It had 2 gear levers next to one another and you pulled both at the same time (they did also seem to move independantly)
Guess yours would be the same just with a 180 degree loop back to make the cables go in the same direction.

[Monte Busa]

This Mini was a bit more complicated than it looks - both engines feed into the same power distribution box - I can't remember the details offhand, but it was such that it allowed the two engines to be in different gears and at different (non sync'd) throttle settings with no issues. It's the same set-up Zeds used on their twin-engined Tiger Z100 set-up. Your set-up is more like the systejm they did for the Twin engined turbo Hayabusa Ultima - one enge running the front wheels, one running the rear. Sync'ing of drive was dobe by monitoring wheels speed and wheel slip front and rear) and adjsuting teh throttle-by-wire throttles independantly....it uses a Motec system to do all this IIRC. I'd love to see you do something like this to make the car more driveable vs a brute force "Twini" set-up. A lot of ECUs can measured wheel-spin and electronically control throttles these days (Motec, Pectel, ViPec)...might be worthwhile checking out.

If you check out the Ultimate Mini dvd () there is one on there with 2 R1 engines in the back, It had 2 gear levers next to one another and you pulled both at the same time (they did also seem to move independantly)
Guess yours would be the same just with a 180 degree loop back to make the cables go in the same direction.

[fs1eman]

well both engine in now .clutch cables are in and working fine,just finest making twin lever ( floor mounted ) they both lock and unlock to use separately i an making twin throttle cable holders now with a ratio on 2 to 1 . have orderd 2 twin outlet exhaust so keep posted will put some more picks on photo buck in the next few days

[cptkirk]

I look forward to seeing how this baby goes.....