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General Discussion => The Lounge => Topic started by: MiniDave on January 19, 2017, 08:49:26 PM

Title: Coming Soon - Brand New Cooper S Engine Blocks!
Post by: MiniDave on January 19, 2017, 08:49:26 PM
http://www.department75.com/ (http://www.department75.com/)

Title: Re: Coming Soon - Brand New Cooper S Engine Blocks!
Post by: John Gervais on January 19, 2017, 09:01:35 PM
Nice!   77.gif

I'm sure the historic racers will be really happy about this.
Title: Re: Coming Soon - Brand New Cooper S Engine Blocks!
Post by: 94touring on January 19, 2017, 09:55:35 PM
I can't seem to view their page from my phone, do they have prices listed?
Title: Re: Coming Soon - Brand New Cooper S Engine Blocks!
Post by: John Gervais on January 19, 2017, 10:06:43 PM
No, not yet.  It looks like they're building minis to customer spec and possibly selling complete power units after they're finished testing them.  The copyright on the website is 2013, so who knows how far along they've come. 

Impressive CV's too - Lola Cars, Le Mans 24 Hours, McLaren, etc....
Title: Re: Coming Soon - Brand New Cooper S Engine Blocks!
Post by: MiniDave on January 20, 2017, 09:02:15 AM
Yeah, I saw this posted elsewhere so I went to the website - they do seem to be an ongoing enterprise and like John says, heck of a pedigree!

I expect the blocks to be expensive, but then look what a proper EN40 crank costs for one of these engines.