{"id":1504,"date":"2021-01-30T17:19:47","date_gmt":"2021-01-30T17:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nickt.net\/wordpress\/?page_id=1504"},"modified":"2026-01-26T11:42:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T11:42:56","slug":"mid-engined-spitfire-specs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nickt.net\/wordpress\/?page_id=1504","title":{"rendered":"Mid Engined Spitfire Specs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>1978 1500 Spitfire body and chassis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Engine<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Audi 1.8 Turbo 20 Valve AWT 4 cylinder engine<\/li>\n<li>AGU big port cylinder head<\/li>\n<li>AEB big port inlet manifold<\/li>\n<li>JE Forged 82mm bore pistons<\/li>\n<li>Pro-Race Engineering 144&#215;20 I Beam Rifle Drilled Connecting Rods,<\/li>\n<li>ARP head studs, crank pulley bolt, con rod bolts, big end studs<\/li>\n<li>ACL Performance VAG 4 Cylinder Full Bearing Kit<\/li>\n<li>Supertech Single Groove Nitride Intake Valves<\/li>\n<li>Supertech Single Groove Inconel Exhaust Valves<\/li>\n<li>Supertech double valve springs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Gearbox<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Audi 012 ENW 5 speed manual gearbox (VW Passat B51.8t gearbox)<\/li>\n<li>Final drive 3.7<\/li>\n<li>1st Gear 3.5<\/li>\n<li>2nd Gear 1.944<\/li>\n<li>3rd Gear 1.226<\/li>\n<li>4th Gear 0.838<\/li>\n<li>5th Gear 0.683<\/li>\n<li>Universal limited slip differential<\/li>\n<li>Quaife QDF6Q limited slip differential<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Clutch\/Flywheel<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>TTV Racing single mass flywheel &#8211; 5.9kgs<\/li>\n<li>R\/S4 2.7T B5 LUK clutch<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Engine management<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Emerald k6 plus ecu, mapped by <a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz x1heor9g xt0b8zv\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1420891321593663\/user\/100007198834508\/?__cft__[0]=AZWdAtZi42nzk_tG7p4vHCZuNNDiyi3-2zRs0wMZ4NnKhEBasX5EnqqCFM88J7fbQTnG9_S32KYw_XiveSAp2h3LRvSrPf_SxwrT_ICwOzq3GDDzOzsVcM6oYXLeBSI8rkFSwKcJqhSo_ppXC7wn0JDJbn1Ge9CEA5W-Xbth47bmJNGoIWe6-m6j5evvqXOZ_UU&amp;__tn__=R]-R\" aria-hidden=\"false\"><span class=\"x3nfvp2\"><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x x4zkp8e x676frb x1nxh6w3 x1sibtaa x1s688f xzsf02u\" dir=\"auto\">John Lamsley<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>High and low boost maps<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Dashboard and cluster<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Solid Ash one piece dashboard<\/li>\n<li>VW Passat B5 immo3 cluster<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Induction &amp;\u00a0<\/strong><b>fuelling<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Garrett G Series G30-660 Turbocharger &#8211; T3 No Wastegate 0.83AR<\/li>\n<li>44mm Tial external wastegate<\/li>\n<li>3 1\/2&#8243; exhaust<\/li>\n<li>Bosch 200 Fuel pump<\/li>\n<li>Bosch 0280 158 123 &#8211; 612 cc\/min fuel injectors @ 3 Bar\u00a0 and 708 cc\/min @ 4 bar<\/li>\n<li>Malpassi Fuel Pressure Regulator<\/li>\n<li>Custom 9.2 Gallon Alloy foam filled fuel cell, GM Fuel sensor (compbrake.com)<\/li>\n<li>Adjustable fuel pressure regulator and after market alloy fuel rail set at 3 bar<\/li>\n<li>Devil&#8217;s Own methanol and water injection (50\/50)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Wheels<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Oz Designed MSW wheels\n<ul>\n<li>Rear: 17&#215;8 et35 225\/40 r 17 &#8211; Michelin Pilot Sport 4<\/li>\n<li>Front: 17&#215;7 et45 205\/40 r 17 &#8211;\u00a0 Michelin Pilot Sport 4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Front suspension\/brakes<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gaz Gold fully adjustable Spitfire shock absorbers<\/li>\n<li>Spitfire uprights and hubs, cloned with Audi A4 hubs<\/li>\n<li>290mm Audi A4 vented discs<\/li>\n<li>Porsche 986 rear Brembo Calipers<\/li>\n<li>Conley Classic fully adjustable upper wishbones<\/li>\n<li>EBC Greenstuff pads<\/li>\n<li>Lockheed remote servo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Rear Suspension\/brakes<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Audi A4 B7 rear hubs<\/li>\n<li>300mm Audi A6 discs<\/li>\n<li>Porsche Cayenne rear Brembo calipers<\/li>\n<li>Golf Mk4 rear brake calipers for hand\/parking brake<\/li>\n<li>EBC Greenstuff pads<\/li>\n<li>Gaz Gold fully adjustable Lotus Elise S1 shock absorbers<\/li>\n<li>Audi TT rear anti roll bar<\/li>\n<li>Lockheed remote servo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Seats<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mazda MX5 MK1 Gleneagles Leather Seats<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1978 1500 Spitfire body and chassis Engine Audi 1.8 Turbo 20 Valve AWT 4 cylinder engine AGU big port cylinder&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1519,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1504","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nickt.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nickt.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nickt.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickt.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickt.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1504"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickt.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2176,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickt.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1504\/revisions\/2176"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickt.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nickt.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}