After a 1 1/2 years absence, Herman Staal and his Team from Voorthuizen in the Netherlands are back with their new rebuilt 2.5t / 5500lbs. Light Modified Tractor. After the engine damage at the 2015 Euro Cup round in Made, the Netherlands, Herman decided to make a switch from the Transmash V12 power plants to a 6 cylinder Iveco truck engine. He drove with the Transmash engine on methanol for 3 1/2 years in the Dutch Light Mod division. The first 3 years, the engine ran with a Zvezda M50 supercharger and than later with 2 Holset HX 82 turbochargers.
For his new plans, he could took over old Chassis of his Another Russian Invader. The Chassis is a steel tube frame with a homemade ST 52 rollcage and has a homemade steering with a homemade rear axle housing. The rearend has Rockwell SQHD center section with a Rockwell ring and pinion gear, a stock aluminium needle bearing differential and DAF planetary carrier housing with DAF planetaries. The rear wheels are Firestone All Traction 8 Ply Puller tires with Midwest aluminium rims. The fenders are self build from aluminium and also coming from the old Another Russian Invader. The Light Mod received a SCS reverser with a homemade gearbox, a homemade driveline and a Crower aluminium clutch bell housing. The vehicle run with a 11´´ inch centrifugal clutch with 4 discs and pressure plates from Eagle Clutches in Finland.

The latest thing on the Light Mod is the engine. The new Razors Edge is powered by an 6 cylinder Iveco Cursor 10 truck engine with 3 Holset HX82 turbochargers on methanol. The new power plant has a Iveco stock engine block with stock sleeves, a overworked Iveco crank with homemade aluminium rods and homemade forged pistons, a revised Iveco Cursor cylinder head with a homemade intake an exhaust manifold, a new homemade camshaft (grinded by Jan Burggraaf, New Generation), new Iveco valves and valve springs from PAC Performance, a homemade aluminium fuel tank, a 3 Stage Aviaid oli pump, a homemade fuel injection system with Hillborn and Enderle Parts, a MSD Dual 8 ignition and Racepak data logger.
Last but not least, the Mod got a new look on the fenders and a new name. The new paintjob was made by Gert Koudijs from Stroe, in the Netherlands. The Tractor is called ,,The Razors Edge´´ now.
The maiden run on the Dutch Championship finals in Alphen wasn´t so well. Problems with the right fuel setting (ran too rich) on the engine cost him a better distance. But Herman looking forward to 2018 and hopes to have more luck with his new engine in the future. The new Razors Edge will compete in the NTTO Dutch Grand National Championship next year.
for further information, check here:
http://razorsedge.nl/
or, check here:
https://www.facebook.com/TeamRazorsEdge/
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Another Russian Invader Stroe (NL) 2015 |
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Another Russian Invader Füchtorf (D) 2014 |