Bruce Read is one of the newest to the Team Reyland camp. He and his RS500 is very well known in the Cosworth world, with Bruce previously having held the RWD Cosworth top speed record. Bruce has recently regained that record @ 191.6mph. "Properly going man!"

Bruce Read's Specification
Mahle pistons
Shot peened con-rods
Balanced crank
Group'A' Big-end bolts
Double length head studs
High pressure oil pump
Baffled sump
Gas flowed & ported head with uprated valve springs & bronze valve
guides
WRC Head gasket
8 x Green injectors
3 Bar Map Sensor
Pectel 8 injector control box
Swirl Pot Twin pumps/ regulators & fuel lines
RS500-Throttle body
T4 Turbo-charger with modified/enlarged wastegate aperture
31-Actuator
SPEC-R Turbo Pre-Radiator
Air injectors
Induction kit
RS500 Intercooler
Large Capacity Radiator
RS500 Hoses
SPEC-R Group 'A' Breather System
2WD Manifold
Mongoose Stainless Steel Exhaust
Mapped Water Injection
Oil-Cooler
70BHP of NOS
Transmission: R&D 6 speed straight cut
dog box : Custom made gear kit: : Twin plate centre pull hydraulic clutch
by Reyland Motorsport: 9" group A diff
Brakes: Front
- 380mm discs/8 pot Brembo callipers : Ferodo pads,
Rear - 330mm disc /4 pot AP Titanium callipers: Ferodo pads
Suspension: Leda height adjustable coilovers/Leda
springs Front :
Leda height adjustable coilovers/Leda springs - Rear
Polyurethane bushes throughout
Wheels & Tyres: Compomotive
MO 6 spoke rims: 18 x 8 - rear : 18 x 8 front
Michellin Pilot Sport Cup 225/40/18 tyres all round
Interior: Sparco ‘Evo2’ bucket
seats : Safety Devices 6 point harnesses: Safety Devices Multi-point Roll
cage : Stack Rev/Speedo/Timer gauge : Mardi Gras 80mm Boost gauge: Blitz
exhaust temp gauge : EDO twin fuel pressure gauges : SECS ECU monitoring
gauge : Tech Edge Lambda Meter Jacobs progressive Nitrous controller
Exterior: Full RS500 kit: smoked front indicators: smoked
rear lights: smoked side repeaters : Team Reyland livery
Bruce Read' s Stats
0-30 in 2.49 s
0-60 in 4.85 s
0-100 in 9.25 s (wet)
100-150 in 8.95 s
Quarter in 12.83 @ 122.71mph
Top Speed.... 191.6mph!
Rolling Road
We have not rolling road graphs at the moment for Bruce's car.
Engine Dyno
Bruce's engine made 542bhp/480lbs on the engine dyno, but has subsequently been modified further with the addition of several new parts including nitrous, which adds around 70bbhp.
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