1983 Sipani Reliant Dolphin

ananthkamath’s Team-BHP Garage

Engine Specifications:

848 cc inline 4 all aluminum
stock 38 bhp
modded maybe 50+ ?

Engine Misc.:

32 PBIC solex carburettor mounted with custom flange
Ram pipe bellmouth with open screen filter
Stock exhaust manifold, 1.5" downpipe right upto custom open muffler

Suspension, brakes & wheels:

Sipani D-1 front uprights and lower ball-joints with disc brakes and maruti 800 calipers; Front Track 1280 mm (close to Zen)
Reinforced wide track rear axle w/3.55 ratio diff, larger drum brakes; Rear track 1340 mm (equals Esteem front track)
Maruti 800 brake master cylinder
Lowered 2" all around; front coil-overs are custom made with oil-filled dampers re-valved to my specification
Stock Rear leaf springs flattened and damped with gas-filled gabriel shock-absorber units
12" maruti wheels and 145 wide radials

Interior:

carpeting removed, rexine bucket seats and plywood-backed rear seat
window winder mechanism removed

Exterior:

Stock except for wheels and tires

Result:

Will outrun your average zen or santro without breathing hard.

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stock gauges are calibrated to 160 km/h; the car is capable of atleast 140

Note the maruti m/c and gas kit; pic was taken when it was running the original SU carb

The unique muffler which does its job better than any custom muffler on the market

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23rd March 2007 09:17

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1st April 2007 06:12

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Comments

Author	Comment	Date
ByDesign	A real beauty. Congrats. Remember seeing one of these in Bangalore done up rally style.	3rd September 2010
dhrishikesh	Great Car !!! Nice to see DOLPHIN after long time.	30th November 2009
suped99	just saw the video!i have no words! amazing how these things kick butt of world known cars!	5th October 2009
ananthkamath	Because it is lightweight, body-on-chassis construction, and cheap as hell. If you have any doubts about the car's potential search for Bobby Jayaram's Sipani dolphin on youtube. Kicking some Porsche 944 *** at a speed run a few years ago.	25th September 2009
suped99	one question! Why did u pick this particular car for those mods?iam not aware of its Potential thats why iam asking if this one has alot of it?infact seeing it for the first time ,thats one heavy result u have, outruns the average zen?guess not mine then :)	25th September 2009
Gypsy-Boy	My dad had a red Dolphin earlier. I have lots of fond memories in it as we used to go on outta town trips in it. nice to see a neatly kept piece.	6th June 2009
punterccrx8s	Awesome car.Nice colour too.	4th September 2008
frankmehta	im a super super super fan of these babies!!! wish i had the honour of owning one!	3rd September 2008
shankar.balan	brilliant preservation and restoration job done congrats this was really a lovely little car - far ahead of its time with the FRP body and all the rest of it. I wish it had succeeded! does anyone know if there are any of these Dolphins (Station Wagon type) in decent condition for sale anywhere? cheers	30th April 2008
rider60	my uncle used to have this car, and i always use to ride along with him during my summer holidays, man this makes me so nostalgic! good passion to retain a old car mate keep it up!	13th February 2008
ananthkamath	never. it will be either a drag or a track car	2nd December 2007
supercars	Cool Car. So when will you convert it into a rally car ?	30th November 2007
AirWind	We sold our well maintained 1983 Dolphin for 10k back in '96 @ Coimbatore	6th November 2007
ananthkamath	the price varies with condition, we have 3 dolphins in our possession, one of them cost as little as 2k this one cost about 15k if i remember right	4th September 2007
ananthkamath	coilovers are from a diesel montana cut down 2 coils to get a 500 lb/in spring rate	4th September 2007
ananthkamath	i'm being speculative about the hp number. notice i said "maybe"?	4th September 2007
v1p3r	Coupla quickies: Where are the coilovers from? How much should one of these cars cost stock? And 12 hp from these mods?	4th September 2007
warchild	woow....a Dolphin. i have only seen few of these. cool looking thing. paint her black mate:)	10th August 2007
ananthkamath	yes it is	2nd August 2007
esteem_lover	Is it a LPG vaporiser in the engine bay ?	2nd August 2007
ananthkamath	thanks man...	21st May 2007
headers	wow that is a neat piece!! well done ananthkamath!	18th May 2007
v1p3r	Put it up na, on YouTube or something.	16th April 2007
ananthkamath	i have a video of cincla's car almost beating Leela's 944 in the 2005 run.	5th April 2007
mclaren1885	Hopefully cinclaturbo's dolly will give us a ray of hope in the coming months ..	5th April 2007
mclaren1885	Sadly all the dolly projects that i know of are held up due to some problem or the other .. While you are abroad , another guy is not finding carbs ..	5th April 2007
ananthkamath	yeah i have a complete G13B with close-ratio gearbox and independent rear suspension ready to be bolted in but moved here before i could complete it	1st April 2007
mclaren1885	Sweet.. Werent you at one point going to plonk a different engine into this car ??	1st April 2007
ananthkamath	yes, even the gearbox housing and the differential are aluminum. 3.55 is ok for the 10" wheels but did you really think i was gonna race with that LOL	28th March 2007
v1p3r	The engine is all-aluminium?! And isn't 3.55 a little too relaxed for a race?	28th March 2007
ananthkamath	coilovers	24th March 2007
veyron1	My, my, are you on a spree. BTW- front suspension sports coilovers (adj.)? OR Mc pherson?	23rd March 2007