LS powered M

[stainless_steve]

Trickie Dickie said:

stainless_steve said:

Hi Bernard,
Engine and gearbox mounts made and fitted,no chassis mods needed.Body unbolted and ready for lifting off,i was going to lift it this week but i've got a chest infection so not been up to it,antibiotics kicking in now so feeling a little better.


Steve

Give us a shout if you need a hand with this lift Steve

Can soon drum up a few local Tivvers to help as well

Hope your feeling better

Cheers
Rich

thanks for the offer Rich

[stainless_steve]

Slow M said:

Glad you're feeling better!
Green sludge was coming out of me last week.
Down to a mere trickle.
Then all of my frustration got the better (no, I think WORST) of me and I punched our walk-in refrigerator.
Two stainless pins in my fifth metacarpal and no playing with the stuff in the Garage for another five to six weeks.
Guess where at least a part of that $4,000 could have gone.

Aaaaah, spring.

fking hell Bernard,i thought i was having a bad time of it .
I could have made you the stainless pins FOC,i'm sure i'd have a drill bit the correct size for your bones,all we would need then is someone to stitch you back up

Piston Heads saving car funds matters


hope you get better soon


Steve

[stainless_steve]

PILER said:

Steve,
Where are you at with the LS powered M.?

Regards

Just in from the garage Patrick,i've been cutting the body up with an angle grinder













Don't panic,it's so i can fit the rollcage

[stainless_steve]

I've been working 7 days aweek at work for the past few months,so not had time to work on the car.I have a few days off next week so will finish off making the rollcage and mounting it to the chassis.I should also get round to taking the body off so i can work on the diff swap.

[stainless_steve]

Talking about diff swaps anyone used an ally 4hu

pics here..
http://www.ndmetal.co.uk/gallery.asp?id=7&cat=...

[stainless_steve]

TVR_owner said:

stainless_steve said:

Talking about diff swaps anyone used an ally 4hu

pics here..
http://www.ndmetal.co.uk/gallery.asp?id=7&cat=...

Big money Steve. A mag one is same kind of dosh.

Are you ready to receive you bonnet yet?

£950 for the ally case.

John,anytime for the bonnet,i take it your back in the uk?

[stainless_steve]

Slow M said:

Does anyone know the weight difference between the Aluminium/Magnesium/Iron versions?

Mag case weighs 6.5kg which is a third of the weight of the cast iron case.
Ally case is 11kg

hope this helps you Bernard

[stainless_steve]

Slow M said:

stainless_steve said:

Mag case weighs 6.5kg which is a third of the weight of the cast iron case.
Ally case is 11kg

hope this helps you Bernard

Thanks Steve,

From those weights, it seems that they may use the same/similar casting patterns for the Al and the Mg version. As it takes a little more Mg in mass to get to the same overall strength of the Al unit, we can make a leap and guess that the Al version is somewhat stronger. Considering the availability of great Al casting alloys today, it should also be significantly more durable. If you're not building a full-out race car in which all of the parts are on a life-cycle, there's only one choice.

BTW, what's the monetary cost of that 8.5Kg weight loss? Is there a way of/place for comparing a new cast iron complete unit and a new Al complete unit?

B

http://www.crosthwaiteandgardiner.com/Jaguar_pages_lwe.pdf



page 17,shows an ally and mag casing they look the same.

A bloke on ebay gets new old stock jag diffs but there never powerlok,not sure if you can buy them new off the shelf.



http://www.ndmetal.co.uk/gallery.asp?id=7&cat=...


The Cobra builders are using ally casings,theres talk of them putting up to 750 hp through it with no probs

[stainless_steve]

Rollcage fitted and mounted to chassis,even managed to put a pipe inbetween the dash.Need to sort some seats out now so i can mount them to the chassis not the body.Then i can take the body off

Bloody work wants me to go in,have to cut my week off short working Fri,Sat and Sunday

[stainless_steve]

Not very good pics,sorry

[stainless_steve]

Slow M said:

Don't know how I missed your last post but I did.

Personally, I think they're awesome pictures, especially the last one. :~)

B.

I like the last one

[stainless_steve]

New lightweight front just resting in place

[stainless_steve]

Thanks Bernard,it all fits easy under a standard bonnet but the new one should get rid of the heat better.

[stainless_steve]

This bonnet is used on a race car,seems to work ok.
I'm working on a subtle front splitter to keep the front on the floor.
The roof is going to be tied to the rollcage front and rear and the screens bonded in.

[stainless_steve]

Have you sorted yourself a job Bernard?

[stainless_steve]

Sorry to hear about your illness Bernard,sounds like your getting over the worst of it.
Good luck on the job hunting

[stainless_steve]

jellison said:

Steve - does it need that bonnet bulge - does not look like it from the install pics. Mine easily cleared a low Chim hood.

No it easily clears,i'm using the bonnet bulge to reduce heat build up.
Alot of large engine M's seem to suffer overheating problems,i also think it will look rather good with the SE arches.
Need to get better pics so you can see how low the engine is,the bottom of the sump is 2 1/2" below the chassis.

[stainless_steve]

JR said:

Hope that this isn't a repost.

Steve, have you seen this?

jellison said:

The Brian Hough Modsports Beast.






Unfortunately he met his maker in it when a caliper came loose at Thruxton (eek - worse place it could happen).

This thing was a natural progression of the Griffith from the 60's, but with wide 70's slicks, vented big front brakes and replacing the re drums with discs too and with about 500+bhp from a stretched SBF

BTW you may want to add a gurney flap at the rear of the bonnet.

Good luck, Jonathan

Thanks Jonathan,seen the pics about a year ago would have been nice to see it in action



Gurney flap at the rear of the bonnet? any pics

[stainless_steve]

Seats and runners fitted,mounted them to the chassis for extra strength.
Will get some pics posted on Sunday.
Just need to sort the radiator and where to mount it now,then body off

[stainless_steve]

You can see in both pics plenty of adjustment in seating position.