Lexus V8 with NOS in a Renault Espace - yeah lets do it !

[pmanson]

Next door's car port makes it look like it's got ladders on the roof!

Great project

[TonyRPH]

This is beginning to sound like a government IT project.

The spec is constantly changing...

ETA: I can't spell "the"

Edited by TonyRPH on Thursday 27th February 14:04

[TooMany2cvs]

TonyRPH said:

This is beginning to sound like a government IT project.

Th spec is constantly changing...

...it'll never be finished, it'll go massively overbudget, and it's a solution to a question nobody asked in the first place.

Damn, you're right!

[The Nur]

TooMany2cvs said:

...it'll never be finished, it'll go massively overbudget, and it's a solution to a question nobody asked in the first place.

Damn, you're right!

"it's a solution to a question nobody asked in the first place."

Are you telling me that there isn't a father in the land who has to drive a people carrier but wants a V8?

I consider this far more successful than a government scheme as it is actually popular

[aspirated]

Whatever you do, please buy one of them massive red 'stress' buttons and mount it on the dash wired up to the NOS

[aspirated]

Whatever you do, please buy one of them massive red 'stress' buttons and mount it on the dash wired up to the NOS

[TooMany2cvs]

The Nur said:

Are you telling me that there isn't a father in the land who has to drive a people carrier but wants a V8?

Remind me how many seats this is ending up with?

[The Nur]

TooMany2cvs said:

Remind me how many seats this is ending up with?

Shh, this thread is no place for sensibilities like that

[k-ink]

The Nur said:

TooMany2cvs said:

Remind me how many seats this is ending up with?

Shh, this thread is no place for sensibilities like that

Go home people carrier, you're drink

[The Nur]

Any updates, OP?

An Espace just drove past me and I immediately thought of this thread

[Mezzanine]

The Nur said:

Any updates, OP?

An Espace just drove past me and I immediately thought of this thread

Funny, I walked past a driveway at the weekend with a tired looking Espace on the same style of wheels as the LexSpace and I got immediately excited about buying it and sending off to the OP for build number 2

[lexspace]

UPDATE : I have driven the car round the block a couple of times today , first thoughts- bit noisy !!, second thought -bit chuffin warm !!!, third thought - .....................sorry didnt think of anything else but the heat !!!.

Pretty happy with the first drive, no major problems, plenty to think about now and plenty of jobs to do



















I took this video to show a friend , 180,000 miles and engine is sooo smooth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lmjdbyf6yZ0

[andrew]

[OlberJ]

It was a 50p in the original. I think the quid is better though!

Top work squire. Does it rattle and squeak or feel quite solid?

[GTRene]

very good, so you need more dynamat or something like that as heat-shield and noise reduction I guess.

[KTF]

Was it a (very) low speed drive as there doesnt look like there is any clearance at all for the front wheels?

[aspirated]

Air suspension?

[sausage76]

Awesome work.

Could you not retro fit the lexus aircon?

[Usget]

I'm just going to go out on a limb and say that I think those rear seats may lack just a little of the suppleness of the Lexus originals...

[The Nur]

Usget said:

I'm just going to go out on a limb and say that I think those rear seats may lack just a little of the suppleness of the Lexus originals...

I concur. Comfort definitely looks to have taken a hit on this one.