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

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

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RoverP6B

4,338 posts

127 months

Saturday 5th April 2014
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Are you going to fill in the original Renault rear wheel-arches ahead of the new ones? Those holes look very odd now!

castex

4,933 posts

272 months

Saturday 5th April 2014
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RoverP6B said:
Are you going to fill in the original Renault rear wheel-arches ahead of the new ones? Those holes look very odd now!
I would, then maybe try some shark fin stone guards like this:


Fab project, OP.

lexspace

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295 posts

139 months

Saturday 5th April 2014
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RoverP6B said:
Are you going to fill in the original Renault rear wheel-arches ahead of the new ones? Those holes look very odd now!


yes, i intend using the sills from the LWB Espace as you can see in these pics





they should fill the gap nicely

RoverP6B

4,338 posts

127 months

Saturday 5th April 2014
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Ah, is the LWB a donor car to this project? If not, what are your plans for it?

lexspace

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295 posts

139 months

Saturday 5th April 2014
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OlberJ

14,101 posts

232 months

Saturday 5th April 2014
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I love it when you get off the shelf parts like that so close.

lexspace

Original Poster:

295 posts

139 months

Saturday 5th April 2014
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RoverP6B said:
Ah, is the LWB a donor car to this project? If not, what are your plans for it?
It was the family car , but a head gasket failure has left it pretty much worthless so it has become a storage shed/doner car

vincegail

2,451 posts

154 months

Saturday 5th April 2014
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lexspace said:
itidiot said:
Is that plasti dip? Does it wear well?
It's just rattle can black , the std 'blue' interior parts just looked so bad I needed a quick fix
Edd China, is that you? wink

lexspace

Original Poster:

295 posts

139 months

Saturday 5th April 2014
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vincegail said:
lexspace said:
itidiot said:
Is that plasti dip? Does it wear well?
It's just rattle can black , the std 'blue' interior parts just looked so bad I needed a quick fix
Edd China, is that you? wink
As I read it back - hmmmm , maybe I do watch too much wheeler dealers .....

davepoth

29,395 posts

198 months

Saturday 5th April 2014
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lexspace said:
RoverP6B said:
Ah, is the LWB a donor car to this project? If not, what are your plans for it?
It was the family car , but a head gasket failure has left it pretty much worthless so it has become a storage shed/doner car
Don't you know somebody with an engine for an Espace? wink

RoverP6B

4,338 posts

127 months

Saturday 5th April 2014
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I have a thought - Porsche twin flat six conversion! Boxster/Cayman S engine in the front driving the fronts, Carrera S motor in the rear, driving the rears... might have to be PDK as sorting out a common gear linkage could be 'interesting' - unless you'd prefer to be able to select gears for both engines separately? =D

dealmaker

2,215 posts

253 months

Tuesday 8th April 2014
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lexspace said:




Awesome. Truly awesome.

That is all.

lexspace

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295 posts

139 months

Wednesday 23rd April 2014
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Edited by lexspace on Wednesday 23 April 13:06

The Nur

9,168 posts

184 months

Wednesday 23rd April 2014
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biggrin

How is she coming along?

DS3R

9,784 posts

165 months

Wednesday 23rd April 2014
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So. Damned. Cool.

OP, you are legend.

ajprice

27,256 posts

195 months

Wednesday 23rd April 2014
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thumbup Parked next to the Grand Espace, it looks... small?

abbotsmike

1,033 posts

144 months

Wednesday 23rd April 2014
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ajprice said:
thumbup Parked next to the Grand Espace, it looks... small?
I was just thinking the same thing. How an espace body mounted on a lexus chassis looks small I don't know, but it does!!

irocfan

40,152 posts

189 months

Wednesday 23rd April 2014
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abbotsmike said:
ajprice said:
thumbup Parked next to the Grand Espace, it looks... small?
I was just thinking the same thing. How an espace body mounted on a lexus chassis looks small I don't know, but it does!!
how an espace can look interesting and desirable I don't know either - but it does!!

200bhp

5,662 posts

218 months

Thursday 24th April 2014
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IMHO it's too low. Would look a lot better with a 30-40mm lift from the current body height.

5potTurbo

12,464 posts

167 months

Thursday 24th April 2014
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lexspace said:
It was the family car , but a head gasket failure has left it pretty much worthless so it has become a storage shed/doner car
Surely you have an Espace engine from the Lexus conversion?

Also, when I die, I too want to become a kebab. wink