slammed air ride Scimitar with Lexus V8 1UZFE
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xjay1337 said:
Interesting, you plan on notching the chassis to make an oil-filter fit and I get blasted for notching my chassis to get my driveshaft to fit.
Interesting to see!
I got blasted on the Lotus forums for just about every thing I done on my Esprit! how can fitting a V8 ever be wrong???Interesting to see!
I will notch whatever I like! may even just notch a random section just for the hell of it!
I agree.
However piston heads members have a very select decision process to decide who they *attempt* to rip into.
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=1&a...
However piston heads members have a very select decision process to decide who they *attempt* to rip into.
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=1&a...
xjay1337 said:
Interesting, you plan on notching the chassis to make an oil-filter fit and I get blasted for notching my chassis to get my driveshaft to fit.
Interesting to see!
Correct me if I'm wrong but notching a ladder chassis, which can be quite easily reinforced, is quite different in rigidity terms to cutting chunks out of a stressed unibody, which is much harder to reinforce without making major additions?Interesting to see!
ManOpener said:
Correct me if I'm wrong but notching a ladder chassis, which can be quite easily reinforced, is quite different in rigidity terms to cutting chunks out of a stressed unibody, which is much harder to reinforce without making major additions?
Nope.Still would requite an IVA legally.
It's irrelevant, just highlighting how the same (in effect) modifications get treated very differently based on what "group" of enthusiasts people belong to
StoatInACoat said:
Has there been a thread on the Lotus? Looks awesome from what can be seen.
Thanks yes indeed Esprit build threadhttp://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Some more progress today, I removed the alternator and moved the engine forward and lowered to correct height. The cross brace also fits!
The sump is very close to the front beam but could just clear if I massaged the beam a little with a hammer and dented it slightly. I could notch the beam but may get away with it just with some little fettling.
Gearbox just slips in between the chassis rails.
Hard to see with the pictures but it just fits, but does touch. I could notch it a little to allow for more clearance or could also get away with it with some fettling with a hammer.
The sump is very close to the front beam but could just clear if I massaged the beam a little with a hammer and dented it slightly. I could notch the beam but may get away with it just with some little fettling.
Gearbox just slips in between the chassis rails.
Hard to see with the pictures but it just fits, but does touch. I could notch it a little to allow for more clearance or could also get away with it with some fettling with a hammer.
s1v8esprit said:
StoatInACoat said:
Has there been a thread on the Lotus? Looks awesome from what can be seen.
Thanks yes indeed Esprit build threadhttp://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
s1v8esprit said:
Oil filter hits the chassis I know you can buy remote oil filters, but I may just notch the chassis to make clearance.
Kitchski said:
What's the obsession with notching the chassis? There's usually a better way. For example, notching it to allow the oil filter to fit, when you could just fit a shorter filter!
Personally I would fit the remote rather than notch, adapters are available now (they weren't when I did mine so I had one made up) eg http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111778864547 but mine was totally in the way of the chassis, yours just looks like it touches so I'd just go for a shorter filter.Kitchski said:
Like the idea of the build though. Air ride bit does nothing for me, but those are good engines!
Same here (on both counts).View from under the beam/sump it just clears but will need a tad more room.
After cleaning some crud of the chassis gained some more room! Must have had at least 5mm of dirt each side of the chassis. Both sides clear but may have to still notch it a touch.
Flipping the exhaust manifolds left to right enables you to fit them facing forward.
Now they are facing the way I want shouldn’t be too hard to run the exhaust as planed. Forward up and out the bonnet!
After cleaning some crud of the chassis gained some more room! Must have had at least 5mm of dirt each side of the chassis. Both sides clear but may have to still notch it a touch.
Flipping the exhaust manifolds left to right enables you to fit them facing forward.
Now they are facing the way I want shouldn’t be too hard to run the exhaust as planed. Forward up and out the bonnet!
Flipping the bottom mounts lowers the car 3 inches, so just had to raise the top mount 3 inches to match.
That’s a nice easy 3 inch drop for free! Still plenty of work to do, may also have to raise the rack and anti-roll bar mounts.
The damper top mounts also have to be raised, but all looks straight forward to do.
Interesting view inside the towers after the top mount was cut off.
I plan to fit the top damper mount on some box section and slide it inside the tower this will be bolted and welded.
Most of the jobs kind of get worked out on the fly as they unfold and find solutions when you see want you have to work with…..
That’s a nice easy 3 inch drop for free! Still plenty of work to do, may also have to raise the rack and anti-roll bar mounts.
The damper top mounts also have to be raised, but all looks straight forward to do.
Interesting view inside the towers after the top mount was cut off.
I plan to fit the top damper mount on some box section and slide it inside the tower this will be bolted and welded.
Most of the jobs kind of get worked out on the fly as they unfold and find solutions when you see want you have to work with…..
Edited by s1v8esprit on Friday 25th September 23:58
Edited by s1v8esprit on Friday 25th September 23:59
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