slammed air ride Scimitar with Lexus V8 1UZFE

[seefarr]

blueg33 said:

The Subaru H6 engine is a 6cly boxer and is super smooth.

Found in Outback 3.0 and 3.6 litre models. May be auto only though if you want the original box.

Mighty Car Mods built a low-pressure turbo one with a manual for an old Legacy. It made 370hp at the wheels:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A47LYAcakg

[ManOpener]

TEKNOPUG said:

Lexus V8 4.0 quad cam 32 valve V8 basic dimensions:
Length : 655 mm
Height : 610 mm
Width: 620 mm
Weight : 177Kg (minus starter & flywheel)

ABZ much shorter (to the tune of 150mm), but also probably wider (760mm, but that includes the manifolds which aren't attached to that FE) and taller (660mm, but again including ancillaries).

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=789...

Perhaps not much use in this case.

TEKNOPUG said:

s1v8esprit said:

TEKNOPUG said:

I'd suggest a boxer engine too but what you lose in height, you gain in width. Something pushrod may be better, as suggested. If you read PPC, you'll have seen that they are putting a supercharged Jag V8 in a Scimitar but I suspect that they don't have the same height requirements as you.

Yeah I did hear about that it will never get finished. They also had a project Lotus Esprit was making loads of fuss over putting a V8 in that, it never got done.

There was a feature on an Esprit with an Audi V8 and transaxle.

This one:

http://www.motorgeek.com/viewtopic.php?t=9648

Edited by ManOpener on Tuesday 28th June 13:56

[s1v8esprit]

yes hilly's Esprit, nothing to do with the PPC team. It was in the mag but its not the Esprit I was meaning they had an Orange S1 Esprit that never got done.

[Krikkit]

Subaru H6 with log manifolds? Should be pretty low... As said above hard work with the chassis width.

Edited by Krikkit on Tuesday 28th June 23:11

[DaveV6]

You've probably thought of it but, could you just add some kind of side skirts to give you the look you want? 2" Might be enough without affecting the asthetics of the car.

Dave.

[227bhp]

You don't say what CC this V6 has to be, they do go down to 2ltrs.
What about the one in the Jag X type? People are practically scrapping them daily.

[Nobbles]

What if you kept the engine and did the opposite with the suspension, create the first scimitar suv?

[s1v8esprit]

Got some more work done today, got the outriggers cut off.
I looked into maybe cutting the body around the floor and lowering it but it won’t work, the bulkhead is tapered and also the hinge pillar and other parts won’t lower due to angles and extra sections. The only way is to lower the complete floor and just leave the centre tunnel intact. The outriggers are shot so no big deal was going to have to cut and weld new sections anyway so might as well cut them all out and lower them equal to the center rails. Just a quick mock up to see how it all fits.

Body is now able to go to the ground so the cill can touch the floor.

Engine clearance is not as bad as I thought may get away with a bulge in the bonnet. I know its hard to see in this picture with all the loom in place but its certainly not as bad as I had pictured it would be so its still in with a chance of staying put and being the power plant for the build.

[anonymous-user]

Respect. That is some skill and some vision. Love it.

[95 fiesta si]

Hell yea !