4.8+Liter engine buildup -need some input

roverman · December 13, 2009, 12:44:24 PM

And Nic, is it "totally" too late for you to mentally congugate....mid-engine, Vega ? U-no ,"Hatch a Rover"? You know I got "them" t-axles. Even further weight savings, you would'nt need those canvas rear seats anymore? LOL and more, roverman.

pcmenten · December 13, 2009, 07:20:07 PM

I was at Hot August Nights in Reno a few years back and spotted a 67 Corvair with its transaxle turned around and an aluminum V8 mounted to that. The quality of work on that car was outstanding. To my mind, the 67 Corvair is better looking than the 69 Camaro.

I'm completely impressed with what Nic is doing; an aluminum V8 in a Vega. The only thing I might do differently is to start with a Vega or Monza wagon.

roverman · December 13, 2009, 08:33:26 PM

Paul and all. If it was, mid engine, it was possibly a "Crown Manufacturing" type swap, using Corvair T-axle- with reverse thrust on ring gear. With Nic, I was aludeing to Toyota MR 2 Turbo t-axle(tranverse), I consider a better way to go. Dan LaGrou started the ball rolling with "brand new" 215" Buicks in Vegas, 30+ years ago? roverman.

Richl705 · December 13, 2009, 11:07:53 PM

Robert,
On your question "Are there other shops besides D&D that can install 96mm bore tophat liners for less than $2000? ". If you want to go that way, you might give Russell at Allied Machine Shop 703-533-8355 in Fairfax to see if they can do it. I dont know if he would do it but they work on a lot of Rover engines and he did my 215. They are located on route 7 near the 66 access. Richard

Richl705 · December 13, 2009, 11:12:03 PM

Robert,
On your question "Are there other shops besides D&D that can install 96mm bore tophat liners for less than $2000?" If you decide you want to go that way you might call Russell at Allied Machine Shop in Fairfax on 703-533-8355. They do a lot of work on Rover engines and likely can handle that. Richard

NixVegaGT · December 14, 2009, 10:55:59 AM

I actually did look into rear mounting my spare Olds in our Rabbit grassroots car. That would have be awesome! I was actually looking at using a reverse bug transaxle. That put the engine right behind the driver though. I think the MR2 idea would have worked well though.

Paul, are you on the H-body.org site?

pcmenten · December 14, 2009, 12:30:33 PM

Nic, no, I've not been to the h-body.org site. I'll check that out tonight when I get home.