Bouldy
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| posted on 13/1/06 at 10:19 PM |
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Yeh the 450 quid is from the heads to the tail pipe. Bargin
Would be interested to see your motor your the only one i now know who has a indy V8 on the road . you can email me on
paul.bould@goodyear.com
not many of them around . mine used to have a blackbird in it but got fed up of having to thrash the arse of it to make it go.
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RWDKurt
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| posted on 14/1/06 at 12:29 AM |
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Some pics on the way mate.
I'm sure you'll enjoy the torque of the V8. My car will pull away in 4th if need be. Haven't tried 5th yet....
Cheers
Kurt
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froggy
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| posted on 14/1/06 at 04:16 PM |
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kurt, any info on the carb setup? ive sold the hotwire system and have a weber 500 to use from dje but i like the idea of bike carbs 
what did you use for the manifold?
bouldy, where are you and where is the guy doing your exhausts! for that price i could bin the cast manifolds and save some weight! if yours is in 304
thats a f££cking bargain!
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RWDKurt
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| posted on 14/1/06 at 08:19 PM |
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Froggy - it's 2 pairs of 4 Yamaha R1 carbs on custom manifolds -one per bank. Steve Bogg of Bogg Brothers near York did the conversion which
included a bespoke thermostat housing and breather catch tank. The also set up the car on their RR. They do loads of conversions on 4 cylinder cars
but this was their first V8. I have some pics I could forward if you drop me your email.
Total cost of the conversion was a grand - which considering the work done and the end result was pretty good value IMO. Like you I was going for a
Weber 500, but by the time you've bought all the bits to make that work and had it set up you're looking at around £700 IIRC. The
conversion works superbly - no flat spots - just clean solid power right up to 7K!! Starts and idles well too. Not tested economy though as the car
gets very little road use.
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ed_crouch
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| posted on 16/1/06 at 03:57 AM |
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That is porn.
Ed.
I-iii-iii-iii-ts ME!
Hurrah.
www.wings-and-wheels.net
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donut
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| posted on 16/1/06 at 07:19 AM |
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This is a Bogg Bros instalation:
Or a BMW V12!!!
[Edited on 16/1/06 by donut]
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andywest1/
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Bouldy
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| posted on 20/1/06 at 10:41 AM |
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Froggy, sorry about the delay just been skiing for the week.
My car is due back anytime now so i will have a word with the guy about yours ,
Im am based in Telford Shropshire, he is based in West bromwich West mids. He does have a trailer facility to collect cars he just charges fuel!!
where are you based? i will send you some pics of exhaust when she is back what is your email address
Paul
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froggy
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| posted on 24/1/06 at 02:43 PM |
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bet this pic is too big
 
Rescued attachment bad kitten..jpg
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quadra
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| posted on 25/1/06 at 02:52 PM |
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Froggy, I may be being stupid here, but by using an MT75 gearbox and 3.62 diffs you shouldn't have any gear ratio problems as the two are
matched. The problem you had before was because the gearbox you probably used was a rover (i assuming here, either LT77 or R380) which didn't
neccessarily have the correct ratios in it to suit the 3.62 diffs. A lot of guys that run V8s in Dax Rushes comment about the gearing, but if you used
the MT75 box I don't see it as being so much of an issue.
Mike
P.S. Nice project, its just how reliant should have built them.
[Edited on 25/1/06 by quadra]
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froggy
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| posted on 25/1/06 at 03:26 PM |
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to be honest ive never compared ratios but im going to have to get the motor to rev well. luckily its a late 3.9 with big main caps so it can be
cross bolted and ive got an r1 carb conversion for it so it should pull cleanly to 6000. the hardest part is yet to come as ive got to make the shell
hinge up from the rear to keep it in one piece like the funny cars do
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