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 MadMacII
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 posted on November 10th, 2010 at 06:23 PM |
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Rover V8 sand rail.
I am building a VW based buggy. It is the full tube frame sand rail style. I have built most of the frame and have just bought a 3.5 litre alloy Rover
V8 as the power plant. I can measure up and do all the calcs but has anyone already done this and willing to share dimensions etc for the adaptor
plate and flywheel. Also after any other tips on maybe strengthening the transaxle. This is the second one I have built the first being about 28 years
ago. This my friends dubbed MadMac. Now I have offspring the same age as I was when I built the first. They are just as interested as I was. Lifes
great when your kids share the same interests. Cheers. MadMacII. |
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| posted on February 17th, 2011 at 06:10 PM |
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LOL
When I pulled the Suby motor out of the wreck the other day I was looking at the size of the Subies torque convertor and the size of the one on the
spare Rover 3.5L V8 sitting there on the floor for my Daihatsu 4wd ute winch challenge project truck. I even broke out the tape measure and I reckon I
could mate them up pretty easy.
Of course with the Suby auto transaxle I'd have to mid mount the V8. So now I have been thinking of what to mount it in. I was thinking a sand rail
or buggy but now I am thinking of a mid engined track car for a bit of fun. You know, something small and light that handles nice, like a Kombi
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| posted on February 17th, 2011 at 06:47 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by mickldo
Of course with the Suby auto transaxle I'd have to mid mount the V8. So now I have been thinking of what to mount it in. I was thinking a sand rail
or buggy but now I am thinking of a mid engined track car for a bit of fun. You know, something small and light that handles nice, like a Kombi
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No you wouldn't. I am just about to start testing the first reversed Subie auto box to see what sort of power it will handle. Shouldn't be too many
months until there are some results.
Reversed gears for Subaru transmissions.
Fit a Subaru 5 speed to your rear engined car
www.subarugears.com |
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| posted on February 18th, 2011 at 08:43 AM |
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Hey mad mac ,
I have an adapter plate for a rover V8 to combi box
Solid steel ,
Come and take it if you want .
Shane 0410639269 Goldcoast
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mickldo
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| posted on February 21st, 2011 at 05:59 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by ttriebler
| Quote: | Originally
posted by mickldo
Of course with the Suby auto transaxle I'd have to mid mount the V8. So now I have been thinking of what to mount it in. I was thinking a sand rail
or buggy but now I am thinking of a mid engined track car for a bit of fun. You know, something small and light that handles nice, like a Kombi
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No you wouldn't. I am just about to start testing the first reversed Subie auto box to see what sort of power it will handle. Shouldn't be too many
months until there are some results.
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Cool 
I am building the kombi for my father in law and he asked me if we could do it with the Suby auto and I told him we couldn't do it. If you need a
test mule kombi that has an auto suby box spare to do the swap.............
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