Tr7 V8 Fast Road/sprint/trackday Restoration Project.

[pablo]

you arent going auto are you?

 

[IL]

you arent going auto are you?

No im going manual, what i mean is most/all those sporty Audi V8's are auto, and finding a flywheel/clutch/bell housing conversion plate & Manual gearbox that works would be difficult

 

[pablo]

ah right, yeah screw that!

Ill try to dig out the esprit thread it was awesome.

 

[IL]

with the rear engine in the Esprit it was prob going into a Hewland box or something.. no use to me

I need from engine/rear drive examples.. id still like a nosey tho

 

[pablo]

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

engine from an A8

like I say just throwing it out as an alternative if you dont have any joy with a BM

 

[pablo]

understand you now, a BM engine is a perfect fit then.

what about an E36 m3 engine and take the LSD and the lot.

 

[Rob]

Blasphemy pabs!!! V8 roar is the only thing worthy of this project!

 

[pablo]

sorry

 

[IL]

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

engine from an A8

like I say just throwing it out as an alternative if you dont have any joy with a BM

A8 do a manual box?

Yep have to agree with rob, it had a v8 in there and i want another V8 in there, PS im keeping the back axle i have and it has LSD already

 

[pablo]

turns out he used a TDI box, still FWD tho so no good.

 

[IL]

turns out he used a TDI box, still FWD tho so no good.

Yeah i've seen that kind of conversion into mk1 MR2's before.. seen that 4.2 puts out a healthy 340hp!

 

[AMG]

Actually this car has an alright original number on it too so it will be nice to save that! PIJ 448 original 1982 omagh plate!

It's actually a Co. Down plate.

Interesting looking project, looking forward to seeing the progress.

 

[IL]

It's actually a Co. Down plate.

Interesting looking project, looking forward to seeing the progress.

I had been told that it was omagh and i suppose i had no reason to query it! i must look at the tax book and see where it was supplied from..

Thanks mate, its going to keep me busy and out of the pub anyway

 

[Rob]

Yeah JI would be Omagh but IJ is away up the country.

 

[IL]

Yeah JI would be Omagh but IJ is away up the country.

Must check the tax book, maybe it came form omagh before we got it but i thought i was told it was supplied in omagh..

 

[pablo]

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3536501.htm

for the love of god do it

 

[IL]

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3536501.htm

for the love of god do it

I know i saw it last night.. seems way to cheap, but there is no box with it...

Id say it would go in, but where the feck would you start with wiring that animal!

 

[pablo]

makes no sense lol but how awesome!

 

[Rob]

Oh my word, it has to be tempting at that money

And unless my eyes are deceiving me, there is a gearbox attached to that engine!

 

[IL]

makes no sense lol but how awesome!

Oh my word, it has to be tempting at that money

I reckon there has to be something wrong with it at that money..

Same company have an E92 V8 for £1000 exactly too.. seems suspect, I wouldnt buy an engine without hearing it running.

 

[pablo]

feck, sounds iffy alright

 

[IL]

Oh my word, it has to be tempting at that money

And unless my eyes are deceiving me, there is a gearbox attached to that engine!

Your right there is, i thought the last picture was the picture of the flywheel.

Sounds fishy, can you imagine Benzo style Paddles to work with that gearbox?

 

[svensktoppen]

Lol, just getting that gearbox to work would be a feat alright, that is one of them dual-clutch paddle jobs is it not?

Must be something wrong at that price... Could be worth asking just to find out

I think your current plan is more sensible

 

[IL]

I think your current plan is more sensible

At the moment im biting off something manageable, that seems like an expensive handlin.

 

[pablo]

manual box and megasquirt = job done