new monster v8 no 4.0 here !!! Start up vid on page 28 :)

[ross2009]

just done a couple more mods today on the subframe had to take down the front about 20 mm to let the sump in a little more and to lower the front of the engine and also took the rear lip off just for some
more clearance for movement of the engine

[manse73]

Do you need a hand. Looking good Ross and I am watching and waiting

[ross2009]

getting there kev

done abit more today and we have the final resting place




how about that for spot on hight

[manse73]

[ross2009]

i did make some mounts but i wasnt happy with them so i decided to bin them and start again ive also decided to do away with the standard engine mount postion
now im gonna be coming of the inner chassis rails
so i started with this



and a big bit of angle which goes on the rail like this




drill a hole and you have this



i only needed one piece of the box to do both side get it at the right angle and they come out as a pair



then had the get the rear angle right for the mount pretty easy as the engine is a 90 degree v8 so its 45 degrees




just offering it up to get the hole right



and there we have a mount




now they need welding, ill cut straight to them lol




didnt really like how they were so open so i thought id box them in






give them abit of a tart up




and jobs a good un




for got to add ive just bought a new set of vibra technics engine mounts to they better good the amount they cost lol

[manse73]

Love it. Looking forward to the big startup of this engine. Can I book a ringside seat

[ross2009]

corse kev

[Speedtouch]

Very neat looking engine mounts, however, those angle iron bits look like aluminium, which won't weld to your chassis legs very well.

[ross2009]

ha thanks there certainly are not ali lol
and there getting bolted tho the chassis but I'm welding tubes tho the chassis so the bolts don't pull the chassis rails in
got the new gearbox mount turning up this week so hopefully will be all in wil no blocks of wood and jack assistance after that these engines have to sit gearbox down by 2-5 degrees so I still have to do that too
but it's getting there

[Speedtouch]

Sounds similar to the fun and games I had when I bought a Morris Minor with a Fiat twin-cam installed; the rubber doughnut on the output shaft of the gearbox rubbed on the transmission tunnel, so I had to lower the back of the gearbox down by about 1cm.

[ross2009]

well the inlet manifold on these are machined at a angle the carb mount is machined 4degrees to the engine so the engine tilts bk and the carb sits flat
1 reason is the oil drain holes bk to the sump are at the bk of the heads and the deepest part of the sump is at the rear might have something to do with oil starvation not sure

[e30topless]

Love the SBC action, but what is that in the background ?

so I

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[ross2009]

lol that's a lawn mower !!!

[Speedtouch]

It be a 1960-1963 Ford Falcon:

[ross2009]

you would be spot on a lot of people
think it's the 64 but this one is rarer and better looking and it's. a 2 door I'm just uploading some pics for ya

[ross2009]

how did you know it was a 60?? lol

[ross2009]

these bad boys turned up today








just give you an idea of how big these valves are lol

[Speedtouch]

Bit of a dumpy looking turd, the Ford Falcon, IMHO, but to each their own!

Lovely looking alloy heads - how much were they?

[ross2009]

they are one of the smaller yanks out there but yeah each to there own
they were cheap brand new 240 squids

[ross2009]

just had to bolt them on to see what they look like I thought I was going to have room problems but looks like they were made for it

[Speedtouch]

Is that £240 for the pair? If so, that's remarkable value.

[ross2009]

yep 240 for the pair there about 500 complete with valves and springs but I wanna put my own ones in there so that's why I bought them bare a full set of stainless hd valves are only £160

[craigieeb]

Wish you would pull yer finger out and get some work done, this thread is dragging

[ross2009]

ha ha yeah alright Craig what ever you say lol

[ross2009]

as i was looking at these i thought the turbos are going to be way to high possibly out of the bonnet didnt occur to me but a friend said flip them over so in stead of going up and forward the go down and forward

they look much better lower and room for the turbo to sit on top


then there was a problem like always they hit the mounts



which means the heads dont sit flat



so its either bash the manifold so it clears it which i really dont wanna do or ill have to take a little bit out of my nice new engine mounts i made
looking at the gap under the head its only a few mm looks like it will have to be the latter

[Speedtouch]

Why are you bothering to turbo it - won't an alloy-headed V8 be ample enough as it is?

[Nobby_N]

Because this build is epic thats why!

[ross2009]

Because this build is epic thats why!

what he said lol

because I wanna be different and because I can
bragging rights might come in to it a little too but why not

[Speedtouch]

Fair enough, but I would have thought all those oil problems you had with your previous build would have put you off going down the boost route.

[ross2009]

that was the engine not the turbo side of things plus these old v8s are pretty reliable
all the years I've been messing around with them never had one go wrong

[BenKoflach]

You are crazy Ross, but I love it. Nice work

[ross2009]

You are crazy Ross, but I love it. Nice work

hehe cheers ben

[manse73]

Why are you bothering to turbo it - won't an alloy-headed V8 be ample enough as it is?

BBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSTTTTTTTT. X2

[ross2009]

lol @ kev

[rob0r]

THIS IS AWESOME!! I've missed this thread until now, wow!