A V12 project begins.......

[ROC]

Currently have this old turd sitting outside the house, that I collected on Saturday






Here is the reason why though, 5L V12

It cost the grand sum of £50 for the car, it has done 127k and runs very sweetly (thank goodness )

Am picking up the E30 it is going into this Saturday so no excuses not to start lol.

This will be a very slow project (not like Glenn lol) due to missus/kids/doing up the house blah blah.... you all know how it is. I will update it from time to time if of interest to anyone.

Glenn has very kindly offered his help when I get stuck (which probably won't take long )

Thanks also to Ian332isport who is kindly letting me have some wiring diagrams, I'm gonna need them lol.

Rich.

[Turbo-Brown]

Wahey! Good on you mate!

Seems the V12s are multiplying!

[Widge]

NIce mate, get stuck in there!
Rome wasn't built in a day!

Will be interesting to see a standard / budget / time economic V12 conversion take shape! Lots of photos and a build thread when you get started please mate.

[glenn]

like i said on the phone rich,
anything i can help you with, just give me a bell.
good luck!

[dips346]

you doing this as a auto or manully 6 speed?

[ROC]

Going to give the Auto a go Dips, you know what getting the manual box is like. Hows is yours going? got any recent updates/pics?

Cheers,

Rich.

[dips346]

hi mate the v12 project is just parked up at the moment need to finish other projects first then get back to this one still want to supercharge this or twin turbo so need to get some major cash flow for it

[Widge]

Are they bog standard autos, or more like the switchable E30 one? Slightly more sophisticated?

[ROC]

Widge, the 7 has a shedload of electronics on it, the Auto is switchable.

It also uses electronic throttle control, the ability to switch between shock absorber settings, etc etc should be fun trying to figure it all out

[Widge]

Kripes, not my are of expertise I'm afraid......how old is the 7?

[ROC]

It's an E plate 88 mate.

[ROC]

Here is the V12's new home which I collected on Saturday

Complete with 'tasteful' pinstripes, 4x4 ride height and a 4 spoke steering wheel

This is the last time it will look like this

Managed to get a bit done on it today, the engine and box should be out tomorrow evening if I can avoid the Kitchen tiling the missus wants doing

[Widge]

Have you done ony stripping of the organ donor yet?
Good project mate you don't hang around do you!

[Andy335Touring]

Nice project dude

[ROC]

The 750 interior has been gutted and the dash removed Widge, been stripping out the loom. Have never seen so many wires in one car

[ROC]

Nice project dude

Thanks Andy, how are you getting on with yours?

[Widge]

God I can't think of anything worse than the mass of wireing you are going to have to deal with!

[Brianmoooore]

God I can't think of anything worse than the mass of wireing you are going to have to deal with!

Drooling at the thought of it!

[Dan318-is]

!

[ROC]

That's got the little 6 pot out just need to remove the brake master cylinder and servo, crossmember, steering rack and ARB. Then it's time to rob the 750 of it's best feature

[toughyv8]

if your sticking with the auto then my advice is to get the torque converter sent off and get the stall speed raised on it, wont cost much, had mine done for about £200

[ROC]

Thanks mate, pm sent.

[ROC]

A quick update, progressing ok on both the cars. The V12 and gearbox will be out this coming week, the E30 is pretty much stripped out ready for cutting/bashing about to get the engine in

E30 getting bare


Some of the 750 wiring loom, should be fun sorting out what's needed

[d6dph]

Brian mooores fantasy??

Looking like your making good progress.

[ROC]

Thanks Dave, a neighbour came round earlier and asked what I am doing. I told him, he took one look at both the cars and just said F**k that, and walked off again

[fuzzy]

some of the wiring loom? there surely cant be that amount of wires in an old car.i dont envy you having to make sense of that lot,good luck

[stonesie]

Thats only some of the loom???

hope its not as bad as it looks (to me anyway )

[Brianmoooore]

Some of the 750 wiring loom, should be fun sorting out what's needed

Nice!!

[gareth]

it's not that bad, so far i've seen 6 things in that picture that i recognise
1) floorpan
2) auto gearlever
3) throttle pedal
4) brake pedal
5) a loadspeaker
6) wire, lots of it!

our work here is done!

seriously though, is that all engine raleated or is the main car loom in there too?

[ROC]

Gareth, that lot is mainly the loom inside the car with some fuel pump wiring etc.. Thankfully a lot of it won't be needed but as I usually manage to throw away the bits I later need lol, I'm taking it all out now. The ECU's and engine loom are still in the engine bay at the mo.

[charlE30]

it's not that bad, so far i've seen 6 things in that picture that i recognise
1) floorpan
2) auto gearlever
3) throttle pedal
4) brake pedal
5) a loadspeaker
6) wire, lots of it!

our work here is done!

exactly what I thought.

Good luck with your conversion, it looks 'slightly' more involved than mine, you are one brave/crazy man and I take my hat off to you. Have you done engine conversions before by any chance??

I'd love to see the peoples faces when they try and race you away from the lights

[glenn]

got your e-mail last week rich,
was expecting you to ring over the weekend

[charlE30]

Rich ETM PDF file being uploaded now mate, you should receive an email from yousendit.com, click the link and download

I hope it's of some use

P.S if you need a different year give me a shout I've got 88 - 94.

[E30BeemerLad]

wasn't it once said that the E32 had more computing power than what took the apollo missions to the moon?

incidentally, the post made about getting the torque converter sorted...

try www.jpat.co.uk

although I have no idea what the stall speed would be taken to, i would assume that FZ box would have a stall speed of around 1800-2000rpm? I see the supra auto boys with stall speeds nearer the 3K mark and i think the stall on my soarer V8 is near that too.

[ROC]

Charlie, the download worked perfectly thanks mate, it will be a great help cheers.

Glenn, thanks for your help this evening, always appreciated.

Lee thanks for the link, very good of ya mate