squatches Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 so me and a buddy started a new project yesterday.. a 75 triumph spitfire with an l28 engine and trans, were working on motor and trans mounts a t the moment then driveshaft next. but heres a few pics. 8 Quote Link to comment
hobbes_the_cat Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 will it poke out of the hood? Quote Link to comment
SublimeDatsun610 Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 i am definitely one to condone sticking an engine in car that it doesn't belong in. Better pics wouldn't be too much to ask for? want to see more.... Quote Link to comment
squatches Posted October 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 sorry all i have for now is shitty cell phone pics. will it poke out of the hood? yeah it will poke but the original hood has already been cut/ butcherd so i dont care to cut it a little more. heres a few more shitty pics (the shop has low lighting and camera sucks). Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 Stock car weight was 1750 lb and just over 60 hp. 'Fraid that this will fuck the front/back weight distribution and the handling. Well we'll find out. Moar power is always good. L28 would be at least twice as much. Quote Link to comment
FoxyRoadster Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 The L28 can look pretty cool sticking out of the hood of a car. Quote Link to comment
squatches Posted October 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 'Fraid that this will fuck the front/back weight distribution and the handling. Well we'll find out. Moar power is always good. L28 would be at least twice as much. lol yeah just a slight bit, worse case scenario i understeer into a tree or a ditch. if anything it can be a track bitch. The L28 can look pretty cool sticking out of the hood of a car. your car? if not know anything about it? Quote Link to comment
I'm BLUE Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 I like it man !!! :D Put an oil filter on that badboy ,,, keep the dirt out :unsure: :) Thicker sway bar , and front extra-bracing to firewall/crossmember/etc,,, on that bad-boy !!! :cool: :lol: ;) Quote Link to comment
FoxyRoadster Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 lol yeah just a slight bit, worse case scenario i understeer into a tree or a ditch. if anything it can be a track bitch. your car? if not know anything about it? its known as the zoadster, apparently it was a factory lightweight roadster that someone stuck a L series in. Car was dismantled by the owner and no longer exist. Quote Link to comment
DAT510 Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 its known as the zoadster, apparently it was a factory lightweight roadster that someone stuck a L series in. Car was dismantled by the owner and no longer exist. that was a dick move. Quote Link to comment
FoxyRoadster Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 that was a dick move. From what I had gathered the car was pretty butchered already, so was just finishing it off. I found it when I had intended to stuff an RB20 into my roadster, which I still may do someday but I want to tinker with the miata B6 first and see how I like that Quote Link to comment
squatches Posted October 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 Put an oil filter on that badboy ,,, keep the dirt out :unsure: :) Thicker sway bar , and front extra-bracing to firewall/crossmember/etc,,, on that bad-boy !!! had to take it off for puting the engine in it hit the strut tower, ill be putting a relocation kit on it to clear. The car will be getting a full cage and bracing later on, i dont think ill survive another wreck in a vert (last one i ended up wheels up and a few broken ribs and crushed t10 vertebra) Its going to be a slow ongoing project as time and money permits, mostly money lol. Quote Link to comment
DRIVEN Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 It's like a GT6 that doesn't sound like a tractor. My parents had Spitfires off and on while I was growing up. Fun cars. Quote Link to comment
squatches Posted October 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2011 heres a few more pics no real progress as of right now, i still need to make the engine mounts. but i have started going thru the wiring of the car and its pretty bad burnt in some ares so im redoing that right now. hopefully mounts will get made this week once i get the metal. the original ebrake will have to be removed and placed elsewhere if only the input shaft would fit heres how close the original mounting locations are cant use the stock 280 mount in any way Quote Link to comment
DRIVEN Posted December 20, 2012 Report Share Posted December 20, 2012 This thing ever get finished? Quote Link to comment
squatches Posted July 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 nope I got the engine and trans mounts finished, and then got rid of it because the shop I was in got sold so nowhere to work on or keep it. Quote Link to comment
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