Slammed Sh*tter Rat look Scimitar 1UZFE V8

[poondobber]

6 exhaust pipes. That must be the oddest V8 engine ever.

part of me wants to see the paint stripped off to see how much bondo is under there.

[Mehowski]

This is going to be so cool

[RedGalant2k1]

LOVE the body lines! Should be a beaut!

[kittenpuncher]

what the...

[Asshole Bicycle]

6 exhaust pipes. That must be the oddest V8 engine ever.

part of me wants to see the paint stripped off to see how much bondo is under there.

A flat head Ford?

[poondobber]

Well maybe not the oddest. Flatheads are pretty strange though.

[V8-ESPRITS3]

6 exhaust pipes. That must be the oddest V8 engine ever.

part of me wants to see the paint stripped off to see how much bondo is under there.

yeah that was a mock up with the V6 engine! it will have 8 now........
Body is fibreglass.

[P78]

fibreglass body?

so not much weight then

will be a hoot to drive with that v8 imo

[Dave_The_BMXER]

I've never seen nor heard of one of these before.

Subbed

[V8-ESPRITS3]

Thanks Guys,

Body off! Engine crane worked well, apologies for poor quality pic, chassis was a lot of hassle to free off, and nearly every bolt had to be cut off. I even had to cut the rear valence away to allow it to lift off, tried lifting from front and sliding rearwards but just couldn’t get it off.

[V8-ESPRITS3]

Finally got the chassis free and into the garden!

Rusty in the usual places but repairable



Odd section repaired in the past

[V8-ESPRITS3]

Engine trial fitted to see if it fits? no surprise it doesn’t……

Oil filter hits the chassis I know you can buy remote oil filters, but I may just notch the chassis to make clearance.

Gearbox also clashes with the chassis


Would have been nice if the gearbox fitted, but hey ho just a bit more work.
For the gearbox will just have to section or move out that part of the chassis and make it wider.

[jazig.k]

big chunky manual hand operated air valves, and big old air compressor driven off a motor pulley.

Yes.
Hurry.

[CougarHouseGarage]

yes this is awesome

[V8-ESPRITS3]

A little update on progress…………
Removed the power steering pump and a/c, and slid the engine forward so the gearbox clears the chassis, this still does not work out as the front of the engine is too wide to in the towers. It is also too high at the front.








The best solution is to get it fitting the best at the front and to section the chassis to make the gearbox fit at the rear. Engine mount locations work out nice and easy.