Slammed Sh*tter Rat look Scimitar 1UZFE V8

[V8-ESPRITS3]

Thanks guys some more updates.......

View from under the beam/sump it just clears but will need a tad more room.

After cleaning some crud of the chassis gained some more room! Must have had at least 5mm of dirt each side of the chassis. Both sides clear but may have to still notch it a touch.


Flipping the exhaust manifolds left to right enables you to fit them facing forward.

Now they are facing the way I want shouldn’t be too hard to run the exhaust as planed.
Forward up and out the bonnet!

[gearheaded]

Man, where do you find such cool projects! Eager for updates

[Red_Arrowheads]

Definitely in for this. This build is gonna be great.

[V8-ESPRITS3]

Some more progress today, I removed the alternator and moved the engine forward and lowered to correct height. The cross brace also fits!

The sump is very close to the front beam but could just clear if I massaged the beam a little with a hammer and dented it slightly. I could notch the beam but may get away with it just with some little fettling.

Gearbox just slips in between the chassis rails.

Hard to see with the pictures but it just fits, but does touch. I could notch it a little to allow for more clearance or could also get away with it with some fettling with a hammer.

[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.

[CougarHouseGarage]

yes this is awesome

[jazig.k]

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

Yes.
Hurry.

[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.

[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]

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.

[Dave_The_BMXER]

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

Subbed

[P78]

fibreglass body?

so not much weight then

will be a hoot to drive with that v8 imo

[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.

[poondobber]

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

[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?