V8+2 = V10 viper engined 7 replica, ongoing build project

ihatesissycars · Post by **ihatesissycars** » Wed May 30, 2007 9:25 am

It definately would be THE doughnut machin of the century with that much power and light weight and then of course you can go and tune it some more!

Watch this one keenly guys as it will benefit all of us as this chap will no doubt become the master of getting traction after driving this for a while! And i though i had it bad in my capri!

ChrisJC · Post by **ChrisJC** » Wed May 30, 2007 9:30 am

Most modern cars have far more power than the tyres can handle already.
But I suppose they also have traction control.....

Chris.

Paul B · Post by **Paul B** » Wed May 30, 2007 9:51 pm

ChrisJC wrote:Most modern cars have far more power than the tyres can handle already.
But I suppose they also have traction control.....

Chris.

The throttle works both ways......

Barry Ashcroft · Post by **Barry Ashcroft** » Thu May 31, 2007 9:33 pm

Cracking project right up my street

Where did you find the engine? How much did you pay for it?

If you ever abandon the project first dibs on the motor

Barry

chodjinn · Post by **chodjinn** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 3:14 pm

Certifiable! But I love it!

yeah, how much was that engine/box, and where from?

Only ever seen one for sale here in the UK

olly

Post by **katanaman** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 4:12 pm

details are here http://www.v-8.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.p ... 10&start=0

Barry Ashcroft · Post by **Barry Ashcroft** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 9:01 pm

Under 7k delivered BARGAIN my engine cost twice that

Please send me the details about the seller I might have to buy one to put in stock for a future project

bj928 · Post by **bj928** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:33 pm

a little video of the viper engine that is now running on just the headers.

bj928 · Post by **bj928** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:34 pm

Barry Ashcroft wrote:Under 7k delivered BARGAIN my engine cost twice that

Please send me the details about the seller I might have to buy one to put in stock for a future project

http://x2builders.com/

Eliot · Post by **Eliot** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 9:24 am

took by one of the dakar club members:

Barry Ashcroft · Post by **Barry Ashcroft** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 9:55 pm

Any news on this project?

bj928 · Post by **bj928** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 10:55 pm

just got it back today from having exhausts made, friday its off to have a weeks woth of welding done as well as having Wilwood MustangII uprights/hubs/discs ( 330mm ) and 6 pots fitted, rear end moddified to take a full mustang cobra IRS rather than the normal sierra/granada, then then its back home to be strip down so the chassis can be plasted, dipped and powder coated

stevieturbo · Post by **stevieturbo** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 12:07 am

You'd be better using the block as a stressed member if possible, to add overall strength to the chassis.

fabricate a lot of mounts to the block and gearbox from various points on the frame chassis.
The closer to suspension pickups, the better.

Cool project though..it will be an animal !

Ian Anderson · Post by **Ian Anderson** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 8:20 am

I recon a new 0-100-0 time could be coming soon!

Great project

Ian

Paul B · Post by **Paul B** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 1:20 pm

Please tell me that is red oxide all over the chassis, not ferrous oxide