[Shotimes] SHO engine in RWD

[Ron Nottingham]

That guy doesn't have a clue about what he is talking about.

All that needs to be done to accomplish this is... Flip the "snakes" around,
so the TB is in front (some small spacers between the heads and the intake
work wonders), block off the coolant passages to the TB (not needed, unless
you want to drive it in the winter and its cold!), and a return pipe coming
from the rear of the engine to the front.  Oh yeah, the BEST gearbox to use
with a longitudinal RWD SHO engine? A WC T5 from an 84-89 Nissan 300ZX
Turbo. An adapter plate is needed to mount the engine and gearbox together,
a SHO pressure plate, 300zxt clutch disc and TOB. A WC T5 from a Mustang GT
could also be used, a T45 is a step up, and a TKO is overkill (unless you
plan on twin turbos and 30+ psi). The T5's from the later Fox-bodied
4-banger 'Stangs could used, but will need to be beefed up, so why not buy
the T5 from a GT? The T5's in the later 6-cylinder SN95's are the same as
the GT. Later GT's and Cobra's (SN95) use a T45 (please, don't ask me which
year this change took place, as I don't know right off hand, but I think it
was 98). If you want a great price on a T45, start hanging around the Cobra
guys, the one's that really love HP and are building the crap out of them.
They will ditch the T45 in favor of a TKO, you could pick one up pretty
cheap. The T45's have a longer input shaft than the T5's, however.

Also, custom engine mounts would be needed, unless you plan to swap this
engine into a 3.0L Ranger :-)

Ron Nottingham - Dalton, GA
90 SHO
89 325i
(OO==00==OO)
"It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile"


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <rsdesi@jps.net>


> I was cruising a Ford Ranger site recently and they were talking about
what
> it would take to put a SHO engine in a Ranger.  One guy was saying that
the
> engine would have problems cooling in the North/South configuration due to
> the coolent flowing in a direction for a FWD car.  He said that head
> gaskets would need the sides swapped in order to fix the problem.
>
> I have seen that a few guys are using the SHO engine in RWD cars, but this
> is the first I have heard coolant flow direction being different.  Anyone
> have comments on this?
>
> Rich
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