[Shotimes] SHO engine in RWD

[Ron Nottingham]

Don, you forgot to add the Triumph TR7 with a SHO engine.

A stillborn project was my Grassroots Motorsports $2005 Challenge car... An
88 Nissan 200SX with a SHO engine, and a 300ZXT WC T5. Total weight was
around the 2100 pounds mark, would probably have been a little heavier if it
weren't for the fact there was substantial rust on the underside, especially
around the rear strut mounts and suspension attatchment areas :-(

Oh yeah, as far as the gearbox goes... Do not use the 5-speed from a 3.0L
Ranger, as they will not take the power from a SHO engine, they are marginal
at best with the Vulcan V6. The A4LD autobox could hold the power of the
3.0L SHO, but if you plan on turbocharging, superchargers or N2O, you would
want to beef it up. BTW, A4LD literally means Automatic 4-speed Light Duty.

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


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donald Mallinson" <dmall@mwonline.net>


> Been LOTS of SHO engines put in RWD format.
>
> SHOstar minivan (Aerostar)
> SHOranger pickup
> Cobra kit car.
>
> and the Monster Healey that we are featuring in the magazine
> now.
>
> Easy to turn around the intake, plum the water line from the
> (now) back of the motor to the front is the hardest thing,
> but easily done really.  Water flow is traditional as far as
> that goes.
>
> The engine mounts to the ranger/aerostar tranny bolt
> pattern, so that solves one big problem.
>
> Don Mallinson
>
> rsdesi@jps.net wrote:
>
> > 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?



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