[Shotimes] SHO engine in RWD

[Jim and Debbie Leyden]

There is a guy here in Atlanta that Doug Lewis knows who is (was?) building
a Cobra kit car with a SHO motor.  Although I saw the car several years ago
I can't seem to remember too much about it

Jim


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On Behalf Of Donald Mallinson
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 11:10 AM
To: Ron Nottingham
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Subject: Re: [Shotimes] SHO engine in RWD


Ron,

Thanks for all the info on the tranny swap issue.  I would 
have thought that the 5-speed from the van or pickup would 
be fine with the SHO engine, at least in mostly stock form 
due to the heavier duty application needed for anything in 
truck form or a van expected to haul big loads.  But maybe not.

As for other cars, I think I remember about the Triumph, now 
that you mention, it and I also didn't go into other swaps 
like the two street rods that I know of that use the SHO 
engine in a N/S format (RWD).

There are the hill climb cars and at least one dirt track 
car (not sure if it ever got finished) all RWD, I am sure 
there are others out there we have never heard of.

And of course this doesn't mention (since the discussion is 
about N/S RWD applications) but there are at least two 
Lotus's (Loti?) that are rear engine RWD, but they are an 
E/W mounting.  And the 6 or 7 SHOguns with the same layout.

How about the specialty car that was at the first 
convention, that was also RWD, but the E/W layout.  Forgot 
the name, need to go back to my magazines to remember that 
one, it was designed by a guy for TALL people!

Don Mallinson

Ron Nottingham wrote:
> 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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