[Shotimes] Possible project car? / Rear Wheel Drive

[Ian Fisher]

Ron's right. It should be easier to get a V8 LS and
swap a manual into it rather than swap a V8 into a V6
manual. Should be. I have heard of at least one V8 5
or 6 speed car. I don't recall much about the block or
what family of engines its from but I do believe that
its shared with at least one other platform. Now I'm
curious so I'm going to look it up before I mow the
lawn..

Ian


--- Ron Porter <ronporter@prodigy.net> wrote:

> There's a few LS sites out there. A few ex-SHO folks
> now have an LS. Poke
> around Google, you can probably find the sites, and
> they would have any info
> about a V8-manual tranny swap.
> 
> The key issue is whether the V8 has a manual tranny
> on it in some other
> application.
> 
> Ron Porter
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Maggiacomo [mailto:gtsrider@yahoo.com] 
> Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 4:25 PM
> To: Ron Porter
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Possible project car? / Rear
> Wheel Drive
> 
> Ron... actually it's wine, not beer. But anyway,
> well said... good points made about the "SHOness".
> Do any of you remember the LS in it's first few
> years
> came with a 5 speed manual, but only with the V6? 
> Does anyone know of one of those being converted to
> a
> V8? That would appeal to me and be very cost
> effective.
> OK... time for my afternoon nap.
> Pete
> 
> --- Ron Porter <ronporter@prodigy.net> wrote:
> 
> > Lay off the any more beer this afternoon!!
> > 
> > Let's see....you now have a RWD Taurus with a
> > Mustang drivetrain that (1)
> > weighs more than a Mustang, and (2) will be
> slower.
> > You have also spent
> > $15-20K (assuming you did all of your own work) on
> a
> > car that is worth maybe
> > $2-3K.
> > 
> > And, it's definitely no longer a SHO. I had this
> > wild idea about 10 years
> > ago using a SHO motor, but I came to my senses!!
> > 
> > Want a nice RWD manual-tranny performance car? By
> a
> > used G35 or 3--5-series
> > BMW!!
> > 
> > The Gen 1-2 body was a very nice platform....in
> it's
> > day.
> > 
> > IMHO the BEST way to mod a SHO, which I have been
> > telling people for a
> > number of years, and John Hrinsin actually spent
> big
> > $$$ to do, is a
> > slightly bigger SHO V6 with higher compression and
> > other efficiency mods,
> > and leave it n/a. You can get 300+ HP, and still
> > have a SHO that has
> > retained it's "SHO-ness".
> > 
> > Ron Porter
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> > [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> > On Behalf Of Peter Maggiacomo
> > Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 3:36 PM
> > To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> > Subject: [Shotimes] Possible project car? / Rear
> > Wheel Drive
> > 
> > I know this has been discussed in the past, but
> > lately
> > I've been thinking about it again. After watching 
> > Boyd and his band of Gypsys on American HotRod, I
> > see
> > that just about anything is possible.
> > My thoughts were to run the 95 SHO MTX till the
> > wheels
> > 
> > fall off, like many have done on this list and
> then
> > when the "shell" is worth virtually nothing
> anyway,
> > gut it and rotiserre it. Drop in a Mustang V8, 5
> > speed
> > tranny and an LS rear end and suspension.
> > Maybe a front clip from an LS would be easiest.
> > Any thoughts. I have my Flame Suit on.
> > -Pete
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