has anyone considered placing a miata driveline into the spit?
--- Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net> wrote:
>
> The real deal is to find an all aluminum V8 that will fit in the
> Spit
> engine compartment. Recently, there have been a rash of offerings
> from
> various companies that all produce over 300 hp. These all would
> weigh
> about the same as the stock Spitfire engine.
>
> When those engines start showing up in wrecking yards, they will be
> gone
> in the blink of an eye!
>
> The big problem is working on the rear suspension and a
> differential
> that will handle the added power.
>
> Joe
>
> dayton carpenter wrote:
> >
> > The big problem with the Chevy 327 V-8 is it will be very heavy
> compared to
> > the Spitfire 1500cc unless you use Aluminum heads. Even so it
> will be nose
> > heavy and will handle like %^$#. Maybe great for street line
> shots but
> > corners will be another story. I looked at using the 350 since
> it has the
> > same dimensions as the 327 but more CU Inches and power. The
> 327/350 was
> > going to be too heavy and long. I would have to encroach the
> passenger
> > compartment to make it fit. The Chevy 4.3L was short enough and
> light
> > enough to avoid this problems.
> >
> > Just my 2 mao (Chinese currency = 2.2 cents)
> >
> > Dayton
> >
> > >From: SpitfiresRule@aol.com
> > >Reply-To: SpitfiresRule@aol.com
> > >To: spitfires@autox.team.net
> > >Subject: Re: Rover V8-Engined Spitfire
> > >Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 22:36:36 EST
> > >
> > >Anybody wanna see my photos of my experimental Chevy 327 V-8 in
> a 1965 Spit
> > >MK2 (no stretch!)?
>
> --
> "If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort."
> -- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer
>
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nikolai jaremka
72 spitfire mkIV
east aurora, new york
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