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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: omega3000 on 29 August 2013, 18:36:02

Title: V8 Sleeper
Post by: omega3000 on 29 August 2013, 18:36:02
Now this is a sleeper  :o

 5.7 V8 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mazda-Chevy-350-5-7lt-V8-Hotrod-/281156818293?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item4176409575)
Title: Re: V8 Sleeper
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 29 August 2013, 19:20:26
v8 in that thing :o  waste of a good engine :(
Title: Re: V8 Sleeper
Post by: chrisgixer on 29 August 2013, 19:24:46
Quote from: cem on 29 August 2013, 19:20:26
v8 in that thing :o  waste of a good engine :(

What? No f1 engine recommendation?  I'm disappointed. ;D
Title: Re: V8 Sleeper
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 29 August 2013, 20:12:21
Quote from: chrisgixer on 29 August 2013, 19:24:46
Quote from: cem on 29 August 2013, 19:20:26
v8 in that thing :o  waste of a good engine :(

What? No f1 engine recommendation?  I'm disappointed. ;D

I thought you were busy with your v8 problems ;D :P
Title: Re: V8 Sleeper
Post by: omega3000 on 29 August 2013, 20:14:44
Quote from: cem on 29 August 2013, 19:20:26
v8 in that thing :o  waste of a good engine :(

Will be ok in a straight line  :-\
Title: Re: V8 Sleeper
Post by: 05omegav6 on 29 August 2013, 20:55:37
Quote from: Emd on 29 August 2013, 20:14:44
Quote from: cem on 29 August 2013, 19:20:26
v8 in that thing :o  waste of a good engine :(

Will be ok in a straight line  :-\
Or sideways 8)
Title: Re: V8 Sleeper
Post by: Nick W on 29 August 2013, 22:28:28
I wonder what is so special about the gearbox? It was pretty much GM standard fit from the mid-eighties.
Title: Re: V8 Sleeper
Post by: 05omegav6 on 29 August 2013, 22:57:47
Quote from: Nick W on 29 August 2013, 22:28:28
I wonder what is so special about the gearbox? It was pretty much GM standard fit from the mid-eighties.

High stall torque converter perhaps :-\
Title: Re: V8 Sleeper
Post by: Vamps on 29 August 2013, 23:12:20
Needs a bit weight over those back wheels or will be going nowhere quick......... ;) ;)
Title: Re: V8 Sleeper
Post by: symes on 30 August 2013, 16:35:04
only 700cc bigger than what's in my rover ;)
Title: Re: V8 Sleeper
Post by: omega3000 on 30 August 2013, 16:43:25
Quote from: symes on 30 August 2013, 16:35:04
only 700cc bigger than what's in my rover ;)

But which one is better at going round corners  ;D ;)