Has anybody shoe horned a Rover V8 3500 into a standard chassis if so what mods were required cheers

I am currently fitting an RV8 to a McSorley 442, this is the version in which the engine compartment is 2" longer, and the chassis 2" higher. It is also 4" wider across the cockpit and 2" longer in the footwell section. I only just tried the engine (and gearbox) in the chassis this afternoon, will have more info later, would not fancy trying it in the standard chassis, would probably have to shortem the footwell section to get it in.
Jim's website is
http:www.mcsorley.net/locost
and you can download the plans but I am doing his previous version which is a bit wider at the front, he has modified it to take a standard nosecone
John

Well they fit in a Dax Rush chassis which is narrower than a standard locost chassis in the engine bay (in fact a large block chevrolet V8 also fits in).

But the engine is much further back in the dax - engine/bellhousing split is in line with the end of the footwells, so the footwells are obviously much narrower. Try and put a rover V8 in a standard locost chassis without narrowing the footwells to get the bellhousing further back in the tunnel, and it'll probably be very tight width-wise at the front of the engine.

There is a rover V8 locost in the back of the book (second edition), but who knows whether its a standard chassis?

Hope that helps

Liam

It seems that the RV8 fitting is more about length than width. The bellhousing is quite wide, all the way back to where the BH joins the gearbox. It's the size of the clutch arm housing on the driver's side that's the problem, move the footwells back past there and they can be made wide enough. Next time I see the Dax V8 I shall be having a much closer look. I shall be looking in particular at the mods to the engine itself, especially the water pump and the bellhousing if that's visible
John