Thought that I would upload my latest build pictures. Having modified the sump and made some new engine mounts, my BMW 2.8 engine now fits. The car is not on its wheels yet, but I reckon that I have about 80mm ground clearance to the sump and about 10mm clearance between the top of the engine (the oil filler cap) and the bonnet.

Team Dynamics Pro Race 1.2's are on order, so it should be on its wheels (but with lots of bits still missing!) in a couple of weeks. Next job is to work out what on earth all the wires and connectors on the BMW engine loom are for.

That looks a good fit in there.

Nice job

great engines and if i was scratch building it would be exactly the same

Looks great and very comfortable - room for a supercharger!....

once its on the road, the first tinkering job is the wide bore throttle body and inlet manifold for an extra 30bhp for not much effort or cost.

Looks very snug.. Still lots of space in front of it.



Once its up and running you may need to look at some form of engine stay at the top to reduce the movment of the heads. Depends how close they are to the chassis rails and how close the exhaust is.

Will pop over to have a look soon in the kit if thats OK.

Paul

Paul,

There is very (very) little clearance between the side of the sump and the chassis so the engine will have to have very little movement.

Pop over any time. I'll send you a U2U with my phone number and address.

regards
Steve

Looking good there Steve!!

Wish I'd seen your build threads before now for inspiration. I've just started squeezing an M52 into a Haynes chassis. Did you have to modify the transmission tunnel at all? I'm using the original mounts and have got the engine as far back as possible for good weight distribution (hopefully!!) I've done similar with the sump but at the moment just have a right angle cut out of it, ready to be welded soon.
There's some pics over here - http://www.ppc-mag.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=9383&sid=cbcfbf228a5688c7e0a5bee7d3edfc9f

I'll be watching your progress closely and hopefully picking up a few tips

Good job steve, looks like very little movement for error. Is that an M52?

I've not had to modify the transmission tunnel. I'm using the original gearbox mounting bobbins which are quite small, but I did have to trim a little bit of rubber off the sides of them as the mounting points on the box are quite wide, so a very tight fit

I like what you have done with the gear selector - I was wondering how I was going to do that.

BTW - it is an M52

Gearbox from top:-

I think your chassis must be a fair bit bigger than mine mate. My original gearbox mounts were small and squidgy so I went a bit OTT and fitted 2 x Land Rover engine mounts back there. Clearances are so tight down the tunnel I wanted to keep it all nice and stiff. Glad you like my gearchange solution - simple, but seems to work a treat.