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  1. For anyone looking I just posted a pair of the WF 8.8 stub axles and some Intrepid hubs in the classifieds
  2. Will, I sent you a PM about the Explorer axles. Did you get it? Thanks, Reed
  3. I had posted in this thread in the past. My opinion was to get a Ferrari engine and convert it for RWD So I decided to try out my theory. I am adapting a Ferrari 348 motor to a Ford bell housing with a Borg-Warner T5 transmission. With the help of a friend (and a large CMM unit) I was able to measure the block and bell. I have created the CAD file for the adapter plate and I am sending that off for machining. Stay tuned Reed H
  4. Not my part, but someone here could probably use this My link
  5. Look you guys. I respect the thought and direction you all have put into this thread. I have even added my perspective in the past. I myself, looked into building a flat plane crank using an American motor as a basis. But when I added it all up, I just couldn’t see the value. Just a billet crank alone is $3600. And if anyone seriously believes that you can cobble two V4 cranks or make some 4 cyl crank work in a V8 block, has never built a motor before. The amount of time (and skill) spent on machining the block, crank, rods, etc to work together, you would no longer have your dream of an economical flat plane crank V8. The cheapest scenario I was able to put to paper was a LS based motor. If you went ultra-budget and re-used as many stock parts as possible, you would only need to get a crank and a cam. But right there alone you will have spent $4000 to $4500 on parts. Of course there is the cost of a decent LS motor $2000 to $2500. So even at the low end, doing the work yourself, you will spend $6000 minimum. And at that point you will still have basically a stock pushrod 2 valve V8 that happens to have a flat plane crank. Cool sound, but no power. Let me point this out again. For all the people that have said that existing FPC V8’s are too expensive (like Ferraris). Here is a motor that sold on Ebay this week. 355 Ferrari motor. Complete with injection, water pump, and accessories. These are 3.5 liters, 5 valve per cyl, all aluminum, dry sump oiling, and titanium rods. They spin to 9K and make 350 horse with stock exhaust and cats. This one sold for $3600. Quit spanking the monkey and get on with it. All someone would have to do is make a trans adapter and slot it straight into a Z. If it’s so economical to build a domestic based motor, why hasn’t anyone here done it? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ferrari-355-f355-engine-complete-no-reserve-motor_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem33577f9568QQitemZ220511311208QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories
  6. This guy builds V12's that are essentially two Chevy V6's. His original prototype back in the early 90s was two blocks and two cranks machined and welded together. http://www.falconerengines.com/bio/bio_v12.php
  7. This is the first time I have posted on this thread, although I have been watching from the first. I looked into building a flat-plane crank US V8 five years ago. I even made it as far as purchasing a 5.3 alloy LS Chev motor and a dry sump set-up. Of course, I found the very same things that many of you are finding. “All you have to do is†get a crank and a cam. Technically you can re-use the rest of the motor. Once I started adding up the costs, it became clear that it was not going to be the cheap project I thought at first. $2500 Complete 5.3 alloy LS motor $1200 LS dry sump assy $3600 Sonny Bryant crank $3600 $ 500 Cam For a rough parts total of $7800 before I even began work. And I would end up with an all aluminum, push rod, 2 valve motor that would make about 300ish HP. But after shopping around, I was able to purchase a complete Ferrari 348 motor for $5500. Bone stock these are all aluminum, 4 valve, overhead cam, dry sump, and make 320 HP. Plus they are tiny in size. The only hard work is adapting a T5 bellhousing, flywheel, and clutch to it. As bad as I wanted to have “my own†flat plane crank motor. It just wasn’t cost effective. Now if someone used an iron block, got a lower cost crank, etc. it could be done for much cheaper. But the performance would not be there. I guess it depends on how much someone is willing to sacrifice for the sound. Remember HP costs money, it doesn’t matter what crank layout it has. If you want power, you are going to spend money. I just decided to use someone elses R&D and Engineering (Ferrari).
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