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I've always heard that you shouldn't go over 5psi without an intercooler. I always figure on running an intercooler, in my mind its cheap insurance from overheating things. On the subject of paint, I think either orange or lime would look best, I prefer the orange but the lime is a close second. I dont remember if mopars had the whole hood black or just an inset painted like the mach1s, but to help the look flow through the car paint a body color border around the carbon hood but leave the majority of it carbon, this will tie the dark hood into the bright car and make it look like it should be there. I've got an idea for the paint scheme of my car following this line of thinking, when I get to that stage I'll get into the details but that might take a few years, I hope no one steals my idea before then! Good luck with the car! btw, you might be getting a PM from me in the future since a twin turbo sbc is on my list of possible engines...

What are the odds you could carry the whole motor? Maybe you could get two guys to carry it and still only pay $90?!

Well considering that the lines are fairly similar it would probably look pretty darn good! Awesome idea! Now, who's going to do it first?

and I bet they were having a ball doing it too! Sounds like my kind of fun!

I'm not seeing any similarities, what is it exactly that you see them sharing?

Hate to hijack a thread but if someone with a 318 could PM me, I need some measurements of the valve train for another of my projects. Thanks!

So when is Foose going to do a Z on Overhaulin? Lord knows there's plenty of worthy projects laying around! He is one of the few that I would let do my car for me!

acctually the reason there isn't a larger variety of airplane engines is the FAA, have you ever looked into how many hoops you have to pay to jump through to get an engine certificated? It's insane!

My 280zx although seriously rusted and mostly beyond repair had some serious bondo work done to it. On the hatch there is a piece about 8" in diameter and 1/4" thick that Flaked off! looks like it didn't stick to the metal at all. Its going to take all kinds of work if I want to get this car on the road, that is IF I want to put it on the road. It has no title so it might get the race car treatment, but if I can find a car with a better body I'll just start there. Good luck with your bondo!

Here's some pics, I'm not sure what car this came off of but it is definately some kind of audi. HTH This is the bottom side, the ducts open to the top side. It's far from mint condition but I thought it might be useful. Its most definately an audi piece I just dont know where from! Can anyone tell from this pic? I wonder how much this piece would cost new.

I recently obtained a front belly pan from some sort of audi street car, its completely flat with three NACA ducts built into it. I dont know if its any use since its quite a bit beat up but if you want I'll take and post some pics tomorrow. I just got it earlier today and havn't really had a chance to look at it yet.

For sealing out the fumes and such why dont you take the stock shifter boot and turn it upside down? afterall that's what it was designed for. I havn't a clue if this will work, just trying to help. If it was me I would use some thin rubber sheet glued to the underside of the gate and slit open like 240Z2NV was talking about to give it a finished look, give the plate a brushed aluminum look and ...supercar here we come! I'd really like to see one of these in action on a Z, might give me further motivation to work on my car.

Thanks! Maybe someday they will be the same thing... Well its not exactly how I want mine but close enough! I've been playing around with the same 2D program for years and know my way around it pretty well, now it looks like I'll be relearning a 3D program, oh well its nice to learn something new once in a while!

Well I'm playing around with the ls1 because it would be cool as hell, pure and simple(sort of) I'm designing the flat 12 as a pure race motor no compromises Once you get rid of all the economy and durability crap you'll get some serious horses. My dreams have always fallen twards air racing so its no small leap of the imagination to design an engine specifically for it, I dont think that's been done since the 30's! I am going to mill the block out of billet, its the only sensible way to go for a "production" run of two or three engines. I cant even imagine how many castings I'd have to go through to make one good one! Since the 12 is a flat engine the block is substantially less complex, which makes milling it out of a solid chunk that much easier. Its going to take some time but I'll try to keep you posted afterall its not every day someone makes their own engine.

I'm putting the quad cam LS1 project on hold for a little while citing dimensional issues but I'm still chugging away at the flat 12. My partner in crime on this engine is committed to casting the block and I really think that we can get better quicker results via billet. I suppose the war shall continue... Any thoughts? Gollum, your last post gave me an interesting idea, If I can work out some of the details I'll maybe start a thread about it, or perhaps just add to this one. ADD: Well, I did some figuring and fiddling with some numbers and my simple approach to DOHC most likely will be a bigger headache than anything else but I'm willing to go futher in depth time permitting. I think the best bet would be to follow the lead of the guys moding KA24 heads, but instead of bolting or welding the head, cast new ones. Even though there's coolant flying around in there It'll be easier than casting a new block.

Why are you guys trying so hard to short out my keyboard?? Geez! I've had so many close calls in the last few days its not even funny!! You did an AMAZING job, I hope my car looks a quarter as good as yours does when its done!

That's it! I'm taking a road trip to california with a big rig and a car carrier! If anyone in the midwest wants a good shell, you pay your part and I'll pay mine and we'll all get a steal of a bargin! Or if that's too expensive I'll just walk out there and drag/drive one back!

I'm not familiar with the jag v12 so I dont know but, would an o-ring seal be possible? I know a lot of the high power race motors use that and I'm pretty darn sure you can get an o-ring in whatever size you want.

There is always a way, you just have to get outside that box first! You might have to relocate the brake booster and the battery to make room, but like I said there's always a way. Also thinking along the same lines isn't there a bit of room between the inner and outer fenders, yes? Even more if you have flared fenders, it'll make the tubing longer but at least you wont have to worry about heat. I'd say that's most definately outside the box. Once you get the engine mocked up into the bay and start thinking about it you can find someplace.

I saw one of those in the local junkyard this week! That's no small engine either! If you want to see a potential sleeper, check this one out! You'll never get me to admit to anything!! Lets just say I know the owner well...

hmmm... interesting, I'll have to look into that! Sounds a little bit easier than casting a new block. Anyone have more info? DOHC heads sound sweet, but I dont think theres a big enough market to turn a profit. You might be able to get a couple dozen sold but the high price will keep most people away. Remember that its not just the head that needs to be made but also the new cams, cam drive, valve cover, valves, valve guides, valve seats, and all the machining that has to be done, it wouldn't be cheap. The venture will most likely meet the same end as the last DOHC head that was made. Personally I think that making a block would be easier than making a new head.

Thanks for all the help guys! This is great. That link to the healey block was very helpful, it helped me better visualize the molds. I'm going to try to draw a block on that cad program that emachineshop has, see how that works out. I'm thinking that having someone else do the casting would be better (and cheaper) than me trying and failing. I'm trying to get as few things made by casting as possible, then again I'm trying to keep as many of the stock parts as possible. I havn't a clue how this is going to work out but either way thanks for the help!

I was thinking about doing that but cutting the water jacket into it sounds very expensive! but hell, I'm not even listening to myself I'm not doing this as a cheap alternative! I just thought casting it would be easier. Doing it myself sounds risky and wasteful aka I havn't a clue how many I'm going to have to make before I get one good one, I'll probably end up with a few crap parts lying around by the end of this process. I'm going to go with billit on a lot of the other parts. If I can do a good cast block then I might as well do a cast crank, although I'm sure billit would be stronger. Thanks for the help guys and I could always use more!

I know what you mean about those funds, they just seem to go right out the window dont they. I am acctually working on two engine designs, which makes things a little more interesting. The first one is a cross breed between the Northstar top end and the LS1/6 bottom end so I can get some displacement behind that quad cam. Recently I've been toying with the idea of doubling it into a V16, still trying to mentally fit that in the engine bay... The other is a Flat 12 designed from the ground up for air racing (my other passion) If it doesnt make it faster, lighter, or safer it doesnt have it! That one should be a screamer. Now I just have to find some of that funding...