Good day everyone!
As requested by BC993, some photos of the engine in the car. The scanning is a time consuming process that isn't finished... but I can still give you some shots of the actual car to give confidence in progress.
The dry sump isn't necessary but intake changes and new components that allow for front engine mounting are.
The RHS timing belt cover should be remade anyway, half of the front mounting may be off this cover, because of the extra bosses it has already built in. The alternator and air conditioning mounts may both be redesigned and rebuilt to swap their locations for easier A/C plumbing. This is no small task due to the complexity of the alternator mount because it has the oil cooler and filter assemblies integrated into the mount. Many people get rid of this design but for this specific application the cooler/filter design fits well. If they are redesigned likely the mounting needed for the front will be built into these.
Independent throttle bodies are in the works for the intake, to get the OEM unit to fit without cutting anything it would put the engine/transmission a little low and still there is almost no space for the OEM throttle body. We have both the 4V ABZ and 5V V8's here and although there are some design changes to the 5V that make it a little easier to install, I think with ITB the 4V will still be a better choice. With the length of velocity stacks that will be used and losing the 2 length intake system the torque will drop but max HP will increase thus reducing the strain on the OEM 5 speed transmission. A new flywheel is being designed as well that will accept the 10 bolt crank pattern and actually place the timing ring in the proper orientation for the manual transmission pickup location.
That is it for now, I'll post again soon once we have machined some of these parts.
Regards,
Dave@Nerv
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