Message text written by "Richard Schnorenberg"
>"Hi, my name's Richard, and I'm addicted to a British car, and I live in
Kansas
>City."
>
>Support group:
>"Hi Richard!"
Hi Richard, I Dave. I live in St. Louis. maybe a little I-70 rivalry is
in order. <g>
<snip>
>So fast forward to 1998. I contact Mr. John (I've forgotten his last
name) and
>asked if the new Buick 3800 series engine will work with his Kit. He says
"No
>front wheel drive engines will work" I point out that the one I'm
considering is a
>rear wheel drive out of the 1997-2002 V6 Camaros. He says it is based on
the
>front drive engine, and won't work.
<
>I'm too stubborn to listen, and too hooked to give up and sell the wounded
>TR7, so I find a wrecked 1997 camaro V6 that hasn't been parted out yet.
I
>arrange to buy the engine, manual transmission, wiring harness, gauges,
and
>steering column. The Wrecker is super friendly, and even agrees to
deliver
>the entire car to me, and allow me to pull everything myself. Perfect.
I've now
>got a high torque, fuel injected, Computer controlled, reliable as hell,
200hp
>engine. Maybe the TR7 will travel more than 100 miles per 5 years in the
>future.
>So I pull it all out of the camaro, and sure enough Mr. John was right,
his kit is
>not going to work. I'm glad I didn't buy one of his kits. I guess I'm
in uncharted
>waters now.
>
>So now that I've actually fallen off the British car wagon, It doesn't
take long to
>spiral out of control. I yanked the TR7's original running engine and
>transmission out last Sunday. Laying side by side, the GM V6 doesn't look
>that much bigger than the 2.0L four. and most of the hard mounting points
are
>within a couple inches of each other. I'm beginning to be optimistic and
hope
>this might just work...
>
>So my fellow addicts, now that you've toured my insanity; do you have any
>advice to ease my journey? I'm sure I will need many a details answered,
and
>parts purchased. Eventually I will replace the suspension components, and
>have to get larger wheels and tires under her. I luckily work a mere mile
from
>Vicki Brit, and will no doubt be frequenting them.
So what part doesn't work? Is it the engine mounts? If so new ones
can be welded up. It may take some snooping but there are folks
around with welding capabilities that can also fab up these kind of
things. I have seen a few improvised engine mounts on Wedges
that are nothing like the factory.
BTW, I assume that the engine is fuel injected. That means you got
all the sensors and the computer, too, right?
This sounds like it will be a real slick setup once it is all done. Good
luck.
Dave
80 TR8
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