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[MartinP]

Is there a drawing of the V6 engine bay, either PDF or CAD showing dimensions, position of mounting points.

I want to see if the 3.0 V6 will go into a Robin Hood kit car  

You could model one on CAD...if you do, fire a copy my way  

started measuring up last night as I have the heads off I can see the engine mounts  

will not be a superfast developement, other things going on at the same time.

You know about blokes and multi-tasking  

[MartinP]

Time to ressurrect this one again,

since the first post, i have

1. bought a 1.8 CVH engined sierra, fully stripped it and prepped most of the suspension components.

2. sold CVH engine so I didn't have to put it in the Hood

3. brought a part built Robin Hood kit car, (rolling chassis, 1.6 Sierra running gear) complete with 2.0 ltr Sierra donor car

4. brought and serviced 2.0ltr Omega, (Fester to go to son when he passes his test)

5. stripped both rolling RH chassis & second donor Sierra

6. gone back to driving the Fester after pranging the Omega in the snow

7. Today bought a MV6 off ebay for engine & box as preferred power plant for kit car  

garage is full of bits.  

trying to sell a type 9 gearbox & a complete 2.0 ltr DOHC engine with MT75 gearbox to a kit car builder  

lifes a struggle

[albitz]

Dont see why you would want to tbh,Its a big heavy lump of metal for its 200bhp.
you could buy an engine from a written off Hayabusa/Blackbird or similar and have 175bhp for a fraction of the weight.cant see a kit-car handling too well with a GM v6 stuck in the front. :-/

[MartinP]

Dont see why you would want to tbh,Its a big heavy lump of metal for its 200bhp.
you could buy an engine from a written off Hayabusa/Blackbird or similar and have 175bhp for a fraction of the weight.cant see a kit-car handling too well with a GM v6 stuck in the front. :-/

I will be building a "tourer" rather than a "sprint" car.

there are examples with V8's and V12's about.

I was going to go for the 2.5 V6 but my first omega, a MV6 went really well and I now know a bit about these engines.

The GM V6 is a compact engine and after seeing a picture of one in a Caterham, I don't think it will be to bad a job.  

[albitz]

If its a tourer you want then a v6 might be the tool for the job.
I think I would want it sitting as far back as I could get it though.

[Marks DTM Calib]

Dont see why you would want to tbh,Its a big heavy lump of metal for its 200bhp.
you could buy an engine from a written off Hayabusa/Blackbird or similar and have 175bhp for a fraction of the weight.cant see a kit-car handling too well with a GM v6 stuck in the front. :-/

Having driven a few now with those type of engine in, I can honestly say, they are rather awful every where but on the track!

The 3.0 V6 is not a big heavy engine and with the added benfit of it sitting further back in the engine bay than a 4 pot, weight distribution could well be very good.

With little work they can be got to 230bhp (i.e. a chip plus a good service) and maybe a bit more with better exhaust manifolds (i.e. 2.6/3.2 or custom).

I say go for it, probably the cheapest option by far to!

[Welung666]

Time to ressurrect this one again,

since the first post, i have

1. bought a 1.8 CVH engined sierra, fully stripped it and prepped most of the suspension components.

2. sold CVH engine so I didn't have to put it in the Hood

3. brought a part built Robin Hood kit car, (rolling chassis, 1.6 Sierra running gear) complete with 2.0 ltr Sierra donor car

4. brought and serviced 2.0ltr Omega, (Fester to go to son when he passes his test)

5. stripped both rolling RH chassis & second donor Sierra

6. gone back to driving the Fester after pranging the Omega in the snow

7. Today bought a MV6 off ebay for engine & box as preferred power plant for kit car  

garage is full of bits.  

trying to sell a type 9 gearbox & a complete 2.0 ltr DOHC engine with MT75 gearbox to a kit car builder  

lifes a struggle

How much?

[MartinP]

Time to ressurrect this one again,

since the first post, i have

1. bought a 1.8 CVH engined sierra, fully stripped it and prepped most of the suspension components.

2. sold CVH engine so I didn't have to put it in the Hood

3. brought a part built Robin Hood kit car, (rolling chassis, 1.6 Sierra running gear) complete with 2.0 ltr Sierra donor car

4. brought and serviced 2.0ltr Omega, (Fester to go to son when he passes his test)

5. stripped both rolling RH chassis & second donor Sierra

6. gone back to driving the Fester after pranging the Omega in the snow

7. Today bought a MV6 off ebay for engine & box as preferred power plant for kit car  

garage is full of bits.  

trying to sell a type 9 gearbox & a complete 2.0 ltr DOHC engine with MT75 gearbox to a kit car builder  

lifes a struggle

How much?

£40 collected

[Jim]

[size=14]I don't know if these pic's will help[/size]

[MartinP]

Shows how compact it is  

I stripped one down and scrapped it before I made the decision to use one in a kit car.

Hung on for the last 4 months to get a cheap one to strip.

[MartinP]

update,





It does fit,

need a non aircon steering pump bracket

need to modify the water return from the back of the engine

source & fit a smaller alternator

make new engine mounts

about a hundred other things   

[The Barge Captain]

The mechanics will be fine, it's the electrics that will kill you!

[MartinP]

 then theres this place