So who has a V8? Own up! Options

[yellowchinaman]

We was contacted by a member on ebay and was told he had a V8.
Which one of you was it and how did you do it?

[3WayStunna]

They didnt happen to say whether it was a 1st-7th gen celica did they....guessing that either a 1st or 2nd gen chassis can fit in a V8...lots of youtube videos of them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVCEDMi0iNk
http://celica-generations.blogspot.com/200...ster-video.html

EDIT: if you can fit a V8 in a 5th gen, dont see why it couldnt happen in a 6th gen....man someone should really try and put some engineering effort into said attempt...

This post has been edited by 3WayStunna: Apr 11, 2011 - 9:54 AM

[czwalga]

They didnt happen to say whether it was a 1st-7th gen celica did they....guessing that either a 1st or 2nd gen chassis can fit in a V8...lots of youtube videos of them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVCEDMi0iNk
http://celica-generations.blogspot.com/200...ster-video.html

EDIT: if you can fit a V8 in a 5th gen, dont see why it couldnt happen in a 6th gen....man someone should really try and put some engineering effort into said attempt...

It could be done, there's more room in the celica than my rx7 and I managed to fit a v8 and a turbo.


The problem you run into the the celica is the steering. The power steering rack sits pretty much right in the location of where the bellhousing of the tranmission would fit. You'd have to get real creative with the front suspension to make it work 'properly'.

[al94st]

They didnt happen to say whether it was a 1st-7th gen celica did they....guessing that either a 1st or 2nd gen chassis can fit in a V8...lots of youtube videos of them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVCEDMi0iNk
http://celica-generations.blogspot.com/200...ster-video.html

EDIT: if you can fit a V8 in a 5th gen, dont see why it couldnt happen in a 6th gen....man someone should really try and put some engineering effort into said attempt...

It could be done, there's more room in the celica than my rx7 and I managed to fit a v8 and a turbo.


The problem you run into the the celica is the steering. The power steering rack sits pretty much right in the location of where the bellhousing of the tranmission would fit. You'd have to get real creative with the front suspension to make it work 'properly'.

Somebody needs to find out who it is so they can shed light on how they solved that problem. LSx celicas would be perfect.

[czwalga]

They didnt happen to say whether it was a 1st-7th gen celica did they....guessing that either a 1st or 2nd gen chassis can fit in a V8...lots of youtube videos of them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVCEDMi0iNk
http://celica-generations.blogspot.com/200...ster-video.html

EDIT: if you can fit a V8 in a 5th gen, dont see why it couldnt happen in a 6th gen....man someone should really try and put some engineering effort into said attempt...

It could be done, there's more room in the celica than my rx7 and I managed to fit a v8 and a turbo.


The problem you run into the the celica is the steering. The power steering rack sits pretty much right in the location of where the bellhousing of the tranmission would fit. You'd have to get real creative with the front suspension to make it work 'properly'.

Somebody needs to find out who it is so they can shed light on how they solved that problem. LSx celicas would be perfect.

Making it function and 'solved' are two different things. To be honest i'd be suprised if the suspension/steering worked well judging by how far you'd have to move it.

Not that I was going to attempt it... i've already done one of those stupid projects, but I was really sizing it up the other day when I was doing the awd stuff. Thinking I could easily fit a v8 in here. However after thinking about it the LSX T56 transmission's diameter is just too big. The rack would really have to be dropped pretty low. On the RX7, the rack was forward enough that it sat near the stock location of where the vette rack sits. It had to be dropped but only by about a 3/4" of an inch. The oil pan was shapped in a way to give it about 4 inches of clearance from the bottom of the pan/transmission. In the celica the rack would have to sit under the transmission because it's in the rear of the engine bay and the bumpsteer correction would be huge.

You could do it, make it function, but i'd never track the car or drive too aggresively on turns.

This post has been edited by czwalga: Apr 13, 2011 - 7:08 AM