Just about to make up some engine mounts on my Viento but I'm worried about where (vertically) the engine should sit in the bay. Can anyone tell
me how much space there is between the top rail and the underside of the bonnet? How much of the sump can I allow to protrude below the bottom
rail?
Cheers, Chris.
It's best if it doesn't touch the road
. Put your chassis down on some 1" sections, put the engine where it's going to go, fill
in the gap with your engine mount. That way you should only have 1" below the rail when it is lifted. It's best if the engine still clears
the floor when you have a puncture and are on the rim.
yours, Pete.
[Edited on 4/8/03 by Peteff]
Hi Chris,
This is a problem which has been worrying me. I gauge the engine height above the top rail @ 7.5 inches (for 1600 xflow). This is with 1 inch of sump
below the bottom rail (on a book chassis).
Check out this thread for a pic of the installation :- http://forum.locostbuilders.co.uk/xmb/viewthread.php?tid=6663
Still waiting on the nosecone to check everything fits.
BoL
[Edited on 17/8/03 by Dick Axtell]
Really need to find out now so I guess I'll give Grant a call tomorrow and find out for definate!
Chris
And his reply was??
Hi,
what sizes do you need chris.. i can measure of my viento if you need anything in particular...
cheers
Geoff
Couldn't get hold of him today. Engaged tones at lunchtime then I forgot about it until gone half five.
G3OFF - I'm after the clearance between the level of the top chassis rail and the underside of the bonnet so I know how high to place my
engine.
Chris
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Luego Sports Cars Ltd [SMTP:info@luegosportscars.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 6:05 PM
> To: ChrisW
> Subject: RE: Viento bonnet clearance
>
> 210 mm at front and 250 mm at rear.
That's from top chassis rail to underside of bonnet.
Chris
[Edited on 20/8/03 by ChrisW]
Here you go.... its a ruff drawing but should help... hopefully 
dotted line is the bonnet by the way
[Edited on 20/8/03 by G3OFF]
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That's different to what Grant told me! Guess I'll assume worst case scenario and go for 250-195mm
Chris
You could always hack a hole in it and fit a 'power bulge' or somethign similar? Paid my first visit to Luego today and cam away impressed.
I was full steam on for buying an MK and thought i'd better look at Luego as they are about 9 miles from my house and MK aren't! They have
just started with the Velocity Xt which is widened at the rear to take full length Sierra driveshafts and they have widened the front slightly to
balance the look of the car. They have also added some more diagonal stiffeners to provide a little more side impact protection. I was impressed by
the general quality of both the car I saw and the chassis' under production, especially by the use of rectangular tube for the diagonal bracers
which gave the whole thing a beefier & thus stronger/safer appearance.
Engine height. I'm planning to use a 16 valve Citroen engine in whatever I end up buying so I'll probably have to have a lumpy bonnet to
clear it. I think MK manufacture a bolt-on blister for the bonnets of their cars, maybe that would fit if necessary?
quote:
Originally posted by Browser
You could always hack a hole in it and fit a 'power bulge' or something similar?
And from the underside...
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It'll be interesting to see how much movement your engine has at those times when revs drop and it vibrates a bit on the mounts...
Hi guys.
The book chassis and GRP is not designed to take the Pinto, however the new Velocity Xt is and it will house the Duretec, Z-Tech, Toyota Twin Cam plus
most bike engines.
We have made the new Velocity Xt GRP to the same dimensions as the book chassis so if you have a book chassis you can fit the Velocity Xt GRP to it,
so you can have a wide choice of engines.
Keep on building, all the best The Luego Team.
is the velocity xt bodywork taller than the book version, to accomodate these engines?
I'll probably need a bulge or taller bodywork at some point...
Ned.