Anyone doing a lexsurf conversion

[Albannach]

jezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz,som etimes,who the hell cares,the looks on peoples faces as you come tearing by them with a v8 at full chat,bellowing from the exhaust and knocking there toupees into oblivion is priceless.

How does that work with no gearbox?

[surfenstein]

How does that work with no gearbox?

erm dont know i havnt worked that one out yet,but im working on it.

[Albannach]

Save you getting rid of the rest of the car if you're short of space. looks like all the bits you need are there.

The one up here is already in a scrappy, he won't sell the whole car in one piece, but he will give me whatever I want from it for £450. Engine, box, tanks, LPG conversion, instrument cluster, all the wiring - whatever I want. No storage or disposal issues and no problem with lifting anything either...

[Apache]

erm dont know i havnt worked that one out yet,but im working on it.

How about a propeller on the back? No gearbox losses! Just dont try to pull away on a conveyor belt...

[Albannach]

How about a propeller on the back? No gearbox losses! Just dont try to pull away on a conveyor belt...

Can we do that again please?

[BUSHWHACKER]

does look a steal but the torque seems low for what it is! is ft/lbs and Nm the same?? will that effect climbing performance?

It's has multi-valve heads and four overhead camshafts, so is built for high rpms rather than torque. Some tuners have had these V8s (early nineties versions with much thicker con rods)up to 10,000 rpm regularly with stock internals.


For bucket loads of torque you'll need a high cubic inch, pushrod, cast iron engine.