Installing a Ferrari/Maserati Engine To a Replica
Discussion
Hi all, Pistonheads and general mechanical newbie here for the first time.
As in title, I was just wondering if this was possible? I've seen some Ferrari replicas over the years, normally Ebay, and love the look of them, some really well done inside and out, but I wouldn't be willing to buy one due to it having the Toyota engine. I'd love to one day have the replica with the plan to have a Maserati 4200 or Ferrari engine installed, but would this be possible being an MR2? Or would it require too much modification including chassis making it near impossible (or similar expenses to buying a genuine Ferrari)? I would of course be just doing the buying and hiring pros to do the hard bits.
Regards.
As in title, I was just wondering if this was possible? I've seen some Ferrari replicas over the years, normally Ebay, and love the look of them, some really well done inside and out, but I wouldn't be willing to buy one due to it having the Toyota engine. I'd love to one day have the replica with the plan to have a Maserati 4200 or Ferrari engine installed, but would this be possible being an MR2? Or would it require too much modification including chassis making it near impossible (or similar expenses to buying a genuine Ferrari)? I would of course be just doing the buying and hiring pros to do the hard bits.
Regards.
Most of the replicas are completely the wrong dimensions, you'd have no chance of fitting a longitudinal V8 in one.
I think the closest you could get would be to get a custom space-frame chassis designed to fit both the engine and the replica body panels and built a new car from the ground up but there would be little point as it would be cheaper to buy a real Ferrari.
I think the closest you could get would be to get a custom space-frame chassis designed to fit both the engine and the replica body panels and built a new car from the ground up but there would be little point as it would be cheaper to buy a real Ferrari.
Edited by kambites on Thursday 11th June 07:51
This guy did it :
http://www.ferrarip4replica.co.uk/p4-build-diary/
Using a crashed 355 engine. Not sure he finished it though.
http://www.ferrarip4replica.co.uk/p4-build-diary/
Using a crashed 355 engine. Not sure he finished it though.
I tried putting an audi A8 v8 engine into an mr2, longitudinal. Didn't work out, chassis had to be cut which then requires the car (when finished) to be VOSA tested. A very difficult test!
Heres a picture of the V8 in the engine bay, as you can see the flywheel is past the point where the drive shafts would go from the gearbox to the wheels, so it meant the firewall had to be cut to bring the engine back enough that the gearbox drive shafts would line up with the wheels.
Heres a picture of the V8 in the engine bay, as you can see the flywheel is past the point where the drive shafts would go from the gearbox to the wheels, so it meant the firewall had to be cut to bring the engine back enough that the gearbox drive shafts would line up with the wheels.
Gunnapaul2 said:
Hi all, Pistonheads and general mechanical newbie here for the first time.
As in title, I was just wondering if this was possible? I've seen some Ferrari replicas over the years, normally Ebay, and love the look of them, some really well done inside and out
They are very rarely well done inside and out IME. I have never seen an MR2 based car that's been done well on the outside as they invariably use stupid 6 inch wheel spacers to increase the track.As in title, I was just wondering if this was possible? I've seen some Ferrari replicas over the years, normally Ebay, and love the look of them, some really well done inside and out
Rather than getting a pretend Ferrari, why not get a car that stands on it's own merits?
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