1st post so be gentle!
I'm in the early stages of designing my V8 rwd project. Main use for this car would be tooling around town but also looking for straight line speed ie under 12sec 1/4 mile times.Haven't purhased anything yet as on a budget on want to make the right purchases. just thought some feedback on my ideas would help. So feel free to give opinions as you wish, I'm new to mini's so I may be misguided in some of my ideas. so here goes...
I've decided on a rover SD1 lump,thinking low cr so I can bolt on some F**k off big turbo's on it later! will modify the firewall to accomm it. No drama there as the car is a piece of poo and anything done to it will only improve its life expectancy!
I'd mate this to a rt77? gearbox other option is un1 (saw spag's set-up)
Hardest part so far is the rwd config. Had a look at different track widths and the closest I can get with some beef is the mgb-gt/v8. buy a rolling shell, transfer back end and tunnel for prop shaft. That or a shortened sierra set-up? I want the strongest rear so it can handle the high torque out of the v8 and get me down the quarter really well.
Any help or suggestions you can give would be much appreciated!
Cheers
Benno