would this fit in a coupe?

[martinjs]

Why not just go for a v10 then?!

But what would it cost to get it to 1000hp and 1500Nm?

[Sidspud]

What about the V10 engine they've put in the Toerag, that's just two straight 5s bolted together and we know a straight 5 fits

The V10 is a deisel! A nice deisel, but a deisel all the same

[dan_b]

Aah, didn't realise that. What about the V10 from the Murcilago then?!

[ottawa coupe]

i realize it's blasphemy, but it you want a stonkin V10, grab a viper motor and toss a coupla turbos at it. you'll get your 1000hp quite easily

if only i had an ulimited budget and knew how to weld :mischeif:

btw, having had to lift both a bare 7A block and vr6 block, i can say that the vr block weighs significantly more than the 7A. I was able to walk down my drive with the 7A block but could only half drag the vr block into the corner of my garage.

[WabTheKing]

really? that dose suprise me, i thought with it being an alloy block it would be lighter
madness!!!!

[S2 Ant]

The VR lump is known to be very heavy!

[WabTheKing]

well thats kinda the whole point of this project out of the window then!!!!

my idea was an engine that was the same weight or less that would sit further back,

rad in the boot to even out the weight distribution

350bhp with 570NM ish would have been ample with NO LAG!

back to the old drawing board!!!!!!!!!

[ottawa coupe]

VR is good 'ol iron. while it is certainly heavier, it's also alot shorter....maybe your center of mass would move back usefully, i don't know. it WOULD be one killer setup if you did it though.

i wonder if it would bolt up to the trans or if a custom bellhousing would have to be made. seeing as i have a VR block and now a 90 20v parts car in my posession, i could give the definitive answer in a few weeks, after i've transplanted the engine into my coupe and got the darn thing turning over....

[WabTheKing]

so VR6 is not an ally block?

[ottawa coupe]

nope, I have a broken one sitting in the corner of my garage rusting away silently