Know Any Small Capacity V8

[Jono.C]

hey all

 

Mate and i where thinking if any cars where produced with a small capacity v8, sort of around 3 litres

 

After one for a project but a 1uz isnt an option

 

if anything springs to mind, don't hesitate to say so

 

thanks :)

[Evan G]

i think bmw v8 were 3.5L and 4L?

 

in the old 5 and 7 series

Edited November 20, 2010 by Evan G

[7FOUR7]

rover had a 3.5 v8

[Hiro Protagonist]

Toyota had the V series (2.6, 3.0, 3.4 and 4.0L V8s) if you want to go old-skool Hemi-style...

[Jono.C]

hey thanks all, how common are these "2.6, 3.0, 3.4 and 4.0L V8s"? and what did they come out in?

 

thanks :)

[Hiro Protagonist]

hey thanks all, how common are these "2.6, 3.0, 3.4 and 4.0L V8s"? and what did they come out in?

 

thanks :)

 

None of them are overly common, apart from the 2.6L V which came out in the uber-rare Crown Eight, the rest came out in the first-gen Century, which ain't exactly common here either. On top of that, even the biggest one only puts out ~120kw, so they aren't exactly powerhouses. Hot-rodders are starting to use them though because they're compact and an old-skool type design that isn't a Ford or Chev...

[altezzaclub]

Daimler had the 2.5L V8 in their SP250 Dart. Rocking horse manure now I expect.

 

Bore 76mm stroke 70, but single cam & pushrods. The motors also ended up in Jaguars after they bought up Daimler. Might be some old Jags in wreckers still.

[7shades]

BMW M62 V8.

 

3.5L, fairly common, found in E39 5 series and E38 7 series.

[GJM85]

I'd be looking for the rover 3.5L. Pretty common and all alloy.

I saw a Celica with one and mechanical injection some time ago...

Edited November 20, 2010 by GJM85

[Taz_Rx]

I remember somebody posting a link (pretty sure it was here) about a European mob making custom V8's out of Hyabusa motors or something very similar. They were like 2800cc from memory....... just found a link...

 

http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2007/07/05/hayabusa-v8-grows-up-28-liter-455bhp/

[RainWarriorDregs]

That's pretty interesting hey Taz, i was reading in a HPI the other day about some Jap tuning company making a 800cc V8. i'll look for details

[ninja-philbo]

yeah rover v8s are the go ive seen one in a ke30

[jono1986]

Can you get one of them rover V8's with just a gearbox, or do they all come with the transfer case setup on them?

[ninja-philbo]

not land rover just rover there a rwd sports coupe

[Hiro Protagonist]

Can you get one of them rover V8's with just a gearbox, or do they all come with the transfer case setup on them?

 

Transfer case? As in a 4WD? If you just want a normal RWD one then you get the stuff out of a Rover SD1/3500.