NS F355 Project (Page 58/73)
Bloozberry NOV 24, 03:49 PM
It didn't happen unless there are pictures!

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Yarmouth Fiero NOV 25, 12:15 PM
Here is Sam's car Blooz. He raced in the 60's and 70's and just spent the last 5 years restoring it for racing. I think the body exterior is still stock.

This was taken at Greenfield this summer.
FieroWannaBe NOV 25, 12:31 PM
Have you ruled out Subaru transaxles? The front diff can be spooled to the output shaft easily enough, and they have a strong aftermarket.
eph_kay NOV 26, 11:32 AM
I hate to put down any ideas, but I think there is gonna be a struggle with audi or subaru transmissions, without using the belt idea he is talking about.

I am working on a diablo replica, 10" stretch or so, for a local guy and I am working on putting a 5.3 iron block LS motor in front of a subaru 4 speed auto, and not only is it almost too long from fire wall to axle length, it takes up all of the room after the cradle to the back of the body too. This is all based on the adapter plate I had made and the lengths I measured, sadly I haven't test fit it yet

Chris
Yarmouth Fiero DEC 06, 01:55 PM
Lately, I have been working on the new strut towers, lower frame rails and boxing in my engine bay to make everything suitably strong enough to support an eventual longitudinal LS1 and Audi Transmission. As I mentioned, the intake manifold on the LS1 will have to be reversed to allow some form of intake plenum that isn't coming through the firewall. As it often happens, Blooz's build has sparked an idea for my project related to how to get the air from the door scoops into the engine bay and eventually the engine. Due to the fact that I have added structural members to reinforce my rockers to compensate for the roof being removed, I am not able to add the radiators in the scoops like Blooz is doing. However, I have given some thought to ducting the side scoop air into the engine and here is a very rough conceptual drawing showning both side scoops feeding air filter boxes prior to being plumbed to the engine intake manifold. Keep in mind that at this stage, its just an exercise to map out a possible ducting route. The engine shown is still a SBC and the intake filter boxes, scoop plenums and ducting are just random geometric shapes of approximate dimensions. But its a starting point.



Bloozberry DEC 07, 08:18 AM
Me likey! It's reminiscent of the way the 348 runs it's intake plumbing:



I'm 99% certain that the F355 convertibles get the intake air from a "Y" branch in the radiator shroud, upstream of the radiators, so your idea is close to the way it done on the actual cars.
Yarmouth Fiero DEC 07, 08:42 AM
Thanks for the feedback and pics of the 348 Blooz. I am sure there is an opportunity to make an attractive yet functional ducting system for my car. Looking at the 348 pic you posted, I notice the open strut towers. That certainly raises and interesting possibility....... before I complete my final welding.

edit to add: I am also questioning the design of my strut tower gussets. I am just not happy with my design at all. In their current form, they are heavy and inefficient, so for now I am leaving them out in lieu of something better. Perhaps some functional cross bracing like the 348.

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Bloozberry DEC 07, 09:00 AM
If I'm not mistaken, those cross braces serve double duty: to triangulate the strut "towers", and to support the transmission from the top side.
Bloozberry DEC 07, 01:44 PM
Here's some inspiration for you from a real F355:



And with the suspension attached:
Yarmouth Fiero DEC 07, 06:22 PM
Very cool pictures Blooz. I will certainly glean some inspiration from them.

Edit: I hope your client won't mind you stripping the rear end out of their car so you could take a picture for me.

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