RussMcB
SCCA Club Racer
Well, this is from 12-15 years ago and from dodgy memory ...Glad to see you are still with us.
Do your still have details about how you put that particular car together? I remember parts of your build but it was before I got used to information disappearing from the net and started saving the interesting bits...
All the best and thank you.
The block was very similar to an X1/9's, so I think the lower engine mount didn't need much, if any modifications. I think the transaxle, clutch and linkage were pretty much stock. The engine's nose mount (right side) was fabbed from welding metal pieces together (and using the rubber innards) The dog bone mount was a bit different, offset. It had an aftermarket computer (Electromotive Tec II or something like that?). Aftermarket air cleaner, probably some coolant routing changes. I think I had to spend a bit of time figuring out the various sensors. Can't think of anything else at the moment. To be honest, it wasn't too difficult. Well, it kinda was since I'm not an expert fabricator, but it was probably on the easier end of the scale, especially if you used something like a MegaSquirt computer.
IIRC, the engine was common is some European countries - a Brava or Bravo, or maybe an ugly multiplex van? My particular engine was a prototype being developed in the USA, but the project apparently died, or Fiat left. Something like that.
My buddy Sam Rolfe just bought a white X1/9 race car. Seeing pictures of it brought back fond memories. I was located near Kim Baker's race shop when I first started racing so he got me hooked on X1/9's. I took my first driver's school in his SSC Bertone X1/9. Later he worked with Chevrolet, racing and developing Corvettes, including the King of the Hill ZR-1. I've got one of those now (thanks a lot, Kim).