3.7 v8

[james_19]

me and 2 mates have a 3.7 v8 engine from an audi a8 and we have made some frames and mounts for it to go in the back of a nova, we have welded it in and now on to wiring it up and getting the car goin!!
how wud anyone suggest doin it??
mind you this engine has been put in the back and we are make it rwd

[General Baxter]

mate, if you can do all that and need help doing a little bit of wires, id be worried ;)

[Jay]

Pictures would help your thread matey :)

Here. (http://www.photobucket.com)

[Lee]

Oh lordy, the wiring is going to be a complete nightmare I would imagine!

Get some stand alone management for it (if there is a loom availiablle for that engine). If not, you're going to need a wiring diagram and a lot of patience.

I hope to hell you pull it off though :)

[james_19]

there is something wrong with the connection to the ignition, this is guna be mint when its finished, my mate works at an audi a8 specialist but just havin a few problems.
the full car is basically an a8.
we reckon it will do 0-60 in less than 5 second quite comfy

[james_19]

if we cant then its guna go in a corsa or something slightly bigger still vauxhall thou :P

[Lee]

there is something wrong with the connection to the ignition, this is guna be mint when its finished, my mate works at an audi a8 specialist but just havin a few problems.
the full car is basically an a8.
we reckon it will do 0-60 in less than 5 second quite comfy

having an audi specialist helping is cheating lol


if we cant then its guna go in a corsa or something slightly bigger still vauxhall thou :P

Why will changing the car you put the engine in help with wiring issues??

[Mazz]

pics pics pics :)

[burgo]

oh gigidy, this is gonna be fun

[james_19]

cos we have havin problems with the running gear as its made for a front engine 4wd

[General Baxter]

no you said problems with the ignition lol

[Technicalsteve]

sounds like a mental thing to do, which means respect from me....

As noted above, wiring plus CPU will be the biggest problems. But anything is possible, so keep on it fella.

Pics would be nice.

whats the engine layout on the 3.7? v8? and how does the gearbox run?

looks fun I must say.

Will watch this one

[burgo]

the audi a8 with the 3.7 v8 only came in fwd. it was the 4.2 that was a quatro ;)

[james_19]

its a 3.7v8 triptronic, i said at the beginning of the thread wiring and gettin the car goin

[Lee]

cos we have havin problems with the running gear as its made for a front engine 4wd

Im struggling to see how putting it in a corsa is going to be easier than a Nova when the A8 itself is as big as the Titanic!

Are you trying to run the A8 running gear in the Nova then? Is all the running gear plumbed in or is it just an engine suspended in the back of a Nova at the moment???

[james_19]

the igntion wiring is the problem for the moment but we are getting another mate to sort out the running gear.

[General Baxter]

HELP ITS GETTING DEEPER

http://www.raincatcher.org.uk/images/kp3.jpg

[james_19]

like the running gear is half in half out lol. the engine is in,
aww i know there huge but tis guna be worth it.

[meritlover]

so in a nutshell....

im doing an A8 engine conversion in a Nova. its going well except we cant make the engine drive the wheels, or wire up the engine

this is going well then.

pics would be nicer than words

[burgo]

im confused how you can mount an engine before even knowing where the gearbox needs to go

[Spudly]

Hmmmmmmmmmm....................................... ......

[meritlover]

HELP ITS GETTING DEEPER

http://www.raincatcher.org.uk/images/kp3.jpg

lol lol lol lol

[james_19]

the audi a8 with the 3.7 v8 only came in fwd. it was the 4.2 that was a quatro ;)

thats the thing my mate customized this engine to 4wd off an audi a8, he was guna use this engine in a audi a8 as a track car but decided it wud be more fun to put it in something smaller

[Lee]

I thought you'd done all the hard bit and were just needing to wire it up? It seems the ballache has only just begun! lol

Good luck my friend, but forgive the sceptical amongst us as stuff like this gets started and not finished all the time.

As I said though, I hope you do it.

[burgo]

thats the thing my mate customized this engine to 4wd off an audi a8, he was guna use this engine in a audi a8 as a track car but decided it wud be more fun to put it in something smalleroh well that explains it :roll:

[meritlover]

so your mate added 4x4 running gear to a 3.7 FWD car, and now he cant wire it up in a Nova?

[james_19]

im confused how you can mount an engine before even knowing where the gearbox needs to go

we arnt to fussed at the moment as it automatic we dont care where the gear box goes.

[General Baxter]

i gave you a ladder,

now iv taken it away, and your friends, and its a little deeper

http://www.cadc.auburn.edu/soa/rural-studio/lions-park03/wp-content/uploads/_images/100_0983.JPG

[meritlover]

we arnt to fussed at the moment as it automatic we dont care where the gear box goes.

errr....its not really a matter of 'careing' its more a case of where it physically fits

[james_19]

so your mate added 4x4 running gear to a 3.7 FWD car, and now he cant wire it up in a Nova?

well yeh basically as his bosses helped him there is problems he is running into

[Jay]

we arnt to fussed at the moment as it automatic we dont care where the gear box goes.

Put it on the roof then.....

[Lee]

Put it on the roof then.....

You dont post much, but when you do, its gold :)

[Spudly]

Pics????????????????

[General Baxter]

i was about to go to bed, but i might just stop here lol

[Lee]

Ive been ordered to bed as well so im going to miss it :(

[General Baxter]

yep you know whats going to happen lol

[Jay]

You dont post much, but when you do, its gold :)

Thank you Lee i choose my words very wiseley.

[meritlover]

well yeh basically as his bosses helped him there is problems he is running into

so he took a FWD car and added 4x4 running gear, then added the smaller engine to it...and your struggling with the basic layout in the Nova?

this will be Epic, i'll pull up a chair.

[burgo]

ill text you updates lee lol

[james_19]

my mate had a spare a8 3.7 fwd he put running gear out of a 4.2 quattro 4wd, his bosses helped him to do that so we are using the wiring loom from that and the rest of the running gear, we have everything but need to wire up the ignition and sort out the running gear

[meritlover]

a pile of bits and a garage full of aspirations.....

......theres no project here people....move along

[General Baxter]

quick send in the dog
http://img21.photobucket.com/albums/v63/eazycheeze/hole.jpg

[Jay]

Im going to have to finish trying to understand this thread in the morning, is it me or can anyone understand it?

[james_19]

how is this not a project we have a 3.7 v8 in a nova and have encountered a few problems, thats it in a nut shell.

[meritlover]

i think i follow the 'just' of it

theres a 'specialist' who thought it would be easier to add 4x4 running gear to a smaller engined fwd car, and now he's taken all the stuff out and mounted the engine in the back of a Nova. they're 'not bothered' where the gearbox goes, but as soon as they can get it to start and drive the rear wheels, it will be finnished.

is that about right?

[General Baxter]

now your stuck,

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a191/baxters83/stuck.jpg

[james_19]

yes got there

[Jay]

Yes meritlover that was brilliant.

[james_19]

i thought the rules mention no discrimination and abuse??

[Jay]

i thought the rules mention no discrimination and abuse??

:eek: Someone read the rules...

[burgo]

going by your theory ive got a bike powered saloon and a rear mounted v6 pick-up. difference is ive got the pics to prove it.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a226/sclurgess/S7300077.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a226/sclurgess/DSCN1095.jpg

see they have both got the engines i just havnt sorted the running gear or wiring yet

[james_19]

hu is that in the picture

[meritlover]

who is 'discriminating and abusing'?

until i see more pics and details, the only thing that is being abused is a Nova shell

I cry now

[Jay]

going by your theory ive got a bike powered saloon and a rear mounted v6 pick-up. difference is ive got the pics to prove it.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a226/sclurgess/S7300077.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a226/sclurgess/DSCN1095.jpg

see they have both got the engines i just havnt sorted the running gear or wiring yet

Burgo i love you.

[Spudly]

i thought the rules mention no discrimination and abuse??




Page five and weve played the racial discrimination card, hmm i predict nine pages at most.............................................. ....

[james_19]

oo ok well i have tried to get some help out of u's but to no avail. cud the mods remove this thread please

[General Baxter]

right, if you admit its bollox, im willing to come down the hole and get you lol

http://www.system99.com/BMRH_color_ManHole_Resc_Mat.jpg

[7ova]

:cry: lol :cry: lol :cry: lol :cry:

[Jack]

i thought the rules mention no discrimination and abuse??
True, but you have to understand we do get a lot of "I've just fitted a V6/V8/Vtec/Merlin/triplesuperduperubercharged engine to my nova with the help of my dad/uncle/lotus team/wayne cherry/God yo" threads by dreamers who haven't done the work. Unfortunately, expect to get a lot of jip until you provide evidence of said engine in said car - hence people asking for pics.

Should be an interesting project if you do manage to sort it though

[burgo]

shut up baxter, your to fat to fit down the hole lol

[meritlover]

me and 2 mates have a 3.7 v8 engine from an audi a8 and we have made some frames and mounts for it to go in the back of a nova, we have welded it in and now on to wiring it up and getting the car goin!!
how wud anyone suggest doin it??
mind you this engine has been put in the back and we are make it rwd

id love to help you.

what exactly do you want to know? you have an A8 specialist. and your asking a nova forum how to wire-up a V8 and tip-tronic box by describing it on a forum in a few scentences?

please be more specific and i will answer all i can.


Meritlover.

[General Baxter]

i think he needs 2 coils and dizzys from the 1L welded to the roof, then a set of saxo driveshafts :)

[brainsnova]

camera on .snap snap snap post up takes 5 mins max.

[Welsh Dan]

I'm having a few wiring and transmission problems putting my Rolls Royce Trent 900 engine in the back of my nova, can anyone help me? I just can't seem to find where to bolt an F13 on or where the ignition live is :confused:?

[General Baxter]

camera on .snap snap snap post up takes 5 mins max.

its at his mates house 100miles away, and his camera batterys are flat lol

[james_19]

thanks for being reason able, i will see to my mate 2moz and take some photos at the weekend, as i am studyin all week.
he will be able to tell me whats wrong with the wiring and running gear and what needs doing, will let you know asap for some help cheers

[Rich]

i would say he doesnt have access to a camera is more likely lol

I highly doubt you will get much help.. somthing like this hasnt been done before so everything you do is new. I for one wouldnt even know which way round the engine is mounted in the audi so asking advice with no pics/info is just a waste of time

[General Baxter]

he will be able to tell me whats wrong with the wiring and running gear and what needs doing, will let you know asap for some help cheers


so why ask us lol lol lol lol lol lol

[burgo]

its at his mates house 100miles away, and his camera batterys are flat lolyou forgot thats its also locked in a garage which hes lost the keys to ;)

[meritlover]

actually....what is this thread about then? if your mates doing the work, and he can tell you whats wrong?

[james_19]

how u guess

[brainsnova]

is this heading the same ways as turbojolt.

[james_19]

i dont get you

[AlexW]

Can we have a "I lost my brain im silly without pics" ban?

[burgo]

is this heading the same ways as turbojolt.no as jolt is a cock where as this lad just doesnt have pictures

[General Baxter]

http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/cartoonists/bgr/lowres/bgrn1030l.jpg

[james_19]

i will get pics dont worry, i will get this sorted!

[meritlover]

Mr Jack summerised the situation perfectly. im not being a bad man, i love the Nova. im just tired of dreamers hacking up a perfectly good shell with no plan or knowledge of how to make it happen. then it ends up on the for sale section as '99% finnished project, no time to finnish it, but itl only take about 2 hours for the new owner to do it. just wiring the permanent live and a coolant hose and it'll be done. was a mint 23k mile shell before we started so its a bargin. may break/sell separately...offers'

[General Baxter]

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s133/ajreynol/witness-this-epic-thread-1.gif

[james_19]

i understand, it wasnt a mint shell we have spent alot of time sorting it, it was basically nackered. i wont be sellin this when finished, we will finish it, its guna be a track car.

[General Baxter]

its guna be a track car.

yeah and the 1.poo will come flying past, as it will be so underivable, it will just burst into flames, when you floor it and it spins up lol

the only thing it would be good at is about a 16 second run down the pod lol
AND IV BEEN CLOCKING YOUR TXT SPEAK :thumb:

[james_19]

ok

[meritlover]

i have to go for lunch, iam sad i will miss a something.

love to all novas
Meritlover
xxx

[wilson_sri]

What a funny ass thread lol

[sulphur]

I'd like to see pics of this. Would that 3.7 even fit in the boot of a nova? lol

[Jay]

I'd like to see pics of this. Would that 3.7 even fit in the boot of a nova? lol

Apparently so, but hes "not bothered" as long as it runs its going to be a track car init! :roll:

[sulphur]

Weight distribution might be quite an issue, or is that just me thinking silly things?:roll:

[General Baxter]

Weight distribution might be quite an issue, or is that just me thinking silly things?:roll:

its ok

the engines in the back, and the gearbox is in the front lol

[Jay]

He also dosent care where the gearbox goes, why don't you get your Audi a8 specielist to mount the gearbox under the bonnet :thumb:.....

[sulphur]

ahh...perfectly balanced then. Should handle like it's on rails. :thumb:

[Jay]

I fail at being slow.

[General Baxter]

in a trailer behind :)

[BIGS]

I want what this lad is on, i could do with some

[meritlover]

wheelie-mobile

[sulphur]

It'll wheelie parked up with the weight of that V8

[BIGS]

I think he seen this clip and thought hang on i can do that

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=PwIR7IpGkOA&feature=channel_page

[sulphur]

I'd like to see it mounted in the nova, if he's not arsed about the location of the gearbox, and it driving, I'd at least like to see it running..

[The Simps]

I love lamp.

[chrisy1.6sr]

does any 1 not just wonder if this is actually real :confused:

[Dar]

does any 1 not just wonder if this is actually real :confused:
Nah, they are all busy thinking up whitty things to post.

[Lauren]

Is this thread meant to be a wind-up?

:bullsht:

[robertdevlin69]

its a bit fishy without pics.........

[Lee]

James, cut through all the 'funny' comments, and just realise that threads like this appear nearly every month without fail, and every single one is someone with all the dreams in the world, but no skills to pay the bills.

Poor old C7LJN came on here and said he was going to graft a cossy floorpan into a Nova shell, and make it run cossy 4x4 with a YB lump. Oh how we all laughed, until he showed us pics of him actually doing it, and made us all eat our hats.

The thing is, no one is going to take you seriously unless you show us pics of some progress. We've been bread to be cynical im afraid. No one is going to give you praise for an idea unless its prooved.

This is much like what I wrote on C7LJN's thread, and I ended it by saying 'prove us wrong' and he did! Question is, can you?


Lee, you can't spell for buggery lol

[Plug]

This is just a post whoring thread at this point. There is no proof of this.

I sure as hell know if this was my project i would have thousands of pic's and they would all be up on here.

Why say you've done something you haven't.

Burgo your bike engine'd saloon looks great how long til its running? Lol

[Lauren]

Yep, seems a bit strange that he said he was taking some pics then suddenly stopped posting... :roll:

[brucer]

James, cut through all the 'funny' comments, and just realise that threads like this appear nearly every month without fail, and every single one is someone with all the dreams in the world, but no skills to pay the bills.

Poor old C7LJN came on here and said he was going to graft a cossy floorpan into a Nova shell, and make it run cossy 4x4 with a YB lump. Oh how we all laughed, until he showed us pics of him actually doing it, and made us all eat our hats.

The thing is, no one is going to take you seriously unless you show us pics of some progress. We've been bread to be synical im afraid. No one is going to give you praise for an idea unless its prooved.

This is much like what I wrote on C7LJN's thread, and I ended it by saying 'proove us wrong' and he did! Question is, are you?

cxck on.:thumb:

[burgo]

the thing is putting an audi v8 into the back of a nova is a piece of piss. ive seen it done a number of times with ****ty old polo's. so i know its possible and easy i just dont beleave this fella for some reason

[Southie]

A mate of mine has the A8 S8 4.2 quattro and its a pretty fine car.

This is the closest we have got to putting nova and a8 together though lol

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p379/SOUTHIE01/A8DASHNova.jpg

[Mazz]

lol lol

[Jack]

Yep, seems a bit strange that he said he was taking some pics then suddenly stopped posting... :roll:
To be fair to the chap, he did start this thread at half 10 last night, so its only been on about 12 hours. He probably went to bed when he stopped posting and may yet return lol

[Stuart]

As I really really really really really really cant be bothered to read the thread, to prune the crap from it. I'm going to suggest its locked and James can start another that NO ONE WILL SPAM AS PER THE PROJECTS RULES!!!!!!!!! and we can live happily every after.....

James if you want this one unlocked, PM me with a good reason :D