Samurai w/ V8s

[SPINALDEX]

A guy wants to sell me his Samurai with a 350/T350 mated to a Toy T-Case using Advance Adapters, well Adapter
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It's a good little project rig(toy axles on 35"s, crawler gears, etc), and it's been done right from what I've seen in a few pictures, although I'll see it in person this coming week.

Anyway, since the motor's so big for the thing he tossed the radiator in the back and just basically clamped it in for now. If I get it, I would want to clean it up a bit, and I was hoping to see some pics of what others have done when putting the radiator in the back. I'm going to drive it to the trails, so she will have a soft top on her, and I'd like to keep from having a huge ass fan blowing shit all over, so any suggestions with some cool fab jobs to keep the noise lower but keep the cooling good would be awesome. Non-zuk pictures showing radiators in the back are cool too, just trying to get some ideas!

Thanks in advance

[Crab Bait]

One was FOR SALE on eBay http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/The-O...QQcmdZViewItem located here in Hawai'i

I believe it would not pass 'RECON' on my island (OAHU) even thought it had the sticker on the rear bumper. Hell I have one on my RoCk CrAwLeR

[SPINALDEX]

Interesting .. he has a 302 and was able to keep a radiator in the front. This guy put in a 350, I'm guessing it's either a bit longer or he kept it too far upfront and didn' thave enough room? Now I'm startingto wonder if I could keep it up front. If not, I was even thinking about cutting it and making it a flatbed. Then just keep it at back with the gear and make a custom softtop ...
Anyone else got pics?

[Chevzuki]

Chevy has the distributor in back,so youd have to allow a little room for clearance.That was the limiting factor when mounting up my V-6.

You could shave as much room as possible up front to try and squeeze the radiator up there.A short waterpump and a minimum of v-belts.....or better yet,a serpentine setup can save you a few inches.

[zukibrothers]

Originally Posted by SPINALDEX

A guy wants to sell me his Samurai with a 350/T350 mated to a Toy T-Case using Advance Adapters, well Adapter
.
It's a good little project rig(toy axles on 35"s, crawler gears, etc), and it's been done right from what I've seen in a few pictures, although I'll see it in person this coming week.

Anyway, since the motor's so big for the thing he tossed the radiator in the back and just basically clamped it in for now. If I get it, I would want to clean it up a bit, and I was hoping to see some pics of what others have done when putting the radiator in the back. I'm going to drive it to the trails, so she will have a soft top on her, and I'd like to keep from having a huge ass fan blowing shit all over, so any suggestions with some cool fab jobs to keep the noise lower but keep the cooling good would be awesome. Non-zuk pictures showing radiators in the back are cool too, just trying to get some ideas!

Thanks in advance

my buddy has a setup just like you explained. he even has a back seat in it and carries passengers now and then. it makes the back seat a bit warm, but as long as you don't accdently rest your arm on the radiator it isn't unconfortable. in the front seat you dont even realize that it is back there. i didn't get any pictures specifcally of the raditor, but here are a few that kinda show it.

if you want my opionion, the 350 is just to much motor for the samurai and to much weight, but my buddy really likes his.

[MudKick]

I need a front view



































of the blond, of course.

[95bronc]

I have been thinking about putting a later model 302 with propane injection in a zuki, but I am not sure what exactly would have to be done to the frame to support 300+ ft/lbs of torque.

[SPINALDEX]

Just cage the the front end, tie it all in to the frame. Maybe add an extra bar around the oil pan and to the two frame rails. Personally, I'm going to cage the whole damn thing inside and outside ... I doubt I'll have a problem. I'm more worried about ripping axles to shreds

[95bronc]

I am thinking unimog 406's...

[zukibrothers]

Originally Posted by MudKick

I need a front view



































of the blond, of course.

this would not be the appropriate forum for that...

[LiftedSuzuki101]

Originally Posted by zukibrothers

this would not be the appropriate forum for that...

Oh common u know you wanna see em too

[Bass Man]

I wouldn't fall for "Dealer talk"... V-8's in a samurai is 10x overkill... the stock engine has enough torque to twist rear axles, explode the differential, and grenade the berfields... granted you have the right gears for it... plus they stay cooler and run for a lot longer...

v8, mounting fabrication, transmission, exhaust (gotta be custom, this ain't no 73 Nova) and custom center driveline: about $3000...

4.38 diff gears (Might be lower, I haven't ran anything that size), and a 6:1 T-case: under $1800

One will get you up a hill... the other will weigh you to the buttom of that hill.

[zukibrothers]

Originally Posted by LiftedSuzuki101

Oh common u know you wanna see em too

oh, are right, here is the blond.


oh waite a minute, that wasn't it.

tell you what, if you really want to see, i do have some interesting pictures(nothing naked though) of her and a few others on my flickr site, but i am not going to help you find them, they are burried somehwhere in my 2500 pictures. www.flickr.com/photos/chadreschly

[jamesmross]

Originally Posted by Crab Bait

One was FOR SALE on eBay http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/The-O...QQcmdZViewItem located here in Hawai'i

I believe it would not pass 'RECON' on my island (OAHU) even thought it had the sticker on the rear bumper. Hell I have one on my RoCk CrAwLeR

Is it me or is this just a sammy body mounted on a cut up truck chasis?
It looks like a c-channel frame to me. Not exactly a sammy with a v-8 but more like a sammy body on a truck chasis. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[Bass Man]

Aye it is!! good eye... They did a good job of mounting it too!

[Crab Bait]

Originally Posted by jamesmross

Is it me or is this just a sammy body mounted on a cut up truck chasis?
It looks like a c-channel frame to me. Not exactly a sammy with a v-8 but more like a sammy body on a truck chasis. Correct me if I'm wrong.

If you really want to know, I could call the guy up and check it out for all of us...since he didn't sell it.

[McDerry]

Its a ford Ranger Frame / BroncoII you cant mistake the front crossmember