Fuel injection for V6?

I would take a bunch of measurements before purchasing the engine...mainly the bell housing bolt locations and the engine mount locations.

But I would also measure the overall height of the engine. A351MUST2 knows a guy that built an early Capri with the 4.0L SOHC and it had some of the intake coming through the hood. It would be useful to know what transmission he used also.

Here are a couple of articles on putting a 2.8L V6 and T-5 in a Sunbeam Alpine: http://www.team.net/www/rootes/sunbeam/alpine/mk1-5/techtips/alpv6idx.html . They advise the use of a hydraulic throw-out bearing to simplify clutch linkage issues. The 1st article is pretty uncomplementary of the MII, but we know he's full of sh!@t.

Keep us up to date on your progress!

Aren't most of the newer v6 engines rear sump. How would you clear the crossmembers? The 3.8L supercoup has a rear pickup tube but has an external oil pump mounted on the front cover. Is there some front sump pans out there that fit 3.8 and 4.2?

I would think that a rear sump oil pan might be an advantage. At least you don't have to worry about oil pan interference with the steering rack. You might have to modify the brace for the control arms, but there should be plenty of space behind the suspension crossmember otherwise.



On the 4.0L intake manifold height...if it doesn't have a dual runner per intake design (i.e. one short for high rpm, one long for low rpm with a butterfly valve to switch), then you should be able to make a new lower intake with aluminum tubing. You just need to know someone with a tubing cutter and TIG welder.

If you look at the aluminum 3.0L SVO intake, you can see that each runner is aluminum tube connected to the port plate on one end and the plenum on the other with a silicone boot. It all fits very close to the valve covers.

The attached pics show the SVO 3.0L V6 install in an Austin Healey here: http://members.cox.net/rdgrauman/Healey.html

A SHO in a II would be very cool.

A bit more 2.8L/4.0L info...

The "Cologne" V6 entry from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Cologne_engine

And the complete list of Ford engines from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ford_engines

An engine rebuilding article on the 4.0L:
http://www.babcox.com/editorial/ar/ar40123.htm

This last is from "Engine Builder" magazine, which should probably be called 'Engine Re-Builder":
http://www.engine-builder.com/index.htm

They seem to have some good tips on interchangability of parts though...