Dino V6 conversion

[rossnzwpi]

Hi Neil, it looks like your engine sticks out an inch or maybe two at most. So maybe the easiest and most aesthetically pleasing would be to raise the whole engine cover and boot lid by extending the lip around the edge with a curved triangular fillet. Suitably radiused it might be the least obtrusive. If it is about an inch or two high at the rear windscreen edge it could reduce to zero on the boot edge.
The huge bulge that Deon had to accommodate Ford V6s doesn't look like it belongs on a Dino to my eyes.
Cheers
Ross

[thecarbuilder246]

Hi all

Further to my other reply I have a deon gt with the ford cosworth V6 engine fitted and I have the proper engine cover and boot lid with no bulge. It is a tight fit but I can tell you it can be done.
I lowered the engine by machining the engine mounts by 20mm as in my opinion deon had placed the ford engine a little to high.This resulted in the drive shafts being at a angle when the car sat on it's wheels.
By lowering the engine and box 20mm it still no lower than the lowest part of the chassis and meant the proper engine cover and boot lid could fit. The drive shafts now are at a better angle albeit still slightly angled down towards the wheels.

ian

[NeilF355]

Originally Posted by rossnzwpi

Hi Neil, it looks like your engine sticks out an inch or maybe two at most. So maybe the easiest and most aesthetically pleasing would be to raise the whole engine cover and boot lid by extending the lip around the edge with a curved triangular fillet. Suitably radiused it might be the least obtrusive.

Hi Ross
I was thinking along the same lines, maybe in combination with filling or lifting the base of the rear window and the base of the buttress around the engine cover to lessen the height difference.

Neil

[thecarbuilder246]

Originally Posted by NeilF355

Hi Ross
I was thinking along the same lines, maybe in combination with filling or lifting the base of the rear window and the base of the buttress around the engine cover to lessen the height difference.

Neil

If it were me I'd look at other options. Once you start lifting panels and reshaping buttresses /filling and shaping etc the pure dino shape has gone then it will start to looked bodged!
Get an engine cover on and see what is required-you may be able to just reduce you inlet trumpets in height.
Ian

[rossnzwpi]

Hi Ian, I agree with your idea of keeping to the original look of a Dino as much as possible. An Alfa V6 "should" fit based on the measurements I've heard. But if it needs as little as 20mm clearance then lowering the engine would probably be a good option. Just make sure the various angles created in drive shafts and cv joints are well within engineering tolerances. I wonder what those tolerances are? The real Dino 246 didn't have level driveshafts by the way, but the angle was fairly small.
Cheers
Ross

[thecarbuilder246]

Hi all

Photo to show the rear of my dino

[thecarbuilder246]

Hi again

another couple of rear shots of my dino to show proper dino split engine cover and boot lid.when I received my deon body I had no bonnet/ boot or engine cover but was lucky to come across a guy with all these panels and I was able to borrow them and take molds from and produce my own. Alas before any one gets in touch I no longer have the molds. A small out fit called Low Rider Cars had them based (can you guess?) on the same business park as deon and later classic replicas in somerset!!
ian