RichieSHO34
genoneSHO
I remember seeing a SHO camero and a SHO mustang awhile back and was curious to see what kind of trans/adapter plate they were using? Any info on this would be helpful. Thanks guys.
Rwd sho guys.
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92sho16
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scrabblegod
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I am using an M50D-R1 from a 2001 Ranger with the SHO flywheel and pressure plate and a clutch disk from a 92 Chevy Lumina 3.4.
Gene
Gene
RichieSHO34
genoneSHO
Did you have to do a lot of fab work?
scrabblegod
New Member
The only thing required at all was to grind one small spot on the inside of the bellhousing where it touched the head of one of the bolts for the rear main seal housing. Looking at the back of the motor, it would be the right upper corner bolt.
Gene
Gene
Off Road SHO
Moderator
Gene,
It looks like you are building a SHOcost, an SHO powered LoCost. I'm doing the same only I'm a little ahead of you because I bought another guy's stalled project. I have the M-50D transmission but I've decided to go with the T-5 with adaptor to the AeroStar bell housing for now.
I've nicknamed her "Another Woman" because "The Other Woman" was already taken.
Tom
It looks like you are building a SHOcost, an SHO powered LoCost. I'm doing the same only I'm a little ahead of you because I bought another guy's stalled project. I have the M-50D transmission but I've decided to go with the T-5 with adaptor to the AeroStar bell housing for now.
I've nicknamed her "Another Woman" because "The Other Woman" was already taken.
Tom
mrecoolgar
SHO NUP
I'm using a T5 with the Ididit adapter on my 88 RX7 conv.
scrabblegod
New Member
Mine is a lot farther along than the photos, though it has been on hold (frame currently tied to the rafters in my garage) while I finish my V-8 Fiero and 3.5 V-6 turbo Fiero.
Do you have any threads on your build?
We have a Locost get together each year here in Lexington and I have seen some neat cars show up and driven a couple that have a great pucker factor.
Never mind, found the threads. Dave Hemphy who manages LocostUSA lives about 10 min from me. Great guy and he will keep you laugh your a** off.
Gene
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RichieSHO34
genoneSHO
Yeah I just bought an 88 supra and am looking into the swaps the twin turbo 1jz would be cool, but I miss my SHO wow factor when I popped the hood, What are you guys doing for wiring & ECU? I think when I get done school I'm gonna do a SHO powered miata drift project, maybe even a turbo
Off Road SHO
Moderator
I'm using the stock computer and sensors with all new wiring.
Tom
Tom
Off Road SHO
Moderator
Yeah I just bought an 88 supra and am looking into the swaps the twin turbo 1jz would be cool, but I miss my SHO wow factor when I popped the hood, What are you guys doing for wiring & ECU? I think when I get done school I'm gonna do a SHO powered miata drift project, maybe even a turbo
Know what you mean about the WOW factor. I had The Other Woman parked next to another buggy with a BMW V-10 in it and the crowd of guys was around The Other Woman. There is just something sexy about that bundle of snakes that intrigues people I guess.
Tom
RichieSHO34
genoneSHO
Their fun to slide around, and a SHO powered miata would be bad ass. You need a high revving motor for drifting and you cant really beat the price of an SHO motor.
RichieSHO34
genoneSHO
How do you get the stock wiring to fit up to a T5? I can't wait:woo-hoo:
kevinspann
Don't take my advice.
Like a Taurus?
Scrabblegod, you're still working on yours? That's awesome, thought you gave up on it.
For anyone else, bolting up an M5OD is the easiest, but not the strongest. The only mod is the mentioned clearancing of the bellhousing.
Top left of this picture, you can sort of see the area by the triangle cutout.
Closeup. You can use the SHO dust plate to give you a perfect template to cut on.
I did this with a Dremel (only tool I had at the time) but it can be done with anything really.
For anyone else, bolting up an M5OD is the easiest, but not the strongest. The only mod is the mentioned clearancing of the bellhousing.
Top left of this picture, you can sort of see the area by the triangle cutout.
Closeup. You can use the SHO dust plate to give you a perfect template to cut on.
I did this with a Dremel (only tool I had at the time) but it can be done with anything really.
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RichieSHO34
genoneSHO
Sweet and I'm guessing the motor mounts arent that hard to fab up. are you guys using the stock rears of what ever vehicle your swapping and a custom drive shaft?
I would imagine using the stock driveshaft and trans mount would be easier thats if the vehicle was equipped with a m5od or T5. Then set the motor in with the trans bolted on, and trans mount bolted up and then mock up motor mounts.
vetteboy
Member
My project got stalled as I had to move to a new garage location, but I'll be starting back up in the next week or so.
I'm building a little 4x4 offroad race truck around the SHO motor, and neither the T5 nor the M5OD were very appealing to me...both due to strength and transfer case adaptability. What I"m working on is an adapter to mate the Vulcan pattern to an AMC bellhousing pattern:
With that it opens up options to run any of the Jeep 5-speeds (the AX15, NV3550), the Jeep 6-speed (NSG370), the AMC variant of the T5, or any of the heavier cast-iron boxes (T18, NV4500, etc). The AX15 and NV3550 are also available in 2wd variants.
Personally I'll be running the NSG370 6-speed as it's got a good first gear for crawling (4.something:1) and the ratios on the rest are pretty closely spaced to keep the motor in the powerband.
The flywheel is going to be a bit of an issue as the starter on the AMC is mounted in the bellhousing so I need the larger diameter of the Jeep flywheel (however it'd then use the Jeep clutch, pressure plate, throwout assembly, etc). I'll be posting about all of this as I get further along.
Not worried about the electronics as I'll be doing a Megasquirt standalone setup on it.
I'm building a little 4x4 offroad race truck around the SHO motor, and neither the T5 nor the M5OD were very appealing to me...both due to strength and transfer case adaptability. What I"m working on is an adapter to mate the Vulcan pattern to an AMC bellhousing pattern:
With that it opens up options to run any of the Jeep 5-speeds (the AX15, NV3550), the Jeep 6-speed (NSG370), the AMC variant of the T5, or any of the heavier cast-iron boxes (T18, NV4500, etc). The AX15 and NV3550 are also available in 2wd variants.
Personally I'll be running the NSG370 6-speed as it's got a good first gear for crawling (4.something:1) and the ratios on the rest are pretty closely spaced to keep the motor in the powerband.
The flywheel is going to be a bit of an issue as the starter on the AMC is mounted in the bellhousing so I need the larger diameter of the Jeep flywheel (however it'd then use the Jeep clutch, pressure plate, throwout assembly, etc). I'll be posting about all of this as I get further along.
Not worried about the electronics as I'll be doing a Megasquirt standalone setup on it.
Off Road SHO
Moderator
Cool project. A guy who calls himself E K in Tucson, kinda sorta did something like you're doing. He took a Vulcan powered 4X4 Ranger with an auto tranny and basically stripped it down to the frame and added a tubular structure on top of it.
Added the SHO motor and proceded to tear up the desert trails on the outskirts of Tucson. He would just run it in low range all the time and let the high rpm's of the SHO motor do all the work; talk about a screaming banshee. None of the other drivers, especially the quad riders wanted to be in front of him cause it sounded so angry all the time.
It was so light in the back end he added a pickup bed off of an old Model A truck for traction. Totally cool vehicle.
Tom
Added the SHO motor and proceded to tear up the desert trails on the outskirts of Tucson. He would just run it in low range all the time and let the high rpm's of the SHO motor do all the work; talk about a screaming banshee. None of the other drivers, especially the quad riders wanted to be in front of him cause it sounded so angry all the time.
It was so light in the back end he added a pickup bed off of an old Model A truck for traction. Totally cool vehicle.
Tom
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