does anyone know whos this absolute beast is??

i work down at shakespeare county raceway at the bar now and again when they have a drag meeting on…..

this weekend it was a hot rod drags meeting with some great car there but the one that i was amazed by with this beauty..

Holy shit

Did it win?

What an amazing thing of beauty! Want one now, don't care about fuel mileage.

It is also a work of Engineering art to get the engine in that way round, what is that V8 engine?

Delicious!

Waterworx said

It is also a work of Engineering art to get the engine in that way round, what is that V8 engine?

Small block Chevy ???

thats awsoime!

Sort of opposite of the 60s 'Inch Pincher'….

Holy moly, nice touch with the side exhaust

It wasn't really a show as such where they won anything, it was just them all parked up while they wernt racing, I'm not sure what block it was he obv had the rocker cover done with the vw touch, even tho it was a hot rod weekend with a pre 73 class this go sooooo many looks it was unreal,

From what I could see he had made like a box frame that the block just sat on,

Waterworx I'm not quite sure what u mean about putting the engine in that way? Isnt that the way they sit normally?

No mate, they are normally transverse with the gearbox to the right side not the back.

Where is 'Shakespear County Raceway' ?

Stratford upon Avon mate

I might be wrong, but it looks very like a Rover V8 in there. Gearboxes are always mounted behind the engine with V8's as they are almost always rear wheel drive or occasionally 4wd such as Audi and Mercedes, and then they'd have a transfer box.
I bet that surprises a few people when it's ticking over at the lights.

I'm still a bit confused mate lol so ur sayin that on a normal v8 it sit sideways to the way it is in this mk1?

Rover v8, was a mag feature on it a year or so ago!

Pretty cool even if it's not oe

No mate, a normal Mk1 engine whatever size sits in the car 45 degrees anti clockwise to the lump in that fire breathing animal.

The rocker cover would normally be running side to side not front to back so the gearbox would be o the right side of the engine looking in on the engine or pointing toward the passenger side wing.

The V8 has the gearbox fitted to the rear so he would have had to make some serious structural alterations to the bulkhead of the car I reckon.

It is rear wheel drive too.

it must be