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Originally Posted by texan_idiot25

That's not enough money to do what you think your gonna do. The plan is not thought out at all.... Do you have the skills to chop the top of this van? How about the fabrication skills to move the motor to the middle? Have you ever tried working with a Jag V8? Their trash. Get a small block chevy or something. It's cheap, simple, and reliable and very potent. Unlike any Jag motor worth mentioning that's cheap. Have you considered the weight ratio from moving it towards the center, and how the chassis will like it? Mind you the entire chassis is designed with a certain balance in mind. Then have you thought about transmissions and driveshafts, and the linkage and cooling needed for them. Then you'll have to manage to make it pass NCAP or what ever the hell inspection.

These sort of tasks require skills and thought not learned in a class. Takes a level of engineering to get it done right. I'm all for different projects but I feel this will go the way of your Mini Cooper project from earlier this year....

Geta Caterham chassis, build it right, and learn to drive. They spin because they require lots of driver skill and control. No ninny-ESC-computers bull crap. But it will be faster, cheaper, and much much more fun then some cobbled together Van. This is a hill climb, it's a very serious race. Taking some ghetto van up is not a good idea.

And the Holden Ute HSV Maloo is the fastest truck in the world. Not the SRT10

+1 no offence... deckers