Eagle SS 3.5 V8

[aussieelv]

Below is a few photos of my Eagle SS 3.5 V8.. I was the lucky one to buy it off Jason... the pics are from a few weeks after I bought it.. so I hadn't at that point done much..
Jason fitted it with a 3.5 V8 Rover engine.. Holley Carb.. Edelbrock Inlet Manifold.. performance bushes..







I made the spoiler myself and sprayed it .. was trying to continue the RAT look..

[bunj]

Black them rims out mate for a pure rat look

[aussieelv]

Below is some more Photos.. these are more recent.. below is a pic of the custom 40mm spacer/adapters (converted from 4x108pcd to 4x 130pcd) and a set of Weller Rims with Kelley Super Charger tyres on the rear. Also you can see in the Photos a pair of Harley Davidson Screaming Eagle Performance Exhausts.. I have 2 more sat in my unit to fit still.. will be eventually 2 of them on each side between the rear wheels and the doors.. The Kellys and rims they are on are my spares.. I have another 2 Kellys and rims that I am about to respray.. they are going to be sprayed in a matt red I have had made up.. on the outer rims.. and matt black on the centres with a little bit of red around each of the triangle cut out in the rims.

This pic is of 1 original rim and tyre on the left side and 1 Kelly Supercharger and Spacer on the right.


This pic is of both Kellys and spacers fitted.. has gone nice and fat at the rear..


These are the custom made 40mm adapters..








You can just see the Supra Mk4 rear lights stashed in the boot which are soon to be fitted..

[aussieelv]

In the pics below I have fitted a 2" carb spacer and Edelbrock Pro flow Air Cleaner.. why the card spacer and why did I get such a thick one? I am going to make a "Shaker Bonnet Vent" which will be seperate from the bonnet.. and will move with the engines movement.. I also have a couple of 10mm weather proof leds to mount into the vent I am going to make out of carving foam.. and use that as a mould to make a fibreglass one..






Below are the new lights for the front end.. they are Fiat Coupe Headlights.. BMW Mini Indicators with halo sidelights.. and 100mm spotlights with red led halos

[aussieelv]

Below is a pic of the Supra Mk4 rear lights and also a rear brake light I imported from australia with 36 leds in it..





This is a bumper I bought from an unknown model of car.. but is suitable to modify to the way I want the rear end to be.. needs a bit chopped off it height wise..





Here are a couple of pics after I removed the TR7 popup headlights... and started to perpared the area for the Fiat Coupe headlights... is going to be a significant weight reduction!!!! Not to mention greatly improoved areodynamics.

[Boroboyben]

Thats one hell of a project

[aussieelv]

Below are a few pics of the progress on the Eagle.. bonnet is nothing like how it will become as I still need to carve out of sculpting foam the shape I want for the shaker vent.. I just did it as is to get an idea of how it will look when the bonnet is down.. Fibreglassing is soon to begin.. as soon as I finish sanding the body..

[Taz]

looking good keep up the good work

[aussieelv]

Cheers Taz.. work has been a bit slow due to life changes.. got a £3000 council tax bill for 10months for my unit.. so after 11years of being on disability.. I have had an assessment last week for a job.. passed and just had an interview this morning.. got the job.. start full time next Monday.. Finally back to a normal life.. and miles better cash flow..
I am off back to my unit this afternoon and carrying on with the Eagle.. as soon as I finish sanding I am on with making moulds off the headlights so I can make some fibreglass covers for the Fiat Coupe headlights and then check the headlights fit correctly with the brackets I have already made.. then will be the shaker bonnet vent!! can't wait to make that

[nigel]

Full Marks I just can't wait to see the finished article ;D You never know Jason will probably be wanting it back ;D ;D

[jason (mitsubishi L200)]

yeah , i do actually miss it,,

[aussieelv]

You can continue to miss it for some years to come... it is MINE... ALL MINE (in a sinsiter tone)
Is my baby.. I can't see a future without the Eagle in my fleet... and as soon as she is out of the unit will be my daily runner to work.. is only about 1.5 mile to work.. nice little straight dual carriage way..
Sanding has had to stop.. someone had wound the regulator too far on my ingersolrand T20 compressor.. after a while under pressure it has ripped the screws out of the mounts in the regulator..tried to re tap them.. didnt work.. I have a spare brand new regulator but is a different fitting.. typical..
Still struggling to get hold of some BMW Mini front indicator buld holders... so if anyone goes to a scrappy and sees a BMW Mini in.. let me know

[jason (mitsubishi L200)]

i am a compressor engineer,, put a picture up of part you need and i will post you one , if i have one in my box o tricks

[jason (mitsubishi L200)]

did you get the regulator sorted ?

[aussieelv]

Not exactly.. I took it off and now just have the water trap on.. I went out and bought as a back up for the future a large random orbital sander and also a small sander for fiddly areas.. both 240v..
Not been to the unit in a week.. there was 3 of us sharing the unit.. 1 hasnt paid any rent on the unit since last year.. and decided he was moving out 2 months ago.. and has caused us issues with the landlord as he refuses to move his cars from outside the unit.. which are causing an obstruction.. am going down tomoz as I have new drilled and grooved OMP discs and race pads to fit on the Volvo T5...
So now we are on the look out for another mad about cars person to share the unit with us to help keep costs down.. got ramps.. spraybooth.. spot welder.. stud welder..mig welder.. wheel skates.. loads of air tools.. 2 compressors 150ltr each..over head remote control crane.. air brush gear.. and loads of other stuff.. so we are pretty well setup.. which means who ever we get to join us will not have much to outlay on gear..
Going to crack on with Chris's yellow Eagle tomoz.. get the chassis pieces welded in and continue to clean up the chassis.. we are putting 3 square tubular pieces accross the main section... going full way accross.. then there will be 6 kinda boxed off areas which we are going to add zig zag style bracing pieces to reduce any chance of twisting.. we realise the floor of the shell will have to be very slightly altered...but only by about an 1" in a few places.. overall it will remain at the same level.. but should give a fair bit of extra regidity to the chassis.. we already have added a piece right accross the rear end of the chassis to join each side.. also plan on welding on some tow rings.. never know when they will come in handy..