Need to explain...I dont have any personal position in this car or engine. I just ran the same engine package 15 years ago on the salt, but in a roadster. Any questions about this need to go to Dennis. He knows much more about making thesework than I ever did.
I forgot to mention, the manual trans bell housing from 1988 1/2 onward 3.0 V6 is 1 1/8" flatter. This, combined with typical trans input shaft lengths, will give room for easy adapting. I used three pieces of 3/8" plate, pinned for location, to get a Supercharged twin-cam V6 stuffed into a rear drive Corolla street car (using that bell housing). It also moves the clutch release arm to the right side, away from drivers footwell. Those first V6 trucks and 4runners needed everything shortened up because they were fittng the V6 into a 4-cylinder long hole.
That 3.0 V6 bell housing also bolts right on to this engine. Centerforce built us a trick, flatter, pressure plate for that bellhousing from their experience with off road racers.
Engine leans to the right when mounted to truck bell housings, which makes the turbo plumbing easier if you have a roadster of any type. The oil pickup is already ok for that. This engine is roughly four cylinders off the twin- turbo Supra six, but manages heat better. Internal bypass thermostat, dont run without it...we never saw over about 220 degrees even when hot lapping late in the week without cooling down our water tank. That was running the long course.
Hope this helps somebody....maybe just boring trivia on this forum....and some appreciation for the knowledge Dennis and Randy shared when we were trying to build our first car. Good people.
Regards, JimL
