1985 Maserati Biturbo 1UZFE Transplant

Really nice plans. Good to see this one coming back to the street. Can I ask if there's some reason for the 2-1 exhaust? Always thought that it would be nice to have a V8 (never had one), and I thougt that it's nearly always two exhausts For an example with cherry bombs, there's the slammed lotus in readers rides.

Yep- you're right, a manual would be awesome. Trouble is, here in the USA- by the time you buy or make the adapter plate, the custom clutch plus the cost of the gearbox- it adds almost $3,000 to the cost of the build and that isn't happening. I'm trying to keep the remainder of the project under that amount.

As far as the single exhaust out the back- I have and have had V8's all my life and with the exception of the newer expensive American V8 engines, they all sound the same with dual exhaust.

For example, The Mustang GT 5.0L is a 302 cubic inch engine. A 350 Cubic inch engine is a 5.7L. This Lexus Engine is a 4.0 liter V8, which puts it at about a 245 cubic inch engine. This is a Very small engine by comparison. Since it revs higher and is the overhead 4 cam design and a small displacement engine,(that puts up great numbers for it's size) I don't want it to sound like my work truck, or some other normal everyday hot rod pickup truck, that we have in every town across the country.

I'm planning on quick revving, exotic sound that makes people (especially my countrymen) say "What the heck is in that thing?"
I'm excited!

Sounds cool (pardon the pun)! And great reasoning. Already the car + engine combo is out-of-the-box.

Wow! Not only do you ride awesome BMX but you have a mad maserati build going on too! Coolest guy on RR? I think there is a good chance!

great plan, and a good base, a bit of rot on the floors but nothing that can't be fixed..

speedo... GPS?

Thanks guys! I will get it to run & drive, then if it stays in the family long enough, I can look into making it a manual shift. Once I clean up the mess, I'm going to test fit the engine & trans. I can see what I need to mount them, make a few drawings and then I can order some steel and start replacing the floors.

The speedo is likely going to be GPS, I also have to work out all of the wiring for the indicators, a fuel pump, battery tray, the exhaust headers... Yeah, there's a lot to do but isn't this fun!?

Ok Gents- IT FITS.

I like this phrase.







This thing fits in there very tight. I need to move the engine mounts rearward about 5 inches. I need to basically cut the firewall and move the engine into the car, which will move the weight towards the center of the car, making it handle better, in theory. Since the floor pans are toast, I'm replacing the steel inside the car anyway. Now is the time for the long hours of fabricating. I'll rebuild the front of the transmission tunnel, replace the floors and get the engine to hang where it needs to be.

The front sump works, the steering rack & engine cradle will remain untouched, but to get it to clear, the firewall has to be cut. No problem. There's also the exhaust near the steering which will be tight and I might have to relocate the brake booster. But again. Not worried and I am sure glad I took the interior out. Plenty of room. This car is my canvas!

WOW GREAT affort !! Keep on doing your thing :-)

Please keep going, that's the interesting part

RR has made me weird in that way. Reading an incredible swap thread is almost a daily experience, but give me a nice bracket or engine mount and I'll spend hours staring at it and how it was designed...