Project ToyoRati: FR-S with a Maserati V8...

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Dumb question, how did you handle the oil tank valve to not flood the engine with oil when off?

Maserati used a vacuum operated ball valve of sorts. I was thinking of an electrical setup of some sort.
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To be honest, that's a little beyond my level of understanding :dunce:

Between the remote reservoir and the engine there's the pump, oil filter and oil cooler. I believe the pump feeds the engine with a pressurised oil feed so when 'off' the stationary pump, which is powered by either the crank or cam, will be holding back any further flow of oil.

I also don't know in what way production road-going dry sump systems differ to one designed purely for track use. I'd imagine a road car system would be a little more complicated due to it needing to run under a wider range of operating enviroments.
 
I got the reinforcement plates drawn up, I just need to get them over to send cut send or someone else. I'd really like them to be done in strenx, but none of the companies that have those services offer it as an option.

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I'll figure something out.

Here is a quick teaser of what I'm thinking.
 

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Big things in the works, after a lot of reading, asking people in the know of the Maserati cars. The ability to use the factory Bosch ECU would be too much of a challenge to accomplish my goals.



Because of this, I am going to be going with a Motec M150. This allows me the use of the factory gauges and Toyota wiring and chassis electronics.



It will also allow me some really crazy things I can do for driveability. Torque based traction control, launch control, are among the other neat things I can do.



I have also been able to get all of the needed hardware, spacers, material, and fasteners for the rear subframe build.
 
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Hell yea man! My, hopefully not really ticking FA bomb has an ever-list of things I'd rather have in it at the cost difference at least, but other things keep coming up that are way more pressing than unLego'ing my reliable workhorse for some funzies.
 
If I was to do this again......or for a daily.

I'd do an 8HP swap instead of the transaxle.

I'd probably use a different engine as well. But that's a totally different subject.
 
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If I was to do this again......or for a daily.

I'd do an 8HP swap instead of the transaxle.

I'd probably use a different engine as well. But that's a totally different subject.
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Well, once the old lady goes a rejuvinating surgery, who know what will end up in it to keep things reasonable (like an actual Toyota 4 banger with a possible snail even if pulling a small block V8 of sorts is a matter of peanuts even today), but a Maserati power plant definitely makes it live up to the external looks that for ONCE since a long time, Subaru nailed with Toyota's help. I will never get over the stock rims on gen 1 though.
 
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