| BMW V12 with a TH425 [was: Cadillac 500?] [message #156790] |
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mike miller
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Registered: February 2004
Location: Hillsboro, Oregon
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I figure that many had gotten tired of the "mine's better than your's" discussion in the thread "Cadillac 500?" and stopped reading that thread.
But something interesting showed up. A V-12 BMW motor mated with a TH425 transmission. Granted it isn't a motorhome, but it shows some ideas that MIGHT stir up a thought or two that MIGHT apply to our coaches.
So I put it in a new thread.
Carl P. (aka: "noi") posted a link to this picture:
<http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=42255>
Of course Robert Mueller had to ask him about it.
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From: noi
Rob,
I find “googling” harebrained ideas a form of relaxation  – Other than coming across this:
http://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum2/HTML/107913-5.html
Is about all I know of it!
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Carl,
Thanks for the link! I reviewed all 5 pages of this post and this guy is seriously talented! A problem installing this engine in a
GMC would be having to install the spacer between the final drive and the transmission, I made the assumption that he did this to
allow the drive shaft to clear the engine mains. The spacer causes the engine and transmission assembly to move rearwards and in a
GMC it would hit the cockpit steps. Obviously you could "fix" that.
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I finally got to read the posts a little more. (The first time through I mostly looked at the pictures.)
Seems he has "flipped" something in the final drive so the axles are "reverse" rotation. The engine/transmission package is to be installed with the transmission forward of the engine. IE: the belts and pulleys toward the rear of the car.
Set up this way, this engine/transmission MIGHT fit into a GMC, lining up the axles with the hubs AND clear the steps. But with the motor installed "backwards" the piping for the coolant would be ..."interesting." It would also need an electric radiator fan.
Mike Miller -- Hillsboro, OR -- on the Black list
(#2)`78 23' Birchaven Rear Bath -- (#3)`77 23' Birchaven Side Bath
More Sidekicks than GMC's and a late model Malibu called 'Boo'
http://m000035.blogspot.com
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