[V8] V8 crankshaft bolt pattern

[Carlie Bentley]

Wait a minute, does the trooper have a V6 in it? if it does or did, it 
should be the anemic GM 60 degree V6, and the bell housing should be the 
same as a Gm Small Block. Meaning it should be a simple matter of 
getting a Kennedy Small Block Adapter and, (Turning it around? Or 
wait....) Any way some of the troopers through that wonderful bastard 
cousin of a relationship with GM that Isuzu has, caused some of the 
Troopers to get Chevy engines and transmissions with Chevy Bellhousings. 
You might be a lot closer than you think, it might be a simple matter of 
finding a tranny from a V6 Trooper.
I had a trooper, I broke a front control arm in "unpronouncable" Mexico 
once when the road just ended. 2 weeks it took to get a part. I'll never 
look at fried chicken the same again.
Later
Carlie
The V8's gone, but not forgotten, there's still pentosin on the carport.
DasWolfen at aol.com wrote:

>In a message dated 1/6/05 7:03:04 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
>tonyandlillie1 at earthlink.net writes:
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>>First of all, the V8 engine complete weighs 473 lbs. As Steve B said, it 
>>bolts up to all Audi transmissions. If it were mine, I'd look for a 4000 
>>Quattro trans. They are manual lockers, and cheap(I just got a spare given 
>>to me). You can find the whole cars in the northeast for $2-300. Then, lock 
>>the center differential permenantly, and just use the rear output shaft. 
>>Then you just have to have an adapter (or different driveshaft) made for the 
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>>driveshaft to the transfer case. 
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> Using engine plates and custom flywheels doesn't require NASA type science. 
>I wouldn't be at all surprised if a V8 manual flywheel will fit in the 
>Trooper's bellhousing. I'd be calling Kennedy Engineering, since they have lots of 
>experience adapting Audi trannies to other apps they might be able to help go 
>the other way too.
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> Using an Audi tranny is gonna be a NO NO if you want to maintain 4wd. 
>Attempting to do so would place the timing covers on the engine somewhere around the 
>front licence plate bracket. 
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>    As for LT1Q, I've been in contact with > another guy who did one. He's 
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>>not a lister but is on motorgeek. His name is > Robert Dupree.
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> It was Rob Dupree's car that is THE LT1Q built by Scott Justusson.
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>>Now, one other concern is, what is the stock axle ratio of that Trooper. If 
>>they don't match, you can only use 4WD off road at low speed. I just fixed 
>>this problem with a Ranger. 3.73 rear and 3.45 front.
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> Why is this a concern? I don't remember anything being said about swapping 
>the front or rear diff in the trooper.
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> Honestly I think the only real gotcha issue to this project is the location 
>of the Troopers front diff in relation to the V8's oil sump.
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>Keith
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