Adoom's 1975 Reliant Scimitar. Discussion.

[Adoom]

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[Sunbeam]

You sick fool. Respect.

[Kiwibirdman]

Mate had one of these back in the late 80's. Went pretty well with the heavy old essex v6. Should be a weapon with the Alloytec, and a fair bit lighter.

[Nominal]

Good to see that some folks here still love british cars!

[dmulally]

Love it. 

My biggest mistake with that thing was leaving it as an auto. The manual box will make it a lot more fun. 

[~Slideways~]

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[Honda Ass Dragger]

Excited for this LFX engine seem to make good numbers with a tune 200kw can be achieved with basic intake, headers exhaust  

[Adoom]

21 minutes ago, Honda Ass Dragger said:

Excited for this LFX engine seem to make good numbers with a tune 200kw can be achieved with basic intake, headers exhaust  

This is the early poverty spec LE0 that only has VVT on the intake.. The fancy 195kw one also has VVT on the exhaust cam.

But hopefully with a better flowing headers, exhaust and intake I'll get more than factory 175kw. I'll have to make headers they need to route over the chassis rails not between them.

[Kiwibirdman]

The scimitar is pretty light to start with, under 1200kg, so even with a standard alloytec that car is going to fly,

[locost_bryan]

I'd be more concerned about the chassis, brakes, and diff handling more power than an Essex V6.

[Adoom]

20 minutes ago, locost_bryan said:

I'd be more concerned about the chassis, brakes, and diff handling more power than an Essex V6.

It's a separate chassis with a fibreglass body. The chassis is pretty substantial. The diff is a Salisbury which I understand is.... big? Like a Jaaaaaaaag? I dunno, maybe okay.

The brakes are a question mark. They are 10.5", but solid. The calipers are weird, two small pistons inboard and one large outboard. Maybe I can get away with better larger calipers and good pads. The front suspension is mostly Triumph TR6 so I guess brake upgrades that go on a TR6 will work.

[locost_bryan]

Upgrade kits available, either slotted rotors for the original calipers, or Willwood calipers and vented rotors.

Scimitar SE5/5a Brakes L1 Archives - Scimitar Parts

The Salisbury axle looks like a Capri V6 item, so a rear disc conversion for a Capri might be an option? Or is it a Mk2 Jag?

Might also be worth joining https://scimitarweb.co.uk/

[scanner]

Retropower started a scimitar build last week, might be interesting to check out 

 

[Otodat]

This is cool, awesome!

[dmulally]

On 14/02/2024 at 11:22, locost_bryan said:

 

The Salisbury axle looks like a Capri V6 item, so a rear disc conversion for a Capri might be an option? Or is it a Mk2 Jag?

 

It's the CWP out of a Jag IRS rather than the Mk2 live axle. It's a cool little setup and seems very kit car like. 

Not all of them fit however so a bit of homework is involved if changing the ratios. But with that overdrive box I wouldn't bother and the diff will be fine with the alloytec. I don't recall the brakes being a problem either in that one. 

Before I forget I'm pretty sure I hacked the firewall so much there is no heater anymore. Also I recall having dramas with the fuel tank outlet fitting on the bottom. I can't remember exactly what I did but there was something happening down there. Not sure if it split screwing in or I swapped it already. Worth a look anyway. I was looking at doing the return to the filler neck. To test drive I used a jerry on the passenger seat which is always zesty. 

[Adoom]

6 minutes ago, dmulally said:

It's the CWP out of a Jag IRS rather than the Mk2 live axle. It's a cool little setup and seems very kit car like. 

Not all of them fit however so a bit of homework is involved if changing the ratios. But with that overdrive box I wouldn't bother and the diff will be fine with the alloytec. I don't recall the brakes being a problem either in that one. 

Before I forget I'm pretty sure I hacked the firewall so much there is no heater anymore. Also I recall having dramas with the fuel tank outlet fitting on the bottom. I can't remember exactly what I did but there was something happening down there. Not sure if it split screwing in or I swapped it already. Worth a look anyway. I was looking at doing the return to the filler neck. To test drive I used a jerry on the passenger seat which is always zesty. 

I was meaning to ask if you'd actually got the ecotec running as EFI and what you'd done for the fuel. I plan on pulling out the fuel tank eventually to have a clean and inspection under there.
Yeh, there's not much left of the heater box thingy. I want to do something there to make it look less like there's a big bit missing. I think I might actually have the room to reinstate it, if I can figure out what it's meant to be like. I suspect there's supposed to be two kinda chambers or something? And a kind of rotating circular vent that's gone now? I've not had much luck finding any pictures or photos of the area that aren't obscured by an engine.

[dmulally]

42 minutes ago, Adoom said:

I was meaning to ask if you'd actually got the ecotec running as EFI and what you'd done for the fuel. I plan on pulling out the fuel tank eventually to have a clean and inspection under there.
Yeh, there's not much left of the heater box thingy. I want to do something there to make it look less like there's a big bit missing. I think I might actually have the room to reinstate it, if I can figure out what it's meant to be like. I suspect there's supposed to be two kinda chambers or something? And a kind of rotating circular vent that's gone now? I've not had much luck finding any pictures or photos of the area that aren't obscured by an engine.

Yeah one of the problems with the L67 is that the blower takes up a lot of room back there which won't be a problem for you so you can be a little more relaxed. 

I just used two hoses into a jerry to get it running but have a look at the mild steel tube near the filler neck. It should be easy. 

This is a stock one with the vent missing. It was junk anyway so I'd look at putting in a proper universal heater box if you have the space. I wonder what else I cut away...oh well. You're about to find out!  

[dmulally]

Found a pic that tells a story. 

 

[dmulally]

Whilst I am here...

 

[Adoom]

So there's a big oval hole and a small hole covered up?

Over that is a red pair of underpants with a large round hole for a circular metal vent that looks like a radiation symbol?

Covering over all that, sealing the area below the top vents, is a larger purple pair of underpants with a big hole that the access plate(which was in the boot) goes over?