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    BMW V12 engine into GT40 replica

    I would like to build a GT40 either from one of the chassis and body reproductions offered. A talk with Phoenix Performance's Joe Aquilante and a seller of a V12 engine on ebay revealed it would fit. The issue was not the length but the height which could be resolved.
    Has anybody transplanted a V12 into another car. I know it was done into a Lotus Esprit (this would be my 2nd choice as I like the handling of the Lotus). Most of the GT40 repos use a Porsche transmission. Has anybody mated a BMW V12 to a Porsche transaxle?
    I would do a Lamborghini again (Miura & Countach) but prices are unrealistically high. The BMW V12s are plentiful and readily available.

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    There is a guy on the e38 section of this board who is doing an amazing build of a C3 Corvette with an M73 V12 from an e38.

    A quick google search will find the BMW V12, especially the early M70 put into many things.
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    Check with Kennedy Engineered Products. They have adapters for a few other BMW engines to Porsche transaxles, and might be able to make one for the V12.
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