Hi gang I'm in the process of puting a Buick 215 alum. V8 in my 71 Lotus Europa. I had to open up the "Y" section where the frame horns meet the back bone. Then reinforced the horns with 1 1/2" X 2" tubing. Because I had to cut the top & bottom flanges down for clearance to the oil pump. Changing the rear suspention to fully independant.
See if this works for pictures? LOL
Buick 215 V8 in a Europa
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Here's some pix of the suspention mods I'm doing & the body reshaping. I've always loved the Lola T70 & the Chevron B-16. So I'm doing somewhat of a hybred on the body. Besides making the nose & tail sections liftable (ala Spitfire). I had a 69 S2 Europa when I was in college. I got really tired of bending over the rear sides to work on the engine. So I decided if I ever got another one I'd fix that. I've done & redone the body a couple of times to suit my tastes & ideas (I can't leave anything alone LOL).