Looking for an affordable injected V-8 other than Accurate Miniatures McLaren

[LDO]

I would prefer styrene to 3D print. I don’t want to spend $40 to rob the engine out of the M8B kit. (but I placed a Wanted add for one) Are there any other kits with a good looking V-8 with mechanical fuel injection? It can have vertical stacks or splayed, unequal length. It’s for a future show rod build.
 

Thanks

[stitchdup]

the c2 corvette racecar has a nice looking v8. I cant remember who made the kit though but there are builds of it on the forum

[Shark]

Are thinking of the Accurate Miniatures kit of the Grand Sports? I believe they are getting a little hard to find also.

[LDO]

I’m thinking of the McLaren M8B. Looking for that type of stacks. The Grand Sport Corvette is cool, but it has different induction. 

[Force]

1 hour ago, Shark said:

Are thinking of the Accurate Miniatures kit of the Grand Sports? I believe they are getting a little hard to find also.

It's not injected, the 377 engine in the Grand Sport has side draft Weber 58's.

[Exotics_Builder]

Off the top of my, I can only think of one which should be readily available.  While not as refined (in my opinion) as the AM McLaren system, the AMT 70 Impala has a Fuel Injected option on the BBC.

 

[Bainford]

Would the Monogram sprint car engine work for you?

(I would post a picture but I'm on my phone, and that's a technical incompetence for me)

[LDO]

Wow. I thought there would be more kits with good looking mechanical fuel injection. Looks like 3D print or cannibalize an Accurate Miniatures McLaren. 

[Mark]

Most of the kits with a setup like this included it as an optional item.  More optional parts generally equal less detail on each of those parts.  They'll look okay in the original application (under the hood of a full-bodied car) but you'll find them wanting when they are sitting out in the open.  The best kit items out there will be the McLaren, or the Monogram sprint car unit.

[Straightliner59]

8 hours ago, LDO said:

Wow. I thought there would be more kits with good looking mechanical fuel injection. Looks like 3D print or cannibalize an Accurate Miniatures McLaren. 

I have been terribly disappointed in kit-supplied injecctor units. Every time I want fuel injection, I end up scratchbuilding the entire system! Cases in point:

[Mark]

Most of the kit units are simplified in the extreme, lacking the "adapters" that join the intake tubes to the cylinder head, and always having the fuel block molded as part of the valley cover.  The AMT altered wheelbase Nova and Tempest have the adapters, but those are simplified.  For an out-in-the-open setup, scratchbuilding or 3D print will be the way(s) to go.  Really, with many of the smaller parts, scratchbuilt parts will often crush the molded plastic equivalent.  The kit designers have to deal with removal from the mold which means you're going to see ejector pins, and they have to bring the whole project in at a target price which will bring compromises along with that.

[Straightliner59]

22 minutes ago, Mark said:

Most of the kit units are simplified in the extreme, lacking the "adapters" that join the intake tubes to the cylinder head, and always having the fuel block molded as part of the valley cover.  The AMT altered wheelbase Nova and Tempest have the adapters, but those are simplified.  For an out-in-the-open setup, scratchbuilding or 3D print will be the way(s) to go.  Really, with many of the smaller parts, scratchbuilt parts will often crush the molded plastic equivalent.  The kit designers have to deal with removal from the mold which means you're going to see ejector pins, and they have to bring the whole project in at a target price which will bring compromises along with that.

I understand why they don't have the super detailing, It would just be nice, if they'd get the basic shapes right. Then again, there's that!

[Mark]

The designers tried to put the most detail in areas that would be seen the most.  Often they wouldn't bother to tool parts that wouldn't be seen at anything past a casual glance.  For example, you'd have the Monogram street machine kit versions where you'd see a supercharger sticking through the hood, but you'd peer into the engine bay and see exhaust manifolds instead of headers.  The opposite of what you'd see an a 1:1 car.

[Fat Brian]

Does it have to be a big block Chevy? The Buick engine in the Revell Model A kits has one of the best mechanical fuel injection style setups available in plastic.

[LDO]

2 hours ago, Fat Brian said:

Does it have to be a big block Chevy? The Buick engine in the Revell Model A kits has one of the best mechanical fuel injection style setups available in plastic.

No. A Nailhead sounds cool for a 1960s show rod. 

[Fat Brian]

43 minutes ago, LDO said:

No. A Nailhead sounds cool for a 1960s show rod. 

It's available in the 30 coupe kit right now so should be easy to get.

[LDO]

Thank you, gentlemen. I ordered a Revell 1930 Ford Model A Coupe off eBay. I ordered an Accurate Miniatures McLaren also. Thankfully it will remain whole.