348/355

i've finally gotten my hands on a 355 kit and after looking at it (and finishing laughing at it....), i can't help but want to build it with an engine in it, so the first question is;

what differences, in terms of appearance, are there between the engine of a 348 and the 355?
same for the interior?
the plan is to butcher a 348 kit i've got lying around to fill in the missing items on the 355.

also.....
this is a bit of an odd question but does anyone have the general measurements (l x w x d) of the engine of a tamiya testarossa kit?

thanks.

Intakes are the difference that shows, the 355 die-cast kit thats floating around has an engine insert. Not great but a start.
The Testarossa motor is a bit big for a 355. The easy way would be to use the whole rear subframe and I know that the track on the TR is a bit wide.

I'm kinda busy with other projects, a Fujimi 348ts to full spider conversion among them, but I do have all the pieces around (Fujimi 348-355,Tamiya TR. Hasegawa 348, Miasto die-cast 355 spider)

I alway though the Revell 360 spider would be a good (meaning cheap) engine/ drivetrain doner... Though, funny thing, I don't have one to look at.

lots of reference pix on the web, E-bay motors, google etc.
:licka:

So happens that I have a Tamiya Testarossa engine on my desk..
It is 32mm wide measured over the heads. (The distributor caps sticks out a bit and it is 37mm wide including those.)
The engine is 40mm long including the clutch/gearbox "hump"
The drive shafts from the gearbox exits the gearbox 22mm from the front of the engine.

It is approx 29mm high including the intakes.

thanks for the engine measurements.
my boxer was crying out for a better engine than the one that comes with it.....

also, does anyone know if the revell and italeri 348 kits are a rebox of the fujimi or the hasegawa kits?
or if they're new moulds?
as far as i can tell, the hasegawa kits are the best ones for the 348 but i've only got the one am a bit reluctant to destroy it for parts.....

hmm, i guess i could just build the 348 chassis and plonk the 355 body on top.....

thanks again.

Italeri/Revell kit is neither Hasegawa nor Fujimi - its Italeri's own tool. Crappy too.