Thursday 18th October 2007
Stop Press....
...It fits. Project Retirement Rocket now has a 2.7 engine!
We wanted to share these pictures with you that have literally just arrived in the inbox.
Jonny Smiths All- Agro now has the 2.7 engine firmly wedged into the engine bay after much head scratching and sucking of air through teeth. Despite filming commitments for 5th Gear, he's managed to get into the workshop and get the PH Retirement Rocket project off the ground.
He tells us that he needs to sort the suspension to make the thing handle, and now there is talk of supercharging the old girl!
More details to follow, just one thing Jonny? Where's the radiator going?
Previous story here
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Insight
Original Poster
582 posts
68 months
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if anyone can do it, jonny can do it! then he can go drifting in it like on 5th gear!
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ACW
43 posts
97 months
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Just another thing Jonny - why? Just because it can be done, doesn't mean it should. Celebrating all things naff about the British car disasters of the seventies and eighties isn't big nor clever. Please, let the Fifth Gear schedule stay busy, so this POS never gets finished.
To leave on a positive note... oh, there isn't one.
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ACW
43 posts
97 months
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Oh, and Insight, you need rear-wheel drive to drift.
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Beefmeister
10,902 posts
100 months
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Do you dress up like the Grinch at xmas, and go around breaking little kids' toys?
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Garlick
38,560 posts
110 months
PH Manager Bloke
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Someone got out of bed on the wrong side today 
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E4UAN
248 posts
81 months
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ACW said: Oh, and Insight, you need rear-wheel drive to drift. Speaking of which, do we know if his plans to make it RWD are likely to become reality? Seems like a huge undertaking, but would probably be worth it in the end from a handling point of view.
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sprinter885
10,177 posts
97 months
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ACW said: Oh, and Insight, you need rear-wheel drive to drift. unless you try in reverse ! Seem to think he tried that with the Rascal on 5th Gear tho'........
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Schnell
23,975 posts
84 months
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Utterly mad. Totally pointless. Completely tasteless. I love it! 
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cvegas
321 posts
73 months
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The boot should be big enough to house a very large nitrous bottle!
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Insight
Original Poster
582 posts
68 months
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come on he has to make it RWD otherwise it's a silly project
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snotrag
10,427 posts
81 months
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Insight said: come on he has to make it RWD otherwise it's a silly project The engines facing in the wrong direction for it to be RWD...
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Neomagic
386 posts
71 months
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Insight said: come on he has to make it RWD otherwise it's a silly project Kinda too late considering the engine is mounted horizontally.
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Fetchez la vache
4,238 posts
84 months
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Schnell said: Utterly mad. Totally pointless. Completely tasteless. I love it!  Though somehow a big lump in an Alegro makes it quite cool 
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Insight
Original Poster
582 posts
68 months
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Neomagic said: Insight said: come on he has to make it RWD otherwise it's a silly project Kinda too late considering the engine is mounted horizontally. Well they will have to change that then, or fit the drivers controls si it goes the other way! Like those stunt show Minis.
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Turbobanana
348 posts
71 months
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Suggestion for radiator mounting: the van den Plas had a vertical grille which was even more tasteless than the original and should offer some more under bonnet space.
And obviously a touch of, err... class
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J111
3,354 posts
85 months
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Insight said: come on he has to make it RWD otherwise it's a silly project a) Rover 827 - transverse FWD b) otherwise it's a silly project ?
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Strawman
5,173 posts
77 months
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Turbobanana said: Suggestion for radiator mounting: the van den Plas had a vertical grille which was even more tasteless than the original and should offer some more under bonnet space.
And obviously a touch of, err... class a cunning plan  MMMmmm Tastefull
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jon-
11,735 posts
86 months
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Put the engine in the middle then it can stay transversely mounted, none of this poncy FF stuff...
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Schnell
23,975 posts
84 months
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Fetchez la vache said: Schnell said: Utterly mad. Totally pointless. Completely tasteless. I love it! Though somehow a big lump in an Alegro makes it quite cool Careful now. it is still an Allegro
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DAVEVO9
2,537 posts
137 months
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did you know an Austin Aggro has better aero in reverse than forwards?
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