Lunacy engine swaps

[Swifty Stig]

Just seen in the back of the new Retro Ford mag that next month they will be featuring a.... 1200bhp Koenigsegg powered Granada! :O
Last month Fast Ford had a V10 Viper engined Sierra. Its lunacy to put such engines in cars like that but I cant help but love them and the idea! Whats your favourite crazy engine swaps?
Swifty

[Dusty964]

The guy at le mans a fair few years ago with a scabby sierra with that viper engine in.
Turned up for the drag racing, pissed on the local with an m3, then left.
Went like fk

[TheVole]

This.

The essence of 'because I can'.

[zb]

God, this threads just given me a flashback. In the 90s a similar wild engine swap featured in a car mag (Fast Ford? Max Power?), again it was a Sierra but I recall the boot being filed with concrete in an attempt to balance the car, anyone recall anything like that?

[folos]

There's a video on youtube of a renault 5 with a rover v8 - sounds absolutely mental I will try to dig it up later :-)

[Codswallop]

Fiat 500 V8 dragster

Okay, not so much an engine swap as a complete rebuild, but I had to share the lunacy.

[CLINCHY2]

i have a 53 anglia running a 5ltr Mustang

[strudel]

I'm not the only one thinking chassis flex am I?

[GadgeS3C]

Cheating a little but this is my favourite.



Because a V8 sometimes ISN'T enough - even on Pistonheads

[SystemParanoia]

10litre radial engined Gogomobil

[GadgeS3C]

SystemParanoia said:

10litre radial engined Gogomobil

Oh yes!

[CLINCHY2]

strudel said:

I'm not the only one thinking chassis flex am I?

mine runs a bespoke chassis and racing brakes all round

[GadgeS3C]

Quite like this too - also cheating though IMHO

[Defcon5]

The Evo powered 4x4 C2 from on here and the Czech twin 3.2 V6 Lupo are two of my faves

[CLINCHY2]

GadgeS3C said:

Quite like this too - also cheating though IMHO

i've seen this and its a real piece of quality work

[Xtriple129]

A friend and I had a Honda acty pick up and an XJS.... It never did run but it was fun trying!





Thinking back, the Honda's twin cylinder engine was never gonna pull a lardy XJS far was it

Seriously, over drink fuelled conversations we decided to put the V12 and auto box into the pick up bed, I suppose it could have been made to work but we ran out of enthusiasm.

[v8will]

CLINCHY2 said:

i have a 53 anglia running a 5ltr Mustang

More pictures/build thread immediately!!

LS3 MX-5s are getting popular in the states and actually seem to be well put together

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZq7Rr6h1Bw

[Dogwatch]

SystemParanoia said:

10litre radial engined Gogomobil

'Could you kickstart it, dear, while I hold the throttle open?'

[themanwithnoname]

Surely PPC Charlie's SD1? Meteor into an SD1

[Dusty964]

GadgeS3C said:

Quite like this too - also cheating though IMHO

Who owns that? The Ant Hill Mob?