Lunacy engine swaps
Discussion
davepoth said:
vladcjelli said:
What was that Lexus v8 engined Omega I saw in Evo a few years back?
Not that mental. Opel got as far as doing Autobahn testing on a V8 Omega but they couldn't keep it cool enough on long runs for production. Will try to dig the issue out in the absence of someone with an infallible memory.
vladcjelli said:
Nah, there was some swedish(?) chap who'd tuned something up to 1000bhp and whapped it in the front of Vauxhalls executive barge. They tried to vmax it on some ring or other, but unremembered mechanical failure may have put paid to it.
Will try to dig the issue out in the absence of someone with an infallible memory.
http://www.autobild.de/klassik/artikel/opel-omega-v8-fahrbericht-1934437.htmlWill try to dig the issue out in the absence of someone with an infallible memory.
Here's the thing I was thinking of. In German, unfortunately. They say that the flex-plate on the gearbox couldn't take the autobahn speeds.
4key said:
I might have found a winner on the lunacy stakes, but I dont speak croation so I am struggling to find much info.
Click on the picture to see a video of an old nova with what is reported as a highly tuned RS4 engine in the back.
Unsuprisingly it ended up looking like this...
That would have been one hell of a drive! Shame its a crumpled heap now Click on the picture to see a video of an old nova with what is reported as a highly tuned RS4 engine in the back.
Unsuprisingly it ended up looking like this...
mike9009 said:
One of my favourites is this engine swap....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsaBYyjhHuo
Video gets more interesting at about 2 minutes.....
Mike
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsaBYyjhHuo
Video gets more interesting at about 2 minutes.....
Mike
Quite simply superb!
It's not quite on the same level as some of the mental stuff contained in this thread, but around a year ago I was reading a forum where there was a bloke attempting to mate an RX8 with a VW Derby body, by chopping off the entire body of the RX8 from the sills up, and welding on the Derby body.
If anyone can find the pictures and accompanying thread, please post them so I can see it again!
If anyone can find the pictures and accompanying thread, please post them so I can see it again!
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