Lunacy engine swaps

[RS250_Steve]

GroundEffect said:

irocfan said:

Honda CBR1000 engine and turbocharged, as well, on a go-kart. Does this count?

Why would you mount the engine around that way?

because a 150bhp kart that only has 6 reverse gears would be slightly more terrifying.

[LordTwaddle]

I remember seeing a classic Mini Copper sport with a Cosworth tuned 2.0l turbo engine (like an Escort) which was moundet lengthways and made RWD. Over 300hp in a Mini is just daft

[ChemicalChaos]

RS250_Steve said:

GroundEffect said:

irocfan said:

Honda CBR1000 engine and turbocharged, as well, on a go-kart. Does this count?

Why would you mount the engine around that way?

because a 150bhp kart that only has 6 reverse gears would be slightly more terrifying.

They still didnt do a very good job of packaging it though. If it had an exhaust and intake like our formula student car instead of that tangle of pipes, you could take a foot out of the chassis between the seat and the engine. I'd also be putting a firewall in there too....

[HedgeyGedgey]

This one is a classic

[thunderpigeon]

Megaflow said:

Nanook said:

thunderpigeon said:

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=...

27 litres in a Rover! (featured on Fifth Gear)

I stopped reading PPC years and years ago because the content was interesting, but the format and everything else was gash.

Did he ever finish it then? Last I remember reading it, he was building a dyno for it, and planning on turbocharging it because it was only making 400bhp. And it had no windscreen.

I stopped reading it because they never bloody finished anything!

Picked up a copy the other day in a shop for a browse, yep, Hollman's BMW still doesn't work. The other bloke still hasn't finished any of his long standing projects, but has some how bought some more.

Im sure i saw a video online of it being driven, and there are pics on google of it at the 'ring (with a windscreen). Whether that was "finished" I don't know. By the sounds of it, no project car is ever "finished". There is always something else to be added, fixed, modified or improved.

[Greg_D]

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you'd be surprised, that would be beyond terrible in every way, it'd understeer like an absolutely crazy thing around the corners if you were trying to be 'quick' and probably no faster than a KZ (even in a straight line aceleration run)
a fun project, no doubt, but in any way usable...... absolutely not!

[dom9]

HedgeyGedgey said:

This one is a classic

Like that - is there a build thread?

[Limpet]

LordTwaddle said:

I remember seeing a classic Mini Copper sport with a Cosworth tuned 2.0l turbo engine (like an Escort) which was moundet lengthways and made RWD. Over 300hp in a Mini is just daft

I went to a grasstrack meet about 10 years ago and there was a Mini pickup that was absolutely flying. When we found it in the pits and got a closer look, it had a Vauxhall redtop on bike carbs mounted lengthways in the load bed, hard up against the cab, driving the rear wheels through a Ford manual box, a propshaft about 6" long and a Sierra diff. Running close to 200 bhp but must have weighed no more than 500kg. Amazing thing built by an affable Brummie in a shed. The whole thing put a massive smile on my face.

[irocfan]

Limpet said:

LordTwaddle said:

I remember seeing a classic Mini Copper sport with a Cosworth tuned 2.0l turbo engine (like an Escort) which was moundet lengthways and made RWD. Over 300hp in a Mini is just daft

I went to a grasstrack meet about 10 years ago and there was a Mini pickup that was absolutely flying. When we found it in the pits and got a closer look, it had a Vauxhall redtop on bike carbs mounted lengthways in the load bed, hard up against the cab, driving the rear wheels through a Ford manual box, a propshaft about 6" long and a Sierra diff. Running close to 200 bhp but must have weighed no more than 500kg. Amazing thing built by an affable Brummie in a shed. The whole thing put a massive smile on my face.

seen a few Mini's with Honda VTECs (yo!)stuffed in them

[RC1807]

SimonM3002 said:

I bought this off ebay from a very clever petrolhead in Scotland and had 3 great years fettling it for the road. Its a BMW E36 M3 Evo engine in an MG Midget.

Firstly, top lurking. 1 post in 27 months!

Secondly, great looking car!

Third, WHY haven't you put a thread on Readers' Cars about this?
Get on it, man!

[H20DJY]

This thing makes me sigh. Amazing.

1939 Plymouth with a plane engine.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HADpy9bF2U4

[Baron Greenback]

Brad Gray 3 cars he has are from Hotrod.com
468ci big block with " A combination of a Littlefield 1471 blower and a pair of Precision 68mm turbos has been carefully engineered to complement each other" ... "15-gallon fuel cell with separate systems for fuel and nitrous"


Wonder how long 15 gallon would last!
1965 Chevrolet C-10 ... "355ci small-block employs a pair of Bowers 671 superchargers joined together by turning the bottom case upside down and backwards and refitting the blades, Brad was able to use one belt to drive both.


56 Chevy


This I would class him as a pistonhead nutter with style and big fuel bill!

[irocfan]

got to be honest the whole mahoosive blower thing really does nothing for me

[Greg_D]

would the twin inline supercharger setup of the grey one actually yield any more power than 1???
Max Torque!!!!!

[SuperchargedVR6]

Surely those engines sticking out of the bonnet like that can't be road legal? Obscured vision and all that!

[_Neal_]

Greg_D said:

would the twin inline supercharger setup of the grey one actually yield any more power than 1???
Max Torque!!!!!

It looks like he's just building them for maximum height to be honest.


ETA - That "Tantrum" build with the turbocharged marine V8 is one of the most impressive custom builds I've seen.

Edited by _Neal_ on Thursday 6th October 17:21

[BrettMRC]

Posted this a few times - but how about 600hp worth of rotary into a 950kg Mazda Montrose?

I give you the flying turd:

Montrose cleaning by Brett, on Flickr
Montrose engine mounts and rust get some attention by Brett, on Flickr
Engine and Turbo 3 by Brett, on Flickr
Engine through grille by Brett, on Flickr
Mazda Montrose front end by Brett, on Flickr
Mazda Montrose interior by Brett, on Flickr
Mazda Montrose by Brett, on Flickr
Montrose by Brett, on Flickr
Kingsfold steam and vintage rally 2012 2 by Brett, on Flickr

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[irocfan]

I like the "old duffer's hat" on the rear shelf lol

[HedgeyGedgey]

dom9 said:

HedgeyGedgey said:

This one is a classic

Like that - is there a build thread?

Not sure tbh I only know about through friends, I'll have a google
ETA: found this http://passionford.com/forum/general-car-related-d...

[anonymous-user]

fluffy seats need a come back..