Which 'modernized classic - car and engine combination?
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SAAB og900 with Trionic5 engine management from a later 9000/ng900.
Benefits - smoother, more economical, better power, totally mappable, tune out gearbox-killing torque spikes, and looks totally factory as management was designed to work with the same engines in later cars.
Cars came 175bhp stock, but easily map to 200bhp without any undue strain on the mechanicals.
As standard:
(Lucas fuel injection, distributor w/vacuum advance ignition, APC analogue boost control based on knock detection, systems not linked)
Trionic5:
(fuelling/boost control/coil pack ignition all controlled by one system, totally mappable)
Benefits - smoother, more economical, better power, totally mappable, tune out gearbox-killing torque spikes, and looks totally factory as management was designed to work with the same engines in later cars.
Cars came 175bhp stock, but easily map to 200bhp without any undue strain on the mechanicals.
As standard:
(Lucas fuel injection, distributor w/vacuum advance ignition, APC analogue boost control based on knock detection, systems not linked)
Trionic5:
(fuelling/boost control/coil pack ignition all controlled by one system, totally mappable)
ClockworkCupcake said:
threespires said:
I can see where your coming from, but that's not correct. The engine is not British.
Right, because the British are well known for their rich heritage in electric cars. 
And the electric Frog has been done about five times stateside by some talented home garage types.
Maybe Im due a whoosh.
I would love to modernize my '67 Volvo 1800 S
I can't decide what engine would suit it best tough. Always liked the idea of a V8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWMGbxlWlnE
And then again I think the running gear of a E34 M5 would suit the car better....
Hugh Jarse said:
Erm is everybody getting mixed up, the British thing was referring to the K-series in the Frontline car, which replaced the A-series as the Leyland staple engine for small cars.
And the electric Frog has been done about five times stateside by some talented home garage types.
Maybe Im due a whoosh.
threespires quoted your reply about the electric MGC rather than your earlier post about the car with an engine. And the electric Frog has been done about five times stateside by some talented home garage types.
Maybe Im due a whoosh.
I was being a cheeky b
h and very gently ribbing about that. I think maybe it didn't come across such. 
Edited by ClockworkCupcake on Tuesday 26th July 17:28
VF7 said:
I would love to modernize my '67 Volvo 1800 S
I can't decide what engine would suit it best though.
Has to be a Volvo engine, surely? I can't decide what engine would suit it best though.
A 5-cyl Volvo turbo perhaps, or if budget allows the XC90 and S80 were available with a V8. A quick google reveals it to be the B8444S, available from 2005–2010 and developing 311bhp. Should be satisfactory performance.
Edited by ClockworkCupcake on Tuesday 26th July 17:29
GravelBen said:
So many possibilities!
I do like the idea of a Porsche 904 GTS with a GT3 motor...
904 with Boxster mechanicals shown a few years ago http://www.topgear.com/car-news/you-want-porsche-p...I do like the idea of a Porsche 904 GTS with a GT3 motor...
ClockworkCupcake said:
Right, because the British are well known for their rich heritage in electric cars.
Are we at crossed lines here? I wasn't referring to the electric engine. ☺He guessed the 6 cyl engine in the blue Sprite could be an MGC. I agree with him that on first sight it could be but it's not a British engine.
Do you know what the 6 cyl engine is from?
Olivera said:
Steve93 said:
A Sierra 3 door Cosworth with a B204 turbo engine and modern brakes etc would be awesome.
Why would you want to replace the Cosworth YB with a worse engine?Yep those mighty Saabs used to give the YB cossies a run for their money in the 80s BTCC races didn't they! and trounced them on all the rally stages at the same time.
How many Saabs won the 24 hrs at Spa with over 550bhp to play with from essentially a Cortina engine!
Worse how?...it'll go for 250,000 miles+ without a rebuild, and make similar if not more power...also tuning them is less of a farce not needing chips or finding cylinder heads that haven't been skimmed to within an inch of their lives.
How many Saabs won the 24 hrs at Spa with over 550bhp to play with from essentially a Cortina engine!
Steve93 said:
Olivera said:
Steve93 said:
A Sierra 3 door Cosworth with a B204 turbo engine and modern brakes etc would be awesome.
Why would you want to replace the Cosworth YB with a worse engine?The problem with this thread is that we all (me included) want to have this for £4,999.95 or less.
None of us is going to pay £90k for an MX5 with an MGB body (as an example).
I'm afraid that unless you have the wherewithal to DIY, this sort of thing will remain the province of the very wealthy and/or the very talented.
Doesn't stop them being cool as f*** though (IMHO)
None of us is going to pay £90k for an MX5 with an MGB body (as an example).
I'm afraid that unless you have the wherewithal to DIY, this sort of thing will remain the province of the very wealthy and/or the very talented.
Doesn't stop them being cool as f*** though (IMHO)
Not an old classic but a remarkable machine...........
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-E46-M3-V10-/11206619...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-E46-M3-V10-/11206619...
loose cannon said:
A rover sd1 with an Ls engine and irs from something modern.
And to keep it company a series 3 xj with series 2 bumpers
And a modded supercharged 6 from an x300 xjr
The latter has actually basically been done: And to keep it company a series 3 xj with series 2 bumpers
And a modded supercharged 6 from an x300 xjr
http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/183823/1970...
And a vid...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sofk3dN8fqs
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