How fast can you change an engine? 42 seconds?

[Greengecko]

Just came across this while on the depths of YouTube, not a standard engine setup no doubt but great none the less!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te48ucoEvFI

Sorry if it's a re post at all

[Perd Hapley]

What happened at 1:41?

[anonymous-user]

Quite amazing but I do not think all is as it seems!

[Johnboy Mac]

NinjaPower said:

Quite amazing but I do not think all is as it seems!

It sure ain't.

[SavanP]

Perd Hapley said:

What happened at 1:41?

I think he turns the steering wheel - sound the tyres make on floors like that.

[Deluded]

Mm strange that. No way you could connect up fuel lines, electricals, driveshafts etc in that time. I know engines were far less complex but I wouldn't really call that a standard engine change. Stuff must have been altered to be able to do it that quick. Would have taken more than 42 seconds to bolt up an engine mount by hand.

[Defcon5]

It seems like its really struggling to drive that 10m. Little engine in the boot maybe?

[Pickled Piper]

Highly modified engine and pop off bonnet. Hardly a standard car.

I've seen them do something similar with a VW Beetle.

pp

[JdmRacer]

Driveshafts to send power to the gearbox so the car can move the 10metre what a load of sh*t

[rhinochopig]

I would imagine there would be enough fuel in the carb float bowl to drive 10m.

[anonymous-user]

The way the car is sitting etc, other posters are right.

It has an engine in the back. As for the squeal and the shimmy at 1.41, I reacon that is the rear wheel we can't see spining a fraction of a turn as the driver lets the clutch out without the engine being fully stopped (while in gear obv) or it is a poxy 1 wheel drive dinky engine in the back somewhere.

I feel cheated by Roy Castle!

[xRIEx]

I think the 1:41 confirms the front wheels are driven: handbrake acting on rears, car stalls with the front wheels not straight ahead, small lurch to the side.

Engine and gearbox heavily modified, already in first gear, quick connect cables, auto clutch, tiny fuel supply on the engine, all wires routed through one electrical connector (what's needed? Power to starter motor, that's about it). I reckon the driveshafts don't connect to the diff and there's a separate drive mechanism, hence why the front end is bouncing six inches higher.

[HustleRussell]

If you want to see a super fast engine change in real life, go and watch a 24 hour 2CV race. It's not unusual for a team to have three spare engines for the race and a change can be executed in about 7 minutes by a team of three if I remember correctly...