Why can you not have twin engine cars on the road?

Why can you not have twin engine cars on the road?

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scared but happy

Original Poster:

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Monday 6th March 2006
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As title says. If it is due to scrabbing I thought some of the old 4x4 (Sierra) had that problem anyhow.

Antony Moxey

8,064 posts

219 months

Monday 6th March 2006
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You can, can't you? There are plenty of twin bike engined kit cars out there and they're road legal aren't they?

tuscan_thunder

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246 months

Monday 6th March 2006
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Dubsport's twin engined Golf is road legal I believe.

up-the-dubs

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229 months

Monday 6th March 2006
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Max Power readers love twin engined Golfs too. Though, not much of their stuff should be street legal anyway.

scared but happy

Original Poster:

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Monday 6th March 2006
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Dont they share a driveshaft? I mean engine drive front and seperate engine for the back.

Plotloss

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Monday 6th March 2006
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Yep, theres plenty of twin bike engined cars that are fully legal and got through SVA.

FourWheelDrift

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Monday 6th March 2006
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Plotloss said:
Yep, theres plenty of twin bike engined cars that are fully legal and got through SVA.


The Tiger than Tiff Noodles was using to set the 0-60mph record in for one, although he broke it
www.tigerracing.com/wallpaper/tiger-z100-engines-640.htm

Twin engined Ultima - www.zcars.org.uk/ultima/conversion.htm

Plotloss

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Monday 6th March 2006
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Theres at least one Mini as well.

AL666

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Monday 6th March 2006
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Didn't Brabus do a version of the Smart Car that had two engines?
(and was road-legal)

V8HSV

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Yes Brabus put two 700cc engines into a Roadster as a project, about a million each for 170 BHP car

Raify

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Monday 6th March 2006
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And that Bimotor Audi TT that Evo used to break 200mph on an Autobahn.

tuffer

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Monday 6th March 2006
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And Mercedes did it with the A class.

Add Link:

www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/5350/atwin.htm

>> Edited by tuffer on Monday 6th March 11:43

WWESTY

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Monday 6th March 2006
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As has been said....you can!

L100NYY

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Monday 6th March 2006
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WWESTY said:
As has been said....you can!


Pretty conclusive really wasn't it!

FourWheelDrift

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Monday 6th March 2006
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what about three, four or more engines?

L100NYY

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Aston DB7 Vantage has got two Ford V6's melded into a V12, does that count?

tuffer

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Or even half an engine......Jaguar XJ220

bridgdav

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Scrapheap challenge done it to a Taxi IIRC... And drove it on the road...

Byff

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Monday 6th March 2006
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FourWheelDrift said:
what about three, four or more engines?


This fella's got three, don't think it's road legal though, but these agricultural vehicles have got special rules.

scared but happy

Original Poster:

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Monday 6th March 2006
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But they are all driving on one axle/gearbox ?
If not I will go and find a box to sit in.....Ah, here we are

>> Edited by scared but happy on Monday 6th March 12:23