Strangest engine transplant?

[Ordinary Bloke]

What's the strangest engine transplant you ever heard of (with some proof, preferably)? I remember Rover V8's going into mini's, did anyone put a 998 A-series engine into an SD1?

[bobthemonkey]

Cuba - replace a SBC with a 1100cc 2-stroke.

[Ordinary Bloke]

bobthemonkey said:

Cuba - replace a SBC with a 1100cc 2-stroke.

Cuba being a south american country run by the brother-in-law of Fidel Castro, or am I missing something?

[jagdpanther]

Ordinary Bloke said:

bobthemonkey said:

Cuba - replace a SBC with a 1100cc 2-stroke.

Cuba being a south american country run by the brother-in-law of Fidel Castro, or am I missing something?

yes Cuba

Ran all American cars until they banned trade with the USA, now they keep the old yankers running with whatever they have, usually the smallest, sttest engine possible that's capable of running on goat piss

[Ordinary Bloke]

jagdpanther said:

Ordinary Bloke said:

bobthemonkey said:

Cuba - replace a SBC with a 1100cc 2-stroke.

Cuba being a south american country run by the brother-in-law of Fidel Castro, or am I missing something?

yes Cuba

Ran all American cars until they banned trade with the USA, now they keep the old yankers running with whatever they have, usually the smallest, sttest engine possible that's capable of running on goat piss

Is goat's piss taxed in the UK? I may do an LGP conversion to my car...

[DieselJohn]

The chief technician at my old work had an old rangie with a daihatsu (or some such) engine in it. I guess he had a rangie with a knackered engine and a good daihatsu enigne lying around, plus the skill and time to mate them together. Pretty wierd though.

[plasticpig]

A Nissan 2.8 diesel into a Jensen Interceptor.

[Flintstone]

jagdpanther said:

running on goat piss

Shhhhhhhhh. I run my cars on this. You talk too loud and the gubmint will start taxing it.

[Fort Jefferson]

plasticpig said:

A Nissan 2.8 diesel into a Jensen Interceptor.

No, he's not joking, I've seen it too.

[carl_w]

I did once toy with the idea of buying a cheap Maserati Biturbo for a couple of grand, and if it went bang replace the engine with a diesel.

[Marquis_Rex]

I heard and read about a Porsche 928 S4 fitted with a BMW diesel engine in it.
When I did a search on Google however I found nothing

[EDLT]

6.5 litre (none-turbo) diesel engine in a corvette?
http://www.thedieselpage.com/readers/vet.htm

[jagdpanther]

Flintstone said:

jagdpanther said:

running on goat piss

Shhhhhhhhh. I run my cars on this. You talk too loud and the gubmint will start taxing it.

Yeah, but pig piss aint taxed yet

[flattotheboards]

I know someone who has put a Rover V8 in 205 GTI(where the backseats used to be).

[The Boy Lard]

Seen a 924 on ebay with a Rover 3.5..

Poor mans 928? Hee hee

[downthepub]

DieselJohn said:

The chief technician at my old work had an old rangie with a daihatsu (or some such) engine in it. I guess he had a rangie with a knackered engine and a good daihatsu enigne lying around, plus the skill and time to mate them together. Pretty wierd though.

That's quite a common conversion.

Always was fascinated by those ads flogging 6.5 V8 GMC diesels suggesting that Rolls Royce Silver Spirits were a good bet!

[Gr3g]

Diesel in a Datsun 240z?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLbN45c44Q8

[TallPaul]

How about a 27litre V12 in a Rover SD1?
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk/projectcardetail.asp?id=4

[agent006]

BMW 750i V12 into an 80s 3 series. It fits, just.

[greggy50]

On youtube they is an insane V8 Beetle and a 600bhp cosworth powered fiesta that does 0-60 in less than three seconds both insane yet brilliant transplants.