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Author: Subject: Small car, big engine
Chris_R

posted on 27/1/05 at 07:14 PM Reply With Quote
Small car, big engine

Right, If you weren't building a Locost/Indy/Luego etc and chose instead to put a large engine in a small car, strip it to it's bones and uprate the suspension, what would you choose?





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zilspeed

posted on 27/1/05 at 07:20 PM Reply With Quote
Toyota Starlet RWD

Cosworth YB RS500 engine.

Jag back axle.






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jacko

posted on 27/1/05 at 07:30 PM Reply With Quote
MINI . I had a mini years ago with a ford v6 3000 essex .engine was inside drivers seat was where the back seat would normaly go.went lick sh-t ps it was a grass car but would like to make another for the road one day
jacko

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krlthms

posted on 27/1/05 at 07:37 PM Reply With Quote
Honda V6 in a Suzuki swift GTI.
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flak monkey

posted on 27/1/05 at 07:45 PM Reply With Quote
Chevy small block in a Rover 200 coupe.... dont ask

David





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white130d

posted on 27/1/05 at 07:58 PM Reply With Quote
Why not a locost

I have a friend who has just started building a 442 chassis with a...are you sitting down...454 cubic inch Big Block Chevy!!!! (thats approx 7.5 ltrs)

I will see if he has pictures yet, last time I checked the top and bottom rails were built and the engine was mocked up in it


David.





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JoelP

posted on 27/1/05 at 08:08 PM Reply With Quote
i would put a busa turbo in the back of a new smart roadster. or a 3dr nova.






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phelpsa

posted on 27/1/05 at 09:03 PM Reply With Quote
A Mk1 VW polo with a couple of turbo VR6 engines in






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Mark Allanson

posted on 27/1/05 at 09:19 PM Reply With Quote
Lancia HPE Volumex in the rear of a Fiat 126 BIS - Probably the next project





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big_wasa

posted on 27/1/05 at 09:29 PM Reply With Quote
2.1 zvh rst s1
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Chris_R

posted on 27/1/05 at 09:42 PM Reply With Quote
I was thinking about a ZVH in a stripped Fiesta, sure it's been done though.





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stephen_gusterson

posted on 27/1/05 at 10:22 PM Reply With Quote
biggest engine I could get in a bond bug.

low weight, and big shock factor :0



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nick205

posted on 27/1/05 at 10:26 PM Reply With Quote
Mine would be a Pug 205 with a mid mounted 3.0 V6 driving the rear wheels - similar concept to the V6 Clio






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JoelP

posted on 27/1/05 at 10:33 PM Reply With Quote
thats a good idea nick - 205s can look quite nice at times.






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Volvorsport

posted on 27/1/05 at 10:37 PM Reply With Quote
a reliant kitten with mid mounted venturi 600 hp v6 turbo - or just an alpine





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getting dirty under a bus

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907

posted on 27/1/05 at 11:13 PM Reply With Quote
I like your "3dr Nova" Joel

You could have some fun on a saturday night down the local town.
Borrow the wifes make up, paint some "bumfluff" on yer top lip, a few zits,
an' a baseball cap on backwards,

then leave a couple of "darkies" at the traffic lights.


Paul G (now returned to normal)






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DaveFJ

posted on 27/1/05 at 11:24 PM Reply With Quote
Chevy V8 in a Fiat Panda





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BUSA RUSH

posted on 28/1/05 at 12:10 AM Reply With Quote
i got some pics of a 350hp busa turbo engined bond bug.....
from the autosports show....
look under BUSA RUSH ......
will go and put them in now...
dave...

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MikeRJ

posted on 28/1/05 at 11:32 AM Reply With Quote
I want to mid-mount an Audi V6/transaxle into my Citroen AX GTi.
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britishtrident

posted on 28/1/05 at 12:26 PM Reply With Quote
Rover T16 turbo in a 60s Lotus Elan
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Dale

posted on 28/1/05 at 03:00 PM Reply With Quote
Best I have seen is a Ford 427 in a VWbug
Dale

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andyps

posted on 28/1/05 at 04:20 PM Reply With Quote
Mark Allanson's reminds me of a car I used to see hillclimbing - a Fiat 500 with a mid mounted supercharged AlfaSud engine. It was road legal and looked standard apart from wheels and small arch extensions.





Andy

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jacko

posted on 28/1/05 at 05:41 PM Reply With Quote
How about a Rolls Royce merlin 27 ooocc v12 in a capri
Jacko

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subk2002

posted on 28/1/05 at 07:22 PM Reply With Quote
A mini with an R1 engine in the back
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carcentric

posted on 28/1/05 at 09:12 PM Reply With Quote
Cadillac Northstar V8 (with FWD platform) installed where the rear seat would go in a 2-door Morris Minor tourer.





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