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Odd engine swaps?Robinxr4i
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Right there are you run of the mill engine swaps you know...... 3.5 M30 in to a 3 series Granada 24v v6 in to a sierra 2.0 16v cossie lump in to a mk1/2 escort XE in a nova/corsa bla bla bla but some are just dead weird? saw this on tramp drift........  right i have seen XE's in lots of things but why a sierra, i know its thinking outside the box. but to me its just plain wrong! |
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Sierra - here we go again! He has an illness, it's not his fault.
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seen that in a '81 3 series BMW....... lada engine in an MGA ? ( cuba ) mazda rotarys in cortinas ( or in fact anything ) in Australia tvr v8 in a VW T3 .......mind you, that makes perfect sense....  |
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I have seen a Honda S2000 engine and box in a Sierra rally car.
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Si
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2.2 n/a Cosworth motor - in an E30  (ok, so it's a rally E30, that recently got sold for £16k, but still ) |
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Unseen Jersey---------------- Delica Super Exceed 2.8 Delica Super Exceed 3.0v6 "Project Bully" e36 M3 e36 318iT e36 328iT Always looking for the next project, and somewhere to put it!
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Forgot to say toyota 4age engine in an MG Midget
and also Toyota 4AGE engine in an Avenger rally car and a Dutton Phaeton. Got no pics though
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Odd engine swaps?BenzBoy
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I think Vauxhall-engined Fords and vice-versa always raise eyebrows because of the rivalry between the two marques, and the fact that there are loads of good engines produced by both manufacturers to be able to "keep it in the family" so to speak. I think it's great to have the freedom of not being restricted to same-brand transplants, although it does surprise some people! ;D  I'm always whoring my buddy's ride  2.1 Pinto powered Vauxhall Victor. |
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I don't think ive got any pics of the weird stuff but between me and a good friend we've put sume strange engines in things::
lets see:
-a lada 1500cc in a transit.
-that transit engine went in a chrysler cordoba..
-the chrysler cordoba 360ci v8 went in a vauxhall viva on a transit gearbox with a cortina front clip and a tr7 rear axle!!
-the viva mentioned had a dihatsu diesel on a nissan gearbox from the nissan kingcab mentioned below
and previous to that it had a 2l pinto.
- a 1600 ford diesel went in the lada that the 1500 came from..
- a volvo 2.1 engine with a metro carb "ala economy" went into a cortina.
-a big block ford 429ci going in a viva coupe (work in progress)
- a dihatsu diesel onn a nissan gearbox in my 720 kingcab but removed and now a iveco 2.8.
thats not including the more normal engine swaps like a chevette with a pinto
and not counting the really oddball non car related stuff like a chainsaw engine on a scatebord and then a bmx.
and a 2cylinder kybota diesel with a kind of pushbike built around it..(i think I have a small video of this on my phone somewhere)
he he
I love the weird conversions espetially if it anoys some "purists" at a club meet!! lol
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Last Edit: Dec 6, 2006 23:55:48 GMT by B-8-D
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Bioshock
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Quite an unusual one,Alfa lump into beetle-  |
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Almera GTI = ugly bird who turns out to be great in the sack = Win
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Bioshock
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Even more bizzare is this V8 Tatra powered Bug   |
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Almera GTI = ugly bird who turns out to be great in the sack = Win
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V8 bug = FTMFW!!!!!!
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 once again rocking with 1117cc and 4 gears! |
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slammed 66
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No pics I'm afraid, but i remember seeing an aircooled vw engine in the back of an mgb in practicle classics i think???
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86 Renault 5 GT Turbo 89 Renault extra 91 Skyline GTR 98 Mini 1275 mpi 99 Autech Rider www.gtturbo.org |
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Odd engine swaps?qwerty
@qwerty
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I always think XE into fords is a weird one especially when there's the zetec engine.
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In the mid 1960s my dad bought an old and rusty Daimler. The engine was shot so he used the only engine he had with the same size flywheel. A diesel engine from a Ferguson tractor. With a home made exhaust. He still had it when I was young, I can still remember pump attendants not wanting to put diesel in it  |
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"Jeremy Clarkson, a man we motor enthusiasts need on our side like Lewis Hamilton's F1 car needs a towing ball and a Sprite Musketeer" My motor |
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XE into Ford (usually Escort Mk1/Mk2) was a fairly common swap in the 90s because Zetec engines were still expensive and XE's were 10 a penny.
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1937 Austin Street Rod - 1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1976 Rover V8 - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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I belive the correct "retro-ridesisum" for this kind of malarky is Crosspollonation "If the sh*t fits...wear it" |
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Seen an XE in a Corolla K30. Nissan Patrol 2.  in a Merc W126 |
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dp
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robinxr41 in da house:
Odd engine swaps?The best ever was a friend in So Cal that stuffed a Olds 455 Tornado motor & trans where the rear seat usually is in a 60's VW Bug, I just love to have some pix of that one, it ran like stink!!!! The Tokyo Drift (yes I know I should probably not like this movie but I do) Mustang with Nissan turbo motor is a real cool swap, to bad they had to polish it, rat look would have been a killer on that car.....   DP says: 2 I like...... Edit: Found an interesting story about the several different Mustangs in Tokyo Drift: ......the "hero" of the new film is a '67 Mustang that eventually sports a Nissan RB26DETT, a twin-turbo straight-six familiar to gearheads as the motivating force behind the fierce Skyline GT-R. A version sporting a 430-cube Ford small-block was used by Rhys Millen for most of the sideways action shots, but when Hot Rod Magazine lined the two different 'stangs up at a dragstrip, the rice-burner ran the quarter mile in 13.32 seconds and 109.83 MPH - over 1.2 seconds quicker and 13 MPH faster than the Blue Oval V8.DP says: Ouch....
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Years ago seen an ad for a autograss Fiat 127 with midmounted Rover V8
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bxer
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I don't think ive got any pics of the weird stuff but between me and a good friend we've put sume strange engines in things:: lets see: -a lada 1500cc in a transit. -that transit engine went in a chrysler cordoba.. -the chrysler cordoba 360ci v8 went in a vauxhall viva on a transit gearbox with a cortina front clip and a tr7 rear axle!! -the viva mentioned had a dihatsu diesel on a nissan gearbox from the nissan kingcab mentioned below and previous to that it had a 2l pinto. - a 1600 ford diesel went in the lada that the 1500 came from.. - a volvo 2.1 engine with a metro carb "ala economy" went into a cortina. -a big block ford 429ci going in a viva coupe (work in progress) - a dihatsu diesel onn a nissan gearbox in my 720 kingcab but removed and now a iveco 2.8. thats not including the more normal engine swaps like a chevette with a pinto and not counting the really oddball non car related stuff like a chainsaw engine on a scatebord and then a bmx. and a 2cylinder kybota diesel with a kind of pushbike built around it..(i think I have a small video of this on my phone somewhere) he he I love the weird conversions espetially if it anoys some "purists" at a club meet!! lol si That gives me a great image of you playing musical engines in your yard ;D  Did you get two dice, and roll one for the donor, and one for the recipient?  "Two and a six?, Right let's get that chevy engine in the Lada ;D" |
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I enjoyed that film thoroughly too I always found it quite ironic they used the V8s for the drift scenes ;D |
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Last Edit: Dec 7, 2006 9:47:43 GMT by Lewis
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in a Merc W126
