8 replies to this topic

[IronmanG]

Can I get an A series engine in the boot of a saloon for a 150 mile journey obvs with the boot open?
If its empty and lying down? Or would that just smash the boot

[sonikk4]

It depends on the size of the car but if its say Passat sized i would put a decent piece of plywood on the boot floor first Graham then you should be able to lay the engine down. BUT remember you will need to drain all of the fluids first. And also i would put plywood either end and sides.

[IronmanG]

In a mini saloon

[Itsaminithing]

I took out the passenger seat & used pieces of timber/ply on the floor to spread the load. Mind you the engine went in the front & the clutch & gearbox in the rear foot-wells, not sure how well the shell would cope with all that weight concentrated in one area

.... prompts the question -how heavy are most passengers?

[stuart bowes]

 for a 150mile journey and if it's going to be drained out anyway, surely worth taking tools and separating it into bits, head off and in the passenger footwell, gearbox and block seperated and in the boot / back seat,

 

is it fair to assume you'll be stripping it down and at least inspecting it anyway, if not rebuilding

Edited by stuart bowes, 25 July 2023 - 07:13 PM.

[sonikk4]

In a mini saloon

 

Ahh, i think the last two answers have hit it on the head. 150kgs though.

 

if the engine is a doer upper then stripping it down somewhat would make sense.

[Spherix]

I took out the passenger seat & used pieces of timber/ply on the floor to spread the load. Mind you the engine went in the front & the clutch & gearbox in the rear foot-wells, not sure how well the shell would cope with all that weight concentrated in one area
.... prompts the question -how heavy are most passengers?

Done that more than once with great succes. Trouble was more in securing it in place without scratching or bending things in the shell.

[mbolt998]

I took out the passenger seat & used pieces of timber/ply on the floor to spread the load. Mind you the engine went in the front & the clutch & gearbox in the rear foot-wells, not sure how well the shell would cope with all that weight concentrated in one area

.... prompts the question -how heavy are most passengers?

An engine and gearbox probably weighs about the same as two fairly large passengers. The car can easily take the weight but divide and conquer seems like the best strategy.

[DeadSquare]

When Jan Odor heard about the 4 wheel drive Moke, he thought about linking two Mini engines with the diffs facing each other  (presumably the rear one rotating anticlockwise)  and then got excited at the idea of having a third engine in the passenger seat.

 

 

 

As a post-script, he told me that he had secretly had some casting made, but then got wind of the 1500 Maxi coming out.  His final daydream was three, 2.2 six cylinder engines in an 1100, just for three laps of Rallycross at Lydden Hill.