I've seen a rover SD1 with a Merlin engine in.... and the guys that built it actually fitted twin turbos on too.... it's a goodwood sometimes!!!!!
i wonder how big a truck they took the gearbox off!!
What engines can you put into a mini?
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Posted 07 December 2006 - 07:46 PM
i wonder how big a truck they took the gearbox off!!
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Posted 07 December 2006 - 07:58 PM
r1 engine cant beat that lol
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Posted 07 December 2006 - 10:04 PM
Lew wheres that pic from? we had a mini like that in a few weeks back at work for some odd jobs and stuff
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Posted 07 December 2006 - 10:42 PM
r1 engine cant beat that lol
yep, 27 litres and 12 cylinders
proper engine!! none of this baby cc revs a lot lark!! plus i bet the merlin powered sd1 would pull a 747 to take off speed!! quite easily
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Posted 07 December 2006 - 10:58 PM
its off someones website , think its some blokes in gloucester
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Posted 08 December 2006 - 12:11 AM
It's on piston heads. Russian (?) Centurion tank engine.... 4valve double over head cam,... before any car engine had that kinda technology on the drawing board!
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Posted 08 December 2006 - 07:54 AM
I've seen a rover SD1 with a Merlin engine in.... and the guys that built it actually fitted twin turbos on too.... it's a goodwood sometimes!!!!!
i wonder how big a truck they took the gearbox off!!
Did the block who put oen in a rover SD1 put twin turbos on it?, 'because the merlin engine is supercharged. They rebuild them where i work.
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Posted 09 December 2006 - 04:56 PM
to continue with Dogmatix's idea.........
13b Rotary (or a 20b if you can find one!) mounted on a beetle gearbox. Mount the beetle gearbox backwards into the front of the mini, so the engine pokes out the front, and you're almost done!
I beleive that you can turn something over in a beetle gearbox so that it would run in reverse as well (otherwise you'd be going backwards at 90+ mph if you fitted it like I suggested ) OR failling that, just flip the gearbox upside-down, would give the same results...
13b Rotary (or a 20b if you can find one!) mounted on a beetle gearbox. Mount the beetle gearbox backwards into the front of the mini, so the engine pokes out the front, and you're almost done!
I beleive that you can turn something over in a beetle gearbox so that it would run in reverse as well (otherwise you'd be going backwards at 90+ mph if you fitted it like I suggested
) OR failling that, just flip the gearbox upside-down, would give the same results...
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Posted 09 December 2006 - 05:10 PM
anyone heard of an austin champ?? an old 4wd landrover type
had as many gears in reverse as in forwards (4 speed i believe) they used to race them in reverse!!
had as many gears in reverse as in forwards (4 speed i believe) they used to race them in reverse!!
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Posted 10 December 2006 - 11:19 AM
i belive i saw these racing recently unless reverce racing is common.. ?
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