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[Jammy]

When a few of us were looking around the musuem at the 'Ring on last years BH2N me and Tom (Minis84) both commented on the fact that a couple of the big touring car and F1 engines they have there would probably actually fit in the back of a mini!

[Purple Tom]

Yeah, those engines were a decent size, they'd fit in a Mini really well! All those nice carbon fibre inlet tracts and polished rocker covers would look really good, not quite sure on the budget you'd need though.

But imagine how a Mini would sound with an F1 engine in.......

[Jammy]

Indeed Tom!! Hmmmmm, carbon fibre... *dribble*

[stevesmini]

just go with a flipping w12 they are more compact but will cost you around 600,000 to buy and vw wont let you modify it in means as the layout is copywrited
also DJH your name is in capitals LOL

[South West Minis]

Anyone for a VW V10 TDi 5.0litre???

Chipped by AmdTechnik you are looking at 644lb ft.

by the way short motor costs over £11,000

[Doodles McPooh]

Why not just go the whole hog and use this engine

http://people.bath.ac.uk/ccsshb/12cyl/

108,920 hp at 102 rpm

Lots of power!!!

[The Matt]

Farmer Monkey has started a hell of a project thread here! One post about a V10 and we're already on 3 pages!

[biggav]

Why not just go the whole hog and use this engine

http://people.bath.ac.uk/ccsshb/12cyl/

108,920 hp at 102 rpm

Lots of power!!!

How cool is that!!!!! i want little men in my engine to push the crank round for me if i get stuck!!!!!

[minivanman]

how do you move 2300 tons of engine out of the workshop and into the ship?

[*DJH*]

With a standard forklift of course

Nah, they would build the engine, and then dismantle it, take it to dry dock, and re assemble inside the ship before the rest of the super structure is built.

[fikus01]

my dad used to work on these engines, he rekons when the valves get coked up you go inside the bores with an angle grinder and they manually wind the crank round with you inside and you stand in the bore and grinding all the soot off the valves!!! imagine that! standing in a bore the size of a mini! going slowly upwards, hoping the guys are watching what they are doing!!

[Cisco]

Wonder how long a 'quick service' takes on one of them beasts

[Retro_10s]

what oil is da best for dis engin? I'm usin 10w40 but everee1 is sayin 20w50.

[Cisco]

lol

[Jammy]

Do you reckon theres a Stage 1 kit available?!