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Title: Project Car Ideas
Post by: Dean_W on 07 September 2014, 17:55: If you had the time, money and space to do a project car. Which included fitting a larger engine to said donor car.....

What would you do?
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Post by: Adam on 07 September 2014, 18:26: Quote from: Dean_W on 07 September 2014, 17:55
If you had the time, money and space to do a project car. Which included fitting a larger engine to said donor car.....

What would you do?

Pissrat with a v8 4.2 bi turbo rs6 engine.
Title: Re: Project Car Ideas
Post by: Dean_W on 07 September 2014, 18:30: That would turn a few heads!
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Post by: VW BUSH on 07 September 2014, 18:55: Volvo 242/240 GLT with a B230ET or B234T upgrade :lipsrsealed:
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Post by: The Mighty Elvi on 07 September 2014, 19:23: Karmann Ghia with some sort of V6 monster.
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Post by: roberto on 07 September 2014, 23:37: a chevette with a supercharged 460 hemi :wink:
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Post by: tweed on 08 September 2014, 13:34: E30 m3 with the bmw 5.0lt v10
Or something i could afford would be a e30 with a big LS v8 engine
Title: Re: Project Car Ideas
Post by: Dean_W on 08 September 2014, 14:07: Some good ideas here.

The volvo is a bit out there! Like that one.
Title: Re: Project Car Ideas
Post by: VW BUSH on 08 September 2014, 19:40: Quote from: tweed on 08 September 2014, 13:34
E30 m3 with the bmw 5.0lt v10
Or something i could afford would be a e30 with a big LS v8 engine
My mate has an 850CSI with the 5.7 V12 S70, an M8 basically.
400hp iirc and complete hoot to drive, custom headers exhaust cams, no need for rolling road its that quick
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Post by: tweed on 08 September 2014, 20:10: Bet it sounds mental :evil:
Title: Re: Project Car Ideas
Post by: Dean_W on 09 September 2014, 14:28: Going on from this thread, I think I will give a project car a go. More to get into the restoration side of things.

But, it would be on a limited budget. And limited space....so not too mental!

Ideas? Go!!!!
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Post by: tweed on 09 September 2014, 16:53: Well I've just done my e36 m3. Took me about 10 months and in a tight garage.
Title: Re: Project Car Ideas
Post by: Dean_W on 09 September 2014, 16:55: Any pics of the build?
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Post by: DubFan on 09 September 2014, 22:21: Ever since I had a Mk2 Polo breadvan, I wondered what it would be like if you could put a decent V6 in the rear of it and make it rear wheel drive.
It certainly wouldn't be everyone's cup of tea and would probably not be worth much to anyone else, but as an exercise in engineering it would be good and worth it to surprise a few people on the road.
Title: Re: Project Car Ideas
Post by: Waspy on 09 September 2014, 22:39: Quote from: DubFan on 09 September 2014, 22:21
Ever since I had a Mk2 Polo breadvan, I wondered what it would be like if you could put a decent V6 in the rear of it and make it rear wheel drive.
It certainly wouldn't be everyone's cup of tea and would probably not be worth much to anyone else, but as an exercise in engineering it would be good and worth it to surprise a few people on the road.

That would be awesome.
Title: Re: Project Car Ideas
Post by: tweed on 11 September 2014, 10:26: Quote from: Dean_W on 09 September 2014, 16:55
Any pics of the build?

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=258075.0 (http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=258075.0)
Title: Re: Project Car Ideas
Post by: Len on 11 September 2014, 13:19: Anything with a 454 cu inch V8 in it! :grin:
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Post by: LittleReDuck on 11 September 2014, 13:38: MK1 MX5 with RX7 twin turbo Wankel engine...obviously converted to triple rotor with a big single turbo... :evil: :evil:
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Post by: Gti_Jamo on 11 September 2014, 19:44: A Ford Anglia, Mk1 Escort or Mk2 Cortina with a turbo zetec or similar.