woodster
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| posted on 9/7/09 at 12:38 PM |
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car/bike engine porn
Don't know if its a bargin but i likey
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&item=180376840364
NTDWM
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Guinness
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| posted on 9/7/09 at 12:44 PM |
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Nice! I've seen the A series / BMW head before, but never a turbo version!
That's quite steep though, especially as you need a turbo on top!
Mike
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02GF74
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| posted on 9/7/09 at 12:53 PM |
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Do I read the correclty? An A series block with BMW bike engine head?
How do they manage to fit that? Water and oil way align? Bolt holes align??? That sound lucky or is the head not water cooled?
Sounds like a god projectif you have a Mini or a Midget (the car that is, not a very short person).
So a BCEC or CBEC?
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BenB
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| posted on 9/7/09 at 12:56 PM |
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I've seen that combo before but hell's bells that's a lot of money for a 8.5 CR engine that will make diddly squat power unless you
source a turbo and do even more work on it!!
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blakep82
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| posted on 9/7/09 at 01:14 PM |
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how do these things just happen to work out?! i still find it amazing that you can fit ford gearboxes to vauxhall engines, but BMW bike heads on a A+
block!? 
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smart51
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| posted on 9/7/09 at 01:15 PM |
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BMW made a version of the Austin 7 under license. Maybe the K series bike engine can trace its roots back to an A series engine some how.
If I had £9000 to spend building an engine, I bet I could come up with something better than that though. I'd probably start with a V10 of some
description and balance it to rev high.
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 9/7/09 at 01:25 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
Do I read the correclty? An A series block with BMW bike engine head?
How do they manage to fit that? Water and oil way align? Bolt holes align??? That sound lucky or is the head not water cooled?
It's a reasonably popular conversion, though it's quite involved. Some of the studs and coolant passages line up, others need to be
blanked off and redrilled, and of course you have to sort the cam drive out. There are now conversion kits available to make this easier.
Some pictures of an early conversion, and a forum with lots
of info for anyone interested.
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 9/7/09 at 01:28 PM |
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K series so called as it comes from the word Kettle! Used to boil water 
Now thats a ZVH of a thing
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 9/7/09 at 01:40 PM |
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for half that money you could get a proper sounding v8 that'll last ten times as long as that tiny thrashed to death lump
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woodster
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| posted on 9/7/09 at 02:25 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
for half that money you could get a proper sounding v8 that'll last ten times as long as that tiny thrashed to death lump
very true but would it fit under the bonnet of a mini ......
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 9/7/09 at 03:15 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mangogrooveworkshop
K series so called as it comes from the word Kettle! Used to boil water
Do the BMW K series bikes have a reputation for overheating then?
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 9/7/09 at 04:03 PM |
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One of the reasons I gave up autograss racing, thats the sort of engine you find in 5 laps round a muddy field mini
autograss racing = poor mans motorsport, not.
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rpm
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| posted on 9/7/09 at 04:34 PM |
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chap i know has just finished one of these for a customer, normally aspirated, in 3rd gear at 70mph put your foot down and it'll spin the
wheels forever, even with a slip diff!
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