Volvorsport
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| posted on 4/1/09 at 12:48 PM |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1Q90XR5QwI&eurl=http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=154895&feature=player_embedded
[Edited on 4/1/09 by Volvorsport]
www.dbsmotorsport.co.uk
getting dirty under a bus
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cd.thomson
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| posted on 4/1/09 at 12:50 PM |
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although volvo engines may be cool.
Volvos are not! 
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Volvorsport
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| posted on 4/1/09 at 01:04 PM |
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volvos are sub zero , have you not been watching top gear .
www.dbsmotorsport.co.uk
getting dirty under a bus
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The Baron
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| posted on 4/1/09 at 01:07 PM |
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If you also include the sale of your kidneys, you could use this as a donor, a real tarmac scorcher
Linky
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scootz
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| posted on 4/1/09 at 01:27 PM |
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Keep an eye on the S2000 engine... they don't always go for big money (and it is post Xmas, so there will be less interested).
A word of warning though! There are a LOT of scammers using desirable engines as bait at the moment (s2000 and RS4 are 2 of the favourites). Make
sure that they take PayPal for any deposits / final payments!
If they start going on about paying by 'Square Deal', etc. then walk away... quickly!
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cd.thomson
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| posted on 4/1/09 at 01:29 PM |
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I will, and if it settles at or below the £1500 mark then ill take it and generate the cash to fit it separately, worth it for the engine.
Otherwise I think I'll go for the c20xe as it could be converted in future to a turbo
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Miks15
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| posted on 4/1/09 at 02:04 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by The Baron
If you also include the sale of your kidneys, you could use this as a donor, a real tarmac scorcher
Linky
think you might be JUST outside the budget there
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clairetoo
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| posted on 4/1/09 at 02:54 PM |
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£1500  By my standard's that's a lot of money....
My `budget` build was -
KLDE 2.5 V6 - £100
Mx5 G/box - £40
Ally for adapter/flywheel - £100
Throttle bodies and bits - £150
Megasquirt and LC1 + sensors = £310
Silicone hose & plug leads = £270
Total = £870 
The rest could then be spent down the pub
Its cuz I is blond , innit
Claire xx
Will weld for food......
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cd.thomson
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| posted on 4/1/09 at 03:03 PM |
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I didnt mean it was budget, just that £1500 is the budget .
All the choices are so confusing!
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clairetoo
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| posted on 4/1/09 at 03:11 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by cd.thomson
I didnt mean it was budget, just that £1500 is the budget .
All the choices are so confusing!
OK - so if I have to spend all the money , I'll have a KLZE (Jap spec , 200 bhp) , a six speed box , and a paddle clutch - and still have change
for a night out 
Its cuz I is blond , innit
Claire xx
Will weld for food......
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big_wasa
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| posted on 4/1/09 at 03:52 PM |
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TOYOTA SUPRA 2JZGE 3.0 ENGINE
engine and box for less than £1500 and can be tuned to 1000bhp or somthing daft 
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coozer
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| posted on 4/1/09 at 04:41 PM |
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Here you go Clicky. Has already been in a rwd 7 so mucho hardwork done. SVA
friendly
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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cd.thomson
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| posted on 4/1/09 at 05:30 PM |
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thanks coozer, but I've just sold my 130hp pinto, dont really want to buy something less powerful!
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coozer
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| posted on 4/1/09 at 08:27 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by cd.thomson
thanks coozer, but I've just sold my 130hp pinto, dont really want to buy something less powerful!
130 at the wheels or flywheel?
Mine is 155bhp at the flywheel and 120 at the wheels. Just a conservative run up on the rollers tho
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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scootz
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| posted on 10/1/09 at 07:24 PM |
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The S2000 package went for £2100... if it's genuine, then you've missed a bargain!
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Schrodinger
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| posted on 10/1/09 at 10:05 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by big_wasa
yep the zetec will need a set of cams and some head work to get the 200bhp that the red top is going to give with tb's and a good exhaust.
So only gives the better bhp/£ at the top end of your budget.
The red top in the ebay ad. would not have given you anything as it had no exhaust cam so you would have had to factor that in.
I would go for the Zetec,
Keith
Aviemore
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martyn_16v
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| posted on 10/1/09 at 10:42 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by gregs
somebody might be able to say why it's not possible, but a Mk3 golf 16v (ABF) Gti engine gave 150bhp as standard, and was readilly mappable for
170bhp (£150).... tiger's belgian agent sells bell housings to mount VW engines to type 9 (pricey at ~£500) , and the engine was fitted N/S in
passats so sumps not a problem (~£25).
Having driven a mk3 gti for a couple of years previously, it is a great engine so have never understood why no-body puts it into sevens? - is it coz
it's too tall?
Rumour has it VW deliberately limited the output to make the VR6 look better.
The 6A/9A blocks are slightly shorter (can be found in Audis and Corrados, 6A comes with a longitudinal sump but it's v. deep) as is the KR (mk2
golf 16v, only a 1.8 though). You'd have to lose the standard inlet manifolds as they pass over the top adding to the height. They also lean
over quite a bit in their usual homes.
As far as I know I was the first person in the UK to run megasquirt on one of these engines, and it made pretty decent power (179bhp at
Stealth's RR, 9A block with a KR head all internally as they come from the scrapyard, standard inlet manifold, 4 branch exhaust manifold and
fairly pants scorpion exhaust system). I never got it on the rollers after i'd had the head worked on and got it running on bike throttles, but
it went like a scalded cat. Certainly sounded fast
If there had been an easier way to attach it to a gearbox back when I was planning my build I would have kept the engine and made it fit, but there
wasn't at the time. Even now, the adaptor plates available are silly money for me, maybe worth paying out for if you wanted a big power 1.8T but
not for a little old 'valver  Cost wise it makes much more sense to go with something tried and tested, XE or zetec are the easy ones really.
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pocket rocket
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| posted on 11/1/09 at 07:33 PM |
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Go Jap
2jzgte engine will be about £750 leaving half the budget to get it running.
its got 321BHP if its a uk engine and 280 i think if its JDM
its got to be worth it even if it costs alittle more than 1.5K... if at a later date you want more power they can take 800-900 BHP if you have the
cash to burn
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cd.thomson
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| posted on 11/1/09 at 08:48 PM |
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I currently have an XE sat on an engine stand in my garage
Craig
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NS Dev
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| posted on 12/1/09 at 10:50 AM |
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I would go XE, but then I am biased as that's what i have in mine, and have raced with for years etc etc.
£1500 will net you around 200hp and fitted in the car, as long as you do most of it yourself.
Retro RWD is the way forward...........automotive fabrication, car restoration, sheetmetal work, engine conversion
retro car restoration and tuning
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NS Dev
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| posted on 12/1/09 at 10:51 AM |
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Have to say, if i were building something now, (though probably not a locost) the Volvo option makes a lot of sense.
Retro RWD is the way forward...........automotive fabrication, car restoration, sheetmetal work, engine conversion
retro car restoration and tuning
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