Hello, Hope somebody can help me with this I have just bought a newly built unfinished Locost project. Have been told it has been built around the Ron Champion book plans, it has no engine or gearbox, any ideas of what will fit? Not too keen on Pinto or Crossflow.
Thanks
Brian

Zetecs seems to be popular and simple by all accounts, as do redtops - other than that, there's umm.. anything you can think of given a bit of time, a welder and a grinder, have a look at some of the creations on here, quite a few are stunning!

Ford CVH (Escort XR3) engine going in mine with Type 9 gearbox. Post up your location in your profile you will get plenty local help.

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Originally posted by elysee
Hello, Hope somebody can help me with this I have just bought a newly built unfinished Locost project. Have been told it has been built around the Ron Champion book plans, it has no engine or gearbox, any ideas of what will fit? Not too keen on Pinto or Crossflow.
Thanks
Brian

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Originally posted by mangogrooveworkshop


How about a bike engine

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The way I see it, you've got a relatively simple choice...
either, something like this:-



or something that belongs in there, like this:-

^^Ooh that's mean, although I guess bec engine mounts are easier to get hold of:

Flibble, your flippant hairdryer analagy is very inaccurate, you know the life expectancy of a hairdryer is 10 time that of a whizzy thing inappropriately fitted to a car

If I was to do my car all over again, I wouldn't, but if I did, Zetec. They are cheap as hell brand new and put out a reasonable amount of power. There are a few small obstacles like exhaust manifold, throttle bodies versus carbs, moving the fuel rail, cutting the sump and stuff, but what the hell. Lots have done it so there is a wealth of knowledge to access right on here.

If that's too easy and not expensive enough, you always have the Duratec option (see Monkey, Flak, who documents all his work better than anybody). Anything beyond standard and common is going to be costly. I therefore don't really recommend using a Nissan CA18DET turbo, from a 200sx, although it will have a lot of power right out of the box.

Unless you cut holes in the floor, and do the Fred Flintstone for reverse, you will find the BEC option among the less frugal choices. The noise is reportedly addictive, although I get headaches playing F1 games on the computer, so I wouldn't want it.

This is all from research (except the 200sx part), so others can tell you more about first hand, real experiences. Actually, I'd just ditch it all, and go buy that nice Ginetta on PH right now.

[Edited on 27/1/10 by RK]

[Edited on 27/1/10 by RK]

I think a zetec might be the easiest option for a book locost but with a bit of time (and possibly some welding?) you should be able to get most four pot engines to fit.

Thanks for the replies, think it will be zetec

Just out of interest, I have a 1600 x-flow where the head and block has been skimmed, the engine number was taken out when this process was done. Does anyone know how to get a number for the engine, or is it unusable now?

Thanks