franky
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| posted on 13/1/11 at 11:49 AM |
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bmw 328i about £450 for an engine and gearbox, an easy/cheap/reliable 220bhp. about 20kg less than a red top and the gearbox's are much
lighter than the ford type too. Or 1k for a m3 engine, same weight as a redtop but with 300+bhp/ITB's etc as standard.
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mcerd1
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| posted on 13/1/11 at 01:59 PM |
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I'm not sure how you'd go about fitting a VAG 4x4 system into a se7en
I thought they had either a transverse layout or the engine a way out in front like this:
the only 4x4 se7ens I've seen used the sierra / cossie setup, and in the case of the dax rush (the only se7en kit I know with 4x4 as a factory
option) they use a longer front prop and modifed driveshafts to move the front diff all the way infront of the engine (its normally level with it)
besides the 4x4 setups add so much weight that its not worth it in most cases (unless your planning to go drag racing)
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Originally posted by Yazza54
Also, how does a type 9 cope with that kind of power? I'd be going T5 with that kind of torque seen as though every engine mentioned in the OP
is turbo'd
a std. 4cyl type 9 is good for 145bhp / 145ft.lb accoring to BGH
but in a se7en some people get away with 200bhp...
but they do uprated ones all the way up to 280bhp / 250ft.lb with nice close ratio gearsets too  (I managed to get hold of a s/h one  )
[Edited on 13/1/2011 by mcerd1]
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martyn_16v
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| posted on 14/1/11 at 12:51 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Doctor Derek Doctors
I don't agree with all of that, I had a 4AGE powered MR2 before the Golf and the Golf smashed it into the weeds in terms of performance.
Also you are talking about a 9A engine, I found both the KR's and ABF's I owned to be hugely superior to it
Actually, that one was a 9A bottom end with a nicely fiddled KR head and Oettinger cams, so lost the crap bits of the 6/9A (which is the inlet cam
mainly). The main difference to the ABF is the rod length, which again makes it tricky to fit in a seven as it made the engine even taller.
The mk1 MR2 is surprisingly heavy, it's only 150kg or so less than the 'lardy' mk3 Golf, so of course it's not going to feel
all that nippy when you compare a 1600 engine to a 2L.
Don't get me wrong, I'd like to see one in a seven (I think there was one somewhere in Serbia). But with my logical head on, it's
not the best choice of engine considering the hassle/cost of getting it mated to a gearbox, sump etc compared to other engines out there that can be
done cheaper and have a larger market for tuning parts, like the XE.
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MakeEverything
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| posted on 14/1/11 at 01:16 PM |
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What about a rotary engine?
Kindest Regards,
Richard.
...You can make it foolProof, but youll never make it Idiot Proof!...
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RazMan
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| posted on 14/1/11 at 01:33 PM |
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Dare I say it ........... Duratec V6 on ITBs
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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rich.h44
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| posted on 14/1/11 at 06:03 PM |
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I think i'm going to go cossie lump BUT I want a yb and not a boa! The only thing stopping this is findin a yb and there expencive! But the boa
is sooooo cheap iv seen one with a full loom for as little as £120! I'm just wondering why there so cheap?
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mcerd1
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| posted on 14/1/11 at 06:48 PM |
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Originally posted by rich.h44
I think i'm going to go cossie lump BUT I want a yb and not a boa! The only thing stopping this is findin a yb and there expencive! But the boa
is sooooo cheap iv seen one with a full loom for as little as £120! I'm just wondering why there so cheap?
because they arn't all that great and weigh the same as a small moon 
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RK
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| posted on 16/1/11 at 11:16 PM |
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If you want an easy life, do what everyone else has done hundreds of times before. Otherwise, you risk getting totally put off with frustration. I
know this for absolute fact. If people say Zetec/Duratec/XE/4age etc. Just do it and quit thinking!!
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