caber
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| posted on 13/7/08 at 07:34 PM |
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101st use for a dead scooby!
My brother has killed his Subaru! The engine sieized and broke the crank! It is about 10 years old the body is scruffy and the interior is about as
bad as it can get. I have offered him scrap price for it though he stil thinks he can get £500!
Anyway I have been thinking about a mid engined project using scooby mechanicals, If you shift the engine to mid position use the front transmission
to drive the rear wheels and run a shaft from the rear transmission to a diff at the front am I on the money for an idea?
I am thinking of a space frame set up using a combination of scooby suspension parts and home made wishbones, the body will probably be 60s or 70s Le
Mans style particularly if I can find some existing moulds or panels.
What am I missing with this idea?
Thanks
Caber
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tks
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| posted on 13/7/08 at 07:53 PM |
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that you will need to find a new engine for it...
and maybe if you do find that engine..you could better mount it back in and the sell the complete car and with that money...
do what you think you need to do!!
Tks
The above comments are always meant to be from the above persons perspective.
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johnston
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| posted on 13/7/08 at 07:57 PM |
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You'll need away to turn the rear facing rwd part of the box to go forward.
We looked at it once to keep it in center and thinking of using chains to link box to drive shaft you'd have to have prop shaft set low or
engine up high!!
Plus the hassle of getting a front diff of matching ratios unless you want to try running a rear diff backwards.
BUT we did reckon set engine in centre of car weld up the centre diff plug the hole for propshaft at back just keep it a 2wd middy would be good craic
and well balanced car
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focijohn
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| posted on 13/7/08 at 08:43 PM |
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£500  i could get a working T&T scoob for that which isnt in bad nick!!
Anyone going slower than you is an idiot. Anyone going faster than you is a maniac.
Too many targets but too few bullets.
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worX
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| posted on 13/7/08 at 09:42 PM |
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I hope you don't think I am calling your bluff here, because it's a genuine question, but:
Where can you find these T&T'd Scooby's for £500 because I know a mate of mine that would probably be interested!
quote:
Originally posted by focijohn
£500 i could get a working T&T scoob for that which isnt in bad nick!!
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Peteff
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| posted on 13/7/08 at 10:31 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by focijohn
£500 i could get a working T&T scoob for that which isnt in bad nick!!
What, a Justy? 
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Kaspa
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| posted on 14/7/08 at 07:30 AM |
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Caber , mate you cant run a suby mid engined and have 4wd, well you could but it would be an engineering nightmare, but what you can do is this
http://s236.photobucket.com/albums/ff257/stryka_01/Stanton%20WRC-95/,
its what i'm building with Suby running gear
cheers Kaspa
understeer= when you hit the wall front first
oversteer=when you hit the wall back first
HP= how fast you hit the wall
Torque= how far the wall moves when you hit it
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eznfrank
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| posted on 14/7/08 at 11:33 AM |
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I hope there's no dyslexic copper searching this sight.....at first glance I thought the title was "101st use for a dead school boy"
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focijohn
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| posted on 14/7/08 at 09:05 PM |
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Sorry mis worded that don't personally know of one. Ive seen a few old imps on ebay every now and then, saw one at donny!
I will keep eyes open, we had a customer of ours who had the old style one with suspected head gasket 1k he wanted all electric and leather (A/C as
well i think) but afraid thats long gone.
I can keep my eyes open tho worX??
Anyone going slower than you is an idiot. Anyone going faster than you is a maniac.
Too many targets but too few bullets.
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thomas4age
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| posted on 16/7/08 at 12:09 AM |
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if you want middy and 4wd take a MT75 4x4 and do what Lamborghini does.
easy and just the need to flip some diffs.
drive ratio's can by modyfied fron-rear using quaffe parts.
Grtz Thomas
If Lucas made guns, Wars wouldn't start either.
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