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http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=4515333&page=1 Old 3 series beemer retrofitted with a shiny new V10.  SignatureFraser > http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=4515333&page=1 > > Old 3 series beemer retrofitted with a shiny new V10. Very nice it would go like absolute stink. A mate has a 87 325e had the pudding 2.7 6 cylinder that revved up to a max 4700 rpm. He replaced it with a LS3 6.2 litre V8 crate engine goes like a race horse with its arse on fire. And even that he tells me it actually drinks less than the 6 cylinder engine it replaces if driven normally. A rather nice sleeper actually. SignatureRegards Dan : > http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=4515333&page=1 : > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] : : A rather nice sleeper actually. I cont understand why more people dont build sleepers. They tend to get left alone a lot more and they dont get stolen so quickly. And much more fun to drive. I had a look at a Mk 1 cortina with a lovely 427 (I think it was a 427, hmm maybe smaller) in it. Anyway the exhaust was a 3inch with a 1 1/4 inch tail pipe (Bottom half of the rear muffler was cut away. It even had stocky hubcaps and blinds in the back window. It made it to a copy of Street machine. Id love to have driven it but that wouldve been like asking Dave if I could take Victoria home for the night (When she still looked good). > It even had stocky hubcaps and blinds in the back window. It made it to a > copy of Street machine. > Id love to have driven it but that wouldve been like asking Dave if I > could take Victoria home for > the night (When she still looked good). You probably wouldn't have loved driving it, as it more than likely drove like complete sh.t. Early Cortina's were pretty average cars at the best of times, let alone one with over 5 times the power that it left the factory with. Most blokes who do such mods set them up for the drag strip which makes them f.cking *woefully* bad cars to drive around suburbia in. You may as well get out and push it around corners as you'd most likely be faster than driving it. For the ultimate in crazy, there was a bloke in the US who had a Honda Zot (one of their first 2 cylinder powered cars) with a supercharged big block Chevy in it that made a genuine 1000hp. It was street registered and he drove it often. It could *almost* pass as a sleeper except the 33x15 inch rear tyres were a dead give away. I imagine cracking the throttle wide open would have been an entertaining experience :) -- Regards, Noddy. > I imagine cracking the throttle wide open would have been an > entertaining experience :) The warm brown sludge that runs down behind the knees would be the dead give a way. ;-) SignatureRegards Dan >> I imagine cracking the throttle wide open would have been an >> entertaining experience :) > > The warm brown sludge that runs down behind the knees would be the dead > give a way. ;-) Not if the passenger or driver was a bike rider of a plus litre class ? > I cont understand why more people dont build sleepers. They tend to get > left alone a lot more and they dont get stolen so quickly. It comes to time and money really. > And much more fun to drive. Not always, unless you have it set up spot on like suspension and brakes etc etc. Its easy to make a good handling car into a woeful pile of sh.t. SignatureRegards Dan >> I cont understand why more people dont build sleepers. They tend to get >> left alone a lot more and they dont get stolen so quickly. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Its easy to make a good handling car into a woeful pile of sh.t. But its also easy to take a car with a chassis that is under stressed like the MX5 and add to its potential without advertising it all down the side with big ugly "Nissmo" stickers :-) Signature[This comment is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Church of Scientology International] "I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ." Gandhi > But its also easy to take a car with a chassis that is under stressed > like the MX5 and add to its potential without advertising it all down > the side with big ugly "Nissmo" stickers :-) There was a mob who did V8 conversions on MX-5's using 4 litre Toyota V8's with supercharger as an option. A great package indeed but me in a convertible not in a fit! SignatureRegards Dan : > But its also easy to take a car with a chassis that is under stressed : > like the MX5 and add to its potential without advertising it all down [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] : : A great package indeed but me in a convertible not in a fit! www.bulletcars.com.au I think (not checked it though). Ive seen one, bloody awesome fabrication works, they do a heap of them every year aparently. thats one fun car, 230Kw in an MX5!!!!!! > : > But its also easy to take a car with a chassis that is under stressed > : > like the MX5 and add to its potential without advertising it all down [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > thats one fun car, 230Kw in an MX5!!!!!! Bloke I know bought one , now he isn't the usual revhead and it's not his first fast car but by his own admission it was so smooth he did most of his point in 8 weeks , he went back to his ute ( a v8) and felt much safer Having driven it once all I can say is considering the smooth performance and points risk I am not surprised they are a quick car if a little small for my taste > www.bulletcars.com.au I think (not checked it though). > > Ive seen one, bloody awesome fabrication works, they do a heap of them > every year aparently. Thats the mob cheers. --- Regards Dan. >> But its also easy to take a car with a chassis that is under stressed >> like the MX5 and add to its potential without advertising it all down [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > A great package indeed but me in a convertible not in a fit! Bullet roadsters. They also did a 20b twin turbo option. They are meant to be a 12 second car but I beat 3 of them at the Sandleford Sprints in my GTR. : ) The MX-5 is a great base for mods as they are one of the best handling cars I have ever driven. Shame the 13b doesn't drop straight in. Rotomotion did a rotary conversion on one a few years back and it was an engineering nightmatre. Fraser > Bullet roadsters. They also did a 20b twin turbo option. They are meant > to be a 12 second car but I beat 3 of them at the Sandleford Sprints in my > GTR. : ) Nice. :-). > The MX-5 is a great base for mods as they are one of the best handling > cars I have ever driven. Shame the 13b doesn't drop straight in. > Rotomotion did a rotary conversion on one a few years back and it was an > engineering nightmatre. I would of though a 13B would fall into the engine bay like a drunk falling into a drain? due to the compactness of the engine. --- Regards Dan. >> Bullet roadsters. They also did a 20b twin turbo option. They are meant >> to be a 12 second car but I beat 3 of them at the Sandleford Sprints in my [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > I would of though a 13B would fall into the engine bay like a drunk falling > into a drain? due to the compactness of the engine. Rotaries aren't that compact, a V8 easily fits into most engine bays that originally housed a rotary so they are quite wide. A few people have fitted rotaries to Lotus 7 replica's and it take a lot of effort to make them fit where a straight 4 is meant to go. Daryl >> Bullet roadsters. They also did a 20b twin turbo option. They are meant to >> be a 12 second car but I beat 3 of them at the Sandleford Sprints in my GTR. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > I would of though a 13B would fall into the engine bay like a drunk falling > into a drain? due to the compactness of the engine. Nope. Massive firewall massaging required. Though you can get small block kits from the states. : ) Fraser >> But its also easy to take a car with a chassis that is under stressed >> like the MX5 and add to its potential without advertising it all down [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > A great package indeed but me in a convertible not in a fit! My 6 foot 4 and a half 110kg mate fits in my girlfriends Mx-5 no problems. Even with the roof up. I was surprised how big they are inside. Mainly because you are sitting on the floor with your feet fairly straight in front of you. Fraser >> A great package indeed but me in a convertible not in a fit! > > My 6 foot 4 and a half 110kg mate fits in my girlfriends Mx-5 no problems. > Even with the roof up. I was surprised how big they are inside. Mainly > because you are sitting on the floor with your feet fairly straight in > front of you. Its not that I can't fit in one I can but when I was last in a convertable which was a Porsche 911 the mrs said I look like a complete clot in one. I think I would prefer a bike really. --- Regards Dan. >>> A great package indeed but me in a convertible not in a fit! >> My 6 foot 4 and a half 110kg mate fits in my girlfriends Mx-5 no problems. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Regards > Dan. I doubt the convertible had anything to do with her comments old bean >>> A great package indeed but me in a convertible not in a fit! >> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > I think I would prefer a bike really. There is nothing gayer looking than 2 blokes in an Mx-5. They'd have to be sucking each others cocks to look even slightly gayer. Fraser > There is nothing gayer looking than 2 blokes in an Mx-5. They'd have to > be sucking each others cocks to look even slightly gayer. Yeah, but only just :) -- Regards, Noddy. > http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=4515333&page=1 > > Old 3 series beemer retrofitted with a shiny new V10. Nice car; nice workmanship; nice worshop. |
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