mental engine conversions
 

whats the most mental conversion you've seen? Anyone put something like a Focus ST T5 into a fiesta etc?

There's a Granada in the resto room with a twin turbo v12 going for 2200 bhp :DD:

have u seen that one with the koeniggsegg engine

350 bhp yb in a mini lol thats on here

currently have yz80 1979 in a midi moto, with C90 running gear, bit of the subject but worth a mention :D

Also, believe one guy on here has a Focus RS powered KA

Was there not a 27litre V12 Merlin engine from a spitfire producing something like 1100bhp at 3000rpm into a volvo?? what happened to that

There a 4x4 escort cosworth ka, a mid bike engined rwd mk1 fez. A rwd mid engine yb renult 5

and my mate is building a 2.5 v6 twin turbo diesel bora

Have seen a pic in a mag of an MK2 Escort with a v12, think it was a Jaguar engine or something like that.

i have the mk1 escort 4x4 :grin:

Do you mean the tank merlin engine in the rover sd1 from PPC magazines charlie?

theres a focus in ireland that has a 2.6 4wd twin turbo skyline gtr motor

and i went to a skyline tuners the other day and theres the original dimma 206 car there with full 4wd cossie running, sequential box the lot

The best one i have seen and one i would love to do if i had a spare £100k to to it properly - mk3 fiesta xr2i with full cosworth 4x4 engine and running gear.

Recently see a Mk1 mr2 with a Audi V8 engine and gear box

20years ago seen a renult 5 with a 500brake yb in the back space framed grasstracker
,an a twin bike engine chincochenco its just funny grasstracker also

My uncle had a 4.4 (i believe) land rover lump in his suzuki alto ;-)

http://www.piczo.com/philstuff (excuse the music)

His next project is now a mk2 Granada with a 8.5 chevy block and 200 shot of nitrous. Pushing aprrox 600bhp but no pics yet unfortunately. Just missed his deadline for USC!

That's the one I'm talking about but I'm on the iPhone and couldn't spell koeniggsegg :cry:

used to be a company around in the late 80s called ed turners used to be in hayes/middx used to have a showroom full of whacky cars like a fiat 126 running a rover v8,a capri with a v12 and cars like a marina running twin cam fiat lumps as well as custom cars running all sorts of engines,god I miss the old days

Seen quite a few of them back in the day. Was the 1995/6 nationals, Clio mk1 with twin CBR900's.

Unreal sound, plus add Supercharged V8 Mini Pick Up's/Fiesta Mk3's.

Re: The PPC Rover SD1 with the Meteor engine (Merlin without the blower)...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-aC5B348rA

1924 leyland thomas at 27L, but that was std, so doesn't really count
tabetha

rover sd1 wasnt it?

in CCC mag?

from holland? stawberrys painted on the it? white car, made wider and lower lol.

i done a mini feature on it for FF mag a few years back at the RS/XR show in llandgraff

Rover SD1 from PPC mag. Also LPG converted.

mitsubishi l200 with 3 litre supra engine and box,
sounds just like a supra then you see a l200 driving along, 100% mental,
think it was done by kr tuning in motherwell but not 100% sure

I think my 106 4x4 cosworth is pretty mental!! well it will be once complete! :cry:

how would that cost 100k?
you would have it done for 5k easy with a good welder

i love engine conversions, that 2jze escort van is one of my faves at the mo
the twin tubo granada and v12 tank engine sd1 are also good

how about a zetec turbo 3dr lol?

id personally consider a 'mental' engine conversoin something like a space shuttle engine in a fiat 500 (or those v8 500s at pod lol)

not a focus st motor in a fiesta lol

my viper v10 powered lotus 7, does that count

theres a mk3 fez with evo running gear and engine in the scottish saloon car championship.

Are you thinking of 'The Beast' by any chance?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHp58Ss5GvM

Viper powered kit car was insane, is that still being built?

Remember that well. I was only a little one then but I'm sure my Uncle took me there several times. Anyone got any pics of it by any chance. Were there hot rods there too? I will ask him if it was the same place.

one of the lads has a rover v8 in a reliant kitten..sure a few people on here will know or have seen the car

thats the place near where Maccy Ds is now,I sold them a fiat 127 with a essex v6 in it back in 1989 which I bought for a laugh and £400 they sold it for nearly double what I sold it to them for,and yes they had hod rods as well as classics and insane modded cars,the best I saw was a mini with a jag v12 and driver had to sit on the back seat and it had a 4" roof chop

The car is here and John is in the USA for a year or more, so no not at the moment.

Steve

Theres a Lanos with an LET thats localish to me, Ka with a ZVH on a T34 etc..

Theres a mini with a Zetec Turbo on gas, another mini with a 7.0+ V8 in the front and I'm sure theres still the one with a BOA 24V on gas around as well

win :cry:

You on about "The Beast" then.....Proper Old Skool but not a Volvo

The Cars a Legend and from near by me in Biggin Hill. Used to see it about when i was at skool. Proper mental car

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxMxF...eature=related

Enjoy

suppose my yb'd mk 3 escort pales in comparison now its been done to death pmsl


beef

their is some beasty cars being built on this site now :top: