Vauxhall Corsa.......with a difference!!

[bezzabsa]

Talk about different, 1100cc but 'slightly' more power than standard!! LOL

 

Blackbird powered Corsa..

[willswitchengage]

FOR SALE STILL ORIGINAL ENGINE ON LOGBOOK

[bezzabsa]

well 1100 isnt too far off 1000 LOL...just a few added ponies

[Leyland Worldmaster]

37 minutes ago, bezzabsa said:

Talk about different, 1100cc but 'slightly' more power than standard!! LOL

 

Blackbird powered Corsa..

That's fucking insane! 👍 👍 👍 😎 😎 😎 

[Isaac Hunt]

LMFAO, sounds monty, goes like shit of a shovel 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Cap doffed to the chap who built it. Garden shed engineer and it actually looks really well put together. Immaculate build, in fact. That's a lot of fun for a smidge over £2.5k. 

[JMotor]

Going to give that a watch!

But sounds like a better idea than shoving in a ReidChap. 

Just because it'll not be either reeking or leaking it's engine oil everywhere!

*A good C20XE powered B is actually a very surprisingly quick little car!*

[LightBulbFun]

8 hours ago, bezzabsa said:

Talk about different, 1100cc but 'slightly' more power than standard!! LOL

 

Blackbird powered Corsa..

I cant be the only who read that and went 

"they strapped a Jet engine to a Corsa!?"

before clicking on the link and realising what it actually was LOL

[yes oui si]

Local car! 

Bike engines in kit cars are ridiculous...

Bike engines in hatchbacks are an awful lot of effort for a lot of noise and a smaller power-to-weight ratio than a decent car engine swap. 

[bezzabsa]

1 minute ago, yes oui si said:

Local car! 

Bike engines in kit cars are ridiculous...

Bike engines in hatchbacks are an awful lot of effort for a lot of noise and a smaller power-to-weight ratio than a decent car engine swap. 

roughtly 150Bhp and weighs less than a tonne...so pretty good in this

[yes oui si]

1 minute ago, bezzabsa said:

roughtly 150Bhp and weighs less than a tonne...so pretty good in this

Blackbirds were 130bhp iirc, and less than 80lb/ft of torque. 

Really respect the work that's gone into it, but I think I'd still have a saab lump. 

[BlankFrank]

39 minutes ago, yes oui si said:

Blackbirds were 130bhp iirc, and less than 80lb/ft of torque. 

Really respect the work that's gone into it, but I think I'd still have a saab lump. 

Same, he even mentioned that he used an F40 diff so he's already got the appropriate drive shafts for it. A redtop vauxhall engine or B204 would drop right in (with some slight reprofileing of the chassis leg).

Cracking great project none-the-less, the bike engine must weigh a hell of a lot less than any VX/SAAB engine so that combined with the plastic windows must make it fun to drive and better around corners than the traditional swap.

Edit: I misheard F15 as F40 diff, ignore the driveshaft waffle.

[robinmasters]

I got to 27 seconds before that dickhead became completely unbearable. Car made a nice noise though.