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


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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

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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.

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