woody_sxi
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Registered: 7th Jun 04
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how hard would it b 2 put another car make engine in a vauxhall?
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myke
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Registered: 7th Feb 01
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modern engine with fuel injection and sensors all over it will be a pain in the ass.
a more basic engine on carbs or something would be easier, but it's still gona be a cunt of a job. have to fabricate new mounts, and work out some way to get drive to the wheels.
not gona be a simple job at all.
what engine were you thinking of?
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woody_sxi
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Registered: 7th Jun 04
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nothing was just wonderin coz seen everyone on bout vauxhall engines been put in just wonder why no one aint tryd owt else.. ta ne ways mate.
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SportBoy
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Registered: 5th Oct 01
Location: Retford, Nottinghamshire
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half know someone whos put a c20let with phase 3.5 chip in a pug 306 .. bit of a bodge job tho 8() .. still funny
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SportBoy
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anything is possible alot of it comes down to who and what you know and how much £££ you got
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ainsley_brader
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Registered: 24th Mar 02
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not that difficult
you only need mounts, drive shafts, wiring and plumbing.
Even a fairly modern fuel injection engine wouldnt be that difficult so long as it wasnt the very latest fly by wire.
Could try vtec, cosworth, vr6 alsorts of options!
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Jamie
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Registered: 1st Apr 02
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Sack that.
Get a old school Mini and throw a VTec engine in 
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Kris TD
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Registered: 25th Mar 02
Location: Ware, Hertfordshire
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my dad put a vw 2.4 tdi engine into a vuaxhall senator and mated it up too the vaux auto box, he spent months doing it and it was his job at the time.
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ed
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Would you be able to make hybrid driveshafts? Say you decided to put a Ford Cosworth engine in a Corsa for some dope reason, would you not be able to mount the engine into the car using custom mounts with the Ford gear box and have drive shafts that fitted into the Ford box and Vauxhall hubs?
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myke
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tooling to cut splines is stupidly expensive.
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ed
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Are the splines custom cut or are there set standards, cos I would have though that somone would have the equipment to cut them somehwere 
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myke
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would be economical if you were getting a big batch made up, but you'd get raped as it'd be a one off.
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Kris TD
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quote:
Originally posted by 1800ed
Would you be able to make hybrid driveshafts? Say you decided to put a Ford Cosworth engine in a Corsa for some dope reason, would you not be able to mount the engine into the car using custom mounts with the Ford gear box and have drive shafts that fitted into the Ford box and Vauxhall hubs?
major reconstruction for that, would need to make the corsa rwd.
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Cybermonkey
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Registered: 22nd Sep 02
Location: Sydney, Australia
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there would be no point at the end of it all, apart from a truly unique car. The Vauxhall engines should cater for all tastes, be it lightweight trackday engines, to hefty turbo monsters.
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