other type engines that fit

  1. Infrequent Poster Joined: Jul 2009 Newcastle Upon Tyne Posts: 179 Saxo 1.1 StateSide
    #1
    emm ....

    i was just wondering what other types of engine would fit into a saxo other than vtr / vts,

    any one tired any other ones..

    thanks

    Billz

    http://www.saxperience.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=297302
  2. Saxperience Addict Joined: Oct 2008 Plymouth, Fiddling - under a two poster ramp Posts: 14064 Audi
    #2
    anything...if your pockets are deep enough!

    i know a guy whos got a range rover V8 and is trying to put it in my saxo.
    ill let him when i get another car.

    *btw he builds range rovers from scratch, abit like " a 4x4 is born" and builds custom ones for off roading! so has designed a custom chassis to fit the sax shell in top lol.
  3. Infrequent Poster Joined: Jul 2009 Newcastle Upon Tyne Posts: 179 Saxo 1.1 StateSide
    #3
    rr right ... what you reckon nissan sr20 lump into a saxo or pulsar gti-r with the 4wd fitted.
  4. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: May 2007 Posts: 4857
    #4
    The Rover K series is a relatively strait forward fit with most of the parts required available from a late model Metro. The XU engines are also not overly hard to get in there due it it having similar mountings and clutch, gear and throttle operation. If your looking for something a lot more complicated just about anything is possible as log as it fits in the physical size of the car. Though the work and cost involve start getting astronomical if you want to do a good job of it.
  5. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Oct 2009 Middlesbrough/Coventry Posts: 3808 Megane 225
    #5
    I remebr an episode of 'chop shop' where they put a full subaru impreza running gear into a golf mk2 iirc. So basically deep pocket means you can do anything. Somebody on sax-p also put a Evo 2.0l engine in his saxo. The only engines worth mentioning are the gti-6 and the 406 v6 engines
  6. Established Member Joined: Sep 2009 St.Neots Posts: 1443 1.1i '51
    #6
    The 106 engines
  7. Saxperience Addict Joined: Jan 2008 west london Posts: 13810
    #7
    anything can fit with enough money/sense

    you would need to consider engine mounts, what gearbox and driveshafts to use.

    obviously the easiest swap is vtr/vts/gti. The 2.0l 306gti6 engine has been done before but isnt very common. theres also the z-cars conversion where they throw a type r engine in the boot and run it through the rear wheels
  8. Infrequent Poster Joined: Jul 2009 Newcastle Upon Tyne Posts: 179 Saxo 1.1 StateSide
    #8
    so 406 v6 will fit basically straight up..
  9. Established Member Joined: Jul 2007 Carnforth (lancaster) Posts: 1617 55 CTR premier '97 posi vts
    #9
    not straight up, custom mounts,

    maybe custom driveshafts

    its been done on plenty of 205s so try looking through them, it may help
  10. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Oct 2009 Middlesbrough/Coventry Posts: 3808 Megane 225
    #10
    ^ Also been done on the C2 with FF layout. Its normally less sophisticated but the v6 would work better FR layout with some custom work
  11. Infrequent Poster Joined: Jul 2009 Newcastle Upon Tyne Posts: 179 Saxo 1.1 StateSide
    #11
    really would like a v6, drove a 2.5 v6 veccy very quik

    some thing to look into..
  12. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: May 2007 Posts: 4857
    #12
    The 406 V6 would throw up some space issues so there would still be quite a lot of work to get it in there but you could do it if you wanted
  13. Infrequent Poster Joined: Jul 2009 Newcastle Upon Tyne Posts: 179 Saxo 1.1 StateSide
    #13
    guna do some research into this. starting from tomorro.
  14. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Sep 2008 jarraaaaaaaaaa Posts: 3580 Mk2 16v VTR + Nitrous
    #14
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkY0fWooyOU

    Average.
  15. Infrequent Poster Joined: Jul 2009 Newcastle Upon Tyne Posts: 179 Saxo 1.1 StateSide
    #15
    that 106 is unreal, anything is possible.
  16. Newbie Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 25
    #16
    nything is possible with the right money trouble is at the end of the day y could spend thousonds and thousonds and end up with what you want and i see it many times people sell up as soon as its finished fed up with it ect ect
    i was the same built a tidy corsa redtop bottom up engine was running 220bhp was mental but time i built it i wanted something else lol
    just hope if you go down that road you aint the same
  17. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jan 2007 Shropshire Posts: 9994 Moonstone Blue 106 GTi
    #17
    Peugeot A18 engine straight fit will need wiring mind you
  18. Infrequent Poster Joined: Jul 2009 Newcastle Upon Tyne Posts: 179 Saxo 1.1 StateSide
    #18
    ah fancy doing some thing on the 106 level
  19. Infrequent Poster Joined: Jun 2010 Preston, Lancashire Posts: 235 2001 Renault Megane 1.9DTi
    #19
    Would an MI16 need custom mounts or would it be an almost straight swap?
  20. Infrequent Poster Joined: Jul 2009 Newcastle Upon Tyne Posts: 179 Saxo 1.1 StateSide
    #20
    beats me ....
  21. Established Member Joined: Mar 2009 rotherham Posts: 1369 saxo westcoast
    #21
    arn't the lupo engines ment to be a pritty straight forward swap?
  22. Infrequent Poster Joined: Jul 2009 Newcastle Upon Tyne Posts: 179 Saxo 1.1 StateSide
    #22
    only lupo engine i would consider is the gti one.
  23. Infrequent Poster Joined: May 2010 Dublin Posts: 166 Mk1 vtr, diablo red gti 106
    #23
    mazda 323 gt r FTW!
  24. Frequent Poster Joined: Feb 2010 Weston-Super-Mare Posts: 672 Mapped 306 HDI
    #24
    i know a guy with a lupo gti, it's got a 1.8 20v T lump and currently running 348 bhp ATW !!!
  25. Infrequent Poster Joined: Jul 2009 Newcastle Upon Tyne Posts: 179 Saxo 1.1 StateSide
    #25
    thats in a lupo, that would be shifty