bike engine

18th March 2007, 14:14

hi ayone bike engined a saxo but the engine in the front with rwd so you can keep the back seats
adam

18th March 2007, 14:23

I don't think anyone has done that. You'd have to chop up the chassis to run a transmission tunnel of some kind.. then a rear diff. Simpler to sit the engine in the back and chain drive an axle.

You could probably rob a load of parts of the lotus 7 style kit cars which run the same setup. This would limit the amount of parts you have to fabricate. With a little luck you may find that the wheel bases are similar.

Not going to be a cheap project though. Have you got a budget?

18th March 2007, 15:02

ive already cut the boot floor out i was gonna rwd it but i got looking on the locost builders site and sin alot used bike engines i think it would be easyer to go down that route. and i could have the flappy paddle change lol
on the floor in the boot theres a sort of box frame under the car that would be perfect to make a frame to mount a diff. then put an alloy cover in the boot cus i still want a boot
adam

18th March 2007, 16:49

if you still want a boot why not make under the bonnet the boot

will be a lot more work ahving the engine in the front and making it rwd to

18th March 2007, 16:51

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Originally Posted by hesslevtr

if you still want a boot why not make under the bonnet the boot

like a porsche ...

18th March 2007, 17:03

give it ago, seen it in a 205 but not a saxo yet

18th March 2007, 18:15

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Originally Posted by woodsy

like a porsche ...

yes and ferraris

18th March 2007, 19:29

That is one smart 205, where did you see that? Any more pictures?

18th March 2007, 19:34

Would love to see a bike engined car (like that 205) in real life. Must sound
nuts.

18th March 2007, 19:37

why do you want it in the front?

to make it more practicle like everyday use?

if so then as soon as you put more than 10k miles on it the engine will be considered "well used" and require regular maintanance, bikes arent really designed for such usage.

however, if you want to do it to be different then fair enough

Rushy, bike engined cars sound pretty much like a bike lol next time you see a nice GSXR cane off close your eyes and imagine a car driving off or better still just look at another car but listen to the bike!

18th March 2007, 20:15

i want to put it in the front because if i rear mount it you have all thr noise and smells and if i have to panel it all in ill end up with cooling probs or running pipes to the front of the car for the rad so i was gonna put it in the front where theres a big hole lol. and just run a prop shaft to the back then if i ever change my mine i can whip it out and fit a car engine back in and if i fit it in the back ill have to mess about making a chain drive diff but if i use a sierra diff if will push the engine to far forward ill post some pics soon
i just wanted to see if anyone had done it so i could have a look or ask what performance they got
adam

18th March 2007, 21:27

fair play, i wouldnt like to be 2 ft from a 1100cc bike engine revving as high as they do....

let us know how you get on!

18th March 2007, 21:36

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Originally Posted by fredjudd

i wouldnt like to be 2 ft from a 1100cc bike engine revving as high as they do....

because being in front of it is worse than having it between your legs

18th March 2007, 21:55

lol yer spose, but then on a bike youve got the wind noise but that wont stop the vibrations! all good fun