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| posted on 18/5/09 at 10:45 AM |
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Engine transplant
How hard is it to change to a car engine on an MNR chassis designed for BEC.
From an R1 to an F20C.
Anything is possible, with the right knowledge and cash, but is it a very complex job to do ?
Anyone done it a similar transplant ?
thanks
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coozer
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| posted on 18/5/09 at 10:54 AM |
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MNR BEC chassis don't have a wide enough tunnel for a gearbox. Even converting my CEC MNR to BEC would involve cuttign tubes out the
chassis...
Chassis are not all the same I might add.
[Edited on 18/5/09 by coozer]
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richardh
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| posted on 18/5/09 at 10:54 AM |
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i asked the same and it depends on the chassis. designs changed over time.
dont think its that easy but cant exactly recall what Marc said when i asked.
Time for a change!
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tomblyth
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| posted on 18/5/09 at 11:23 AM |
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since there not all the same ( thanks coozer did'nt know MNR had different designs) think you should take photo's and measure the tunnel ,
worst cast you need to re-jig some tubes ! have you got the s2000 engine/box yet?
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bassett
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| posted on 18/5/09 at 12:33 PM |
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Sounds like too much work to me and a fresh chassis would be the easier option as the BEC are made with quite thin tunnels and cutting that out would
surely cause issues.
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stuart_g
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| posted on 18/5/09 at 01:54 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by richardh
dont think its that easy but cant exactly recall what Marc said when i asked.
Was it something along the lines of "what would you want to do that for!" but not in those words
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iain b
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| posted on 18/5/09 at 07:32 PM |
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its not just the engine bay that would need mods the rear diff mounts also ,i would say a new chassis my self....also your body tub where the headers
come through are totally differant.lot of work involved just to change 03 /r1 to 07 /r1 that i am looking into
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