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Hi peeps
I'm very new to the seen, I've just bought a Stuart Taylor 7 it has a type 9 gear box. Which engine it's the easiest and doesit have to
be ford?????
It won't fit to a type 9, but will fit easy
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I'm very new to the seen
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I've just bought a Stuart Taylor 7
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does it have to be ford?????
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it has a type 9 gear box. Which engine it's the easiest
Pinto and Zetec will fit the type 9 easily.
Adapter plates can be used to fit many others such as the Vauxhall XE range.
Has anyone fitted a Honda vtech at all?? Have also toyed with the idea of a vw 1.8turbo, again anyone fitted one???
To answer your first question: the easiest engine to fit, is a Ford.
Anyengine will fit but the easiest, is a Ford. The Honda can be fitted as could a Briggs and Stratton. It depends on how much work you want and what
you want to do with the car.
Vtech...http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=94144
[Edited on 11/12/12 by owelly]
I seem to remember Honda engines tend to spin over the wrong way (Anticlockwise?) thus creating difficulties when not using complete Honda drivetrain
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Originally posted by Valtra
I seem to remember Honda engines tend to spin over the wrong way (Anticlockwise?) thus creating difficulties when not using complete Honda drivetrain
S2000 spins Clockwise.
if its not something you've done before, then stickl with a ford, zetec perhaps?
done many times, so plenty of help available.
I went for vauxhall, which for my first time i found quite confusing, but got there eventually. I went for an XEV (ecotec) though, which is pretty
much the same as the XE, but cheaper, and has the same block. the eco bit comes from the cylinder head design and injection system. bin the injection
system for megasquirt or similar and its every bit as capable
(although the original decision to go for vauxhall was because someone gave me some engine mounts that were a direct fit for the vauxhall engine for
my chassis)
[Edited on 12/12/12 by blakep82]
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Originally posted by Steve
Has anyone fitted a Honda vtech at all?? Have also toyed with the idea of a vw 1.8turbo, again anyone fitted one???
a type 9 gives you alot of options, but a standard one might not like much over 150bhp
(although some people run more power without issue)
as in the above posts, without aftermarket bellhousings/adapter plates your going to be looking at the normal ford 4cly engines: i.e. x-flow, pinto,
CVH, 1.8/2.0 Zetec
how easy it is to fit these options will partly depend on what engine you have at the moment (e.g. CVH to Zetec is easier than pinto to Zetec and so
on....)
with an aftermarket bellhousing you could be looking at: the new ford 2.0 duratec's, vauxhall XE's, VAG, toyota 4age and more...
or you could swap the type 9 for a different box to give you even more options
or (getting a bit more tricky) you could make your own adapter to fit something new (like owelly did to fit a Pug V6 in his ugly car)
or even go over to the dark side and fit a bike engine instead - this isn't the hardest swap, but BEC is totaly different animal to a CEC
*** BEC vs CEC has been discussed to death **** (see old threads)
there is no answer as to which one is better - only which one you like best, and the only way to find out is to try one or at least have someone take
you out for a spin before you decide which one you like...
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Originally posted by MikeRJ
The VAG 1.8 20V turbo engine has also been fitted. There is a company (Dutch I think?) that make a bellhousing to mate it to a Type 9 as well, though it's not cheap and the Type 9 isn't the most suitable for big power engines.
